Your convention, trade show, or gala is several months from now. However, much to your disappointment, registration, exhibitor and sponsor signups are lackluster. Bombarding potential attendees with an email blast every other week isn't working. There must be a better way.
Most experienced organizers will tell you it's about telling your event's story through multiple channels. First, building up to why, then capturing great moments that can be archived and told again, is vital when pitch…
You are in charge of your organization’s gala, silent auction, or other revenue-raising events. As you know, you can’t do things the same way they have been executed for the last 20 years. Attendees want a sense of freshness and safety. So they will most likely welcome any changes you have in mind.
However, it is essential to remember (especially if you are new to fundraising) that people give and attend nonprofit events for three reasons:
Whether your job is to plan a staff meeting for 20 individuals or a large conference of 20,000 attendees, it still requires hard work, excellent communication skills, and the flexibility to change to improve the participant’s experience constantly.
If you are looking to bring about more event sponsorships and deliver a better attendee meeting, follow these five resolutions for maximum impact.
It’s time to give up the need t…
Disturbance, Distraction, and Disorder. That is what we have had for the last year.
However, we already live in a disruptive world before COVID-19. A text comes in, you answer it. During a dinner conversation, you take an Instagram of your food. If a Zoom meeting is boring, you mute yourself and open up another tab to start planning your summer vacation.
What if you could take all that potential negative energy and turn it upside down? Here are six ways to embrace the triple Ds and r…