Erica Block completed an 11-week internship with wedding planner Jaime Nelson of Eventfully Planned. During her internship, Erica assisted with 7 weddings by setting up receptions, working with vendors, and creating wedding timelines. She gained experience in tasks like coordinating large events, managing budgets, and assessing intoxication levels. Erica's coursework in areas like crowd control, organization, time management, and alcohol management proved useful. The internship helped Erica achieve her goals of learning about wedding planning, different types of brides, and vendor contracts.

1. EVENTFULLY PLANNED
INTERNSHIP FALL 2013
By: Erica Block

3. INTRODUCTION/EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
My internship took place with Jaime Nelson at her
home based wedding planning business ,Eventfully
Planned ,located in South Kingston Rhode Island. I
couldn't’t have asked for a better Supervisor. She
taught me so much over the course of 11 weeks. She
introduced me to so many vendors that I will never
forget working with.

4. INTRODUCTION/EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
Jaime runs Eventfully Planned all on her own. So during
this trimester I was the only other person working for her.
She has some people that she knows she can call if she needs
help executing events. For example, we worked with a
women named Karen for about 4 out of the 7 weddings we
had during this term. My favorite part was interacting with
each new couple every week. It kept me on my toes
wondering how one wedding would be different from the
next.

6. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Throughout this internship I have had many accomplishments.
The top 3 accomplishments included:
 Setting up the receptions
 Working with different vendors and making a lot of
connections
 Learning how to make a Wedding Timeline and knowing
the order of how everything goes from the ceremony through
the end of the reception

7. PERSONAL GOALS
My Goals Before The Internship Began:
 Learn the flow of a Wedding Day
 How to work with different types of brides
 Learn about vendor contracts
 How to write a contract
 Learn how to use Excel
 Most importantly: How to become a great wedding
planner
****All of these goals have been met above and beyond
thanks to my supervisor Jaime! ****

9. ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW
OF EVENTFULLY PLANNED
Eventfully Planned has been up and running for
about 6 years now. Before Eventfully Planned, Jaime
worked at the New York Yacht club for 9 years then
went to work at the Ale House in Newport when she
turned 21. At both locations she worked front of the
house as well as the back of the house. At the age of
twenty three Jaime decided to join the United States
Navy where she learned superb customer service and
attention to detail. After 5 years she was honorably
discharged and decided to pursue her career in
hospitality. She went to Johnson and Wales in
Providence and received her bachelors degree in
2007. On top of going to school, she was working full
time at the Ocean cliff hotel as a caterer manager.
After she got her degree from Johnson and Wales she
knew it was time to open up her own business, and
that's when Eventfully Planned came about.

10. MISSION STATEMENT OF
EVENTFULLY PLANNED
“Eventfully Planned is here to help you
plan the event of your dreams! Whether you
need full-service planning or day-of
coordination, we will customize our
services to meet your needs. Trained and
educated in the hospitality industry, we
make planning seem seamless!”

12. ORGANIZATIONAL CHART OF
EVENTFULLY PLANNED
Jaime Nelson
Owner of Business
Erica Block (Me)
Intern
Vendors and
clients help keep
Jaime’s business
successful

13. MY ROLE IN EVENTFULLY
PLANNED
At Eventfully Planned my main
roles as an intern were:
 Typing and Maintaining
Wedding Day Timelines
 Office
management/organization
 Assistance at events
 Attendance at meetings for
clients
 Oversight of vendor set-up
 Confirmation of room setup and
layout

15. PROJECT REVIEW PROCESS
During my internship I had a total of 7
weddings that I had the opportunity to help plan
and coordinate with Jaime. Each wedding was
different so I was not working on just one big
project for the term. Each wedding required
different decisions, implementations, and
strategies. Each event in my eyes was absolutely
amazing. I had experienced diversity in venues,
vendors, decorations, and brides. I got to set-up
weddings in barns, mansions, yachting centers,
and banquet halls. The most popular color
scheme this term was navy and yellow, but for the
most part almost every wedding was completely
different from the next.

16. PROJECT REVIEW PROCESS
Decisions that I have had to make through this term:
 Weather or not to have an outdoor ceremony
outside by looking at the forecast for possible rain
 Which vendor would be the best for the type of
wedding the couple desires
 Deciding how to set-up the reception space by using
my creativity

17. PROJECT REVIEW PRCOESS
Tracy & Gregg’s
Wedding
Quality of work:
Michaela and
Travers
Wedding
Kim’s
Wedding

18. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
 For a wedding I had to pick up food for the bridal
party so they had snacks while getting hair &
makeup done, pick up a box of joe, and go to the
brides apartment to set-up the food and drinks
before 8:30am. So I went onto MapQuest, typed in
each address to figure how far each place was from
each other so I could figure out what time I should
leave my apartment and how much time I have at
each spot. I use my time management skills for each
and every wedding. I am usually running to stores
last minute and I have to make sure I am on time
for everything.

19. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
 I used communication every day during my
internship. One time, I had to confirm a florist for
the upcoming wedding. We went over the order,
and it is a good thing we did. The florist only had
written down 10 centerpieces when the bride really
needed 12. If I did not communicate with the
vendor there would have been two tables that
didn't’t have a centerpiece and that would have
upset the bride.

20. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
 During a meeting with a potential client
Jaime told me the first thing we needed to
ask was their budget. How much are they
willing to spend? The couple started naming
a few places in Newport that they were
thinking of hosting their wedding. I figured
their budget was pretty high considering the
places they were naming. Jaime kindly
interrupted them asking their budget. The
couple said $30,000. I knew there was no
way they would be able to have it at the
places they were mentioning with only a
30,000 dollar budget. We then gave them
some venue options right away that could
most likely meet with their budget. Jumping
ahead to planning before asking how much
they want to spend is risky.

21. PERSONAL REFLECTIONS
My coursework from Johnson and Wales
University has helped me organize, understand,
and make sense of the internship experience-.
 Crowd Control- I have
coordinated events
with more than 150
people. Transporting
them from the
ceremony spot to the
reception spot could
be challenging.
 Organization- During school I have to
keep myself organized for all my classes,
I used the same techniques during my
internship by keeping a calendar,
making schedules, and keeping
separate files for each wedding.

22. PERSONAL REFLECTION
 Alcohol Management -I was
working a wedding two weekends
ago. By the time it was 9:00PM, I
had to cut a group at the bar
because of the way I saw they were
acting. If they had been served all
night, it would have caused a
problem. Having the knowledge to
catch the signs of intoxication was
definitely helpful
 Time Management –
Jaime and I make
wedding timelines ,
which are hour by hour
schedules for the
wedding day. These
keep us organized and
confident that we will
get everything done.
*I have learned all of the above in
my coursework and have expanded
my knowledge by using it in real life
situations during the weddings I
coordinated this trimester.*

23. RACHELLE & MARTIN’S
WEDDING
AT COMMANDERS MANSION IN
BOSTON

24. JEN AND MATT’S
WEDDING
Narragansett at Kinney
Bungalow

25. TRACY AND GREG'S
WEDDING
Newport yachting
center

26. KIM & MIKE’S WEDDING

27. Bristol- Mt. Hope Farm

28. SARA AND SEAN’S WEDDING
Narragansett
North Beach
Clubhouse and The
Towers

29. The Towers in
Narragansett
LINDY AD PATRICK’S
WEDDING

30. And they lived
Happily Ever After…
The End