Some Assembly Required: Why Your Event Planner Needs to Be a Crisis Manager
Sholeh Events is a corporate event planner in Chicago providing senior-level event management, conference logistics, and dedicated surge event support across Chicagoland.
📸 Me, Sholeh, assembling the infamous mirror—sweating, smiling, and definitely questioning my life choices for about 15 minutes.
Photo Credit: Sholeh Events
Years ago, I was onsite for a corporate client event at a Convention Center in Maryland when several large mirrors arrived… in the original boxes, in pieces.
So I did what any event professional with a can-do attitude and questionable upper body strength would do: I built them myself. Go ahead and add "mirror assembly technician" to my resume.
Because here’s the truth about event planning—your job description means nothing once you’re onsite. When deadlines are tight and unexpected logistical issues hit, a great corporate coordinator must instantly shift roles. You are whatever the moment needs:
Lighting Designer (if the uplighting’s acting up)
Therapist (if the client is spiraling)
Furniture mover, napkin folder, emergency seamstress
And yes—mirror assembler
To do this job well, you need more than a structural timeline. You need a sense of humor, no ego, and an outfit you can kneel in. Whether we are operating as a long-term fractional team or stepping in as a last-minute corporate event planner Chicago corporations trust to handle a crisis, our goal is always the same: absorb the chaos so our clients don't have to.
I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Contact Sholeh Events today to ensure your next corporate meeting or summit has the dedicated event support Chicago teams need to handle any curveball.
— Sholeh & The Sholeh Events Team
