Archive for 2021
Getting Sponsorships Without Begging
I have been responsible for event sponsorship on many occasions. My first real experience started when I got to work on a my first festival as an event planner. I don’t know why I took on sponsorship because I had never done it, but for some reason I felt drawn to it. To say the…
Read MorePrivacy Cheat Sheet for Associations and Third Party Planners
If you plan events as a third party planner or as an employee or volunteer within an association or organization, this will help you to assess what collecting personal information requires. Although privacy concerns have always been an issue with collecting information about attendees, it has taken Covid to get people to pay attention. As…
Read MoreThe misconception about attending charity events
I was speaking with my husband about charity golf tournaments and in our conversation a very common misconception came up. It is my husband’s belief, and that of many others, that when a charity runs an event that they are making good money on registration alone and the rest of the money is just gravy.…
Read MoreWe are a Proud Ally
I have supported the LGBTQ2+ community forever. Why? Because one of my favorite uncles is gay. I was young and didn’t know that he was “different”, just that he was my uncle and I loved him. Then, one of my cousins came out as gay and is a friggin’ awesome drag queen, to boot! Support…
Read MoreCovid – An Opportunity to Breathe New Life Into Your Event
“We’ve always done it this way” can now be thrown into the trash can (where it always should have been). Thanks to Covid, you have an opportunity to breath new life into your event. This is your chance to dust off the cobwebs and clear out the dead weight that has been holding your event…
Read More6 Rules for Securing Grant Money for Your Event
Grants are a great way to help support your events and organization financially. A grant is described by Wikipedia as; “Grants are non-repayable funds or products disbursed or given by one party (grant makers), often a government department, corporation, foundation or trust, to a recipient, often (but not always) a nonprofit entity, educational institution, business or…
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