Rethinking Nonprofit Events Post-Pandemic
Admission
- $72.00
Summary
This series is designed for development staff at small to medium sized organizations. You may choose to attend 1 or all of the sessions! For the best value, attend all sessions.
REMINDER: When finalizing your order use appropriate discount code listed below:
Ordering 2 workshops use code FUND2
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REMINDER: When finalizing your order use appropriate discount code listed below:
Ordering 2 workshops use code FUND2
Ordering 3 workshops use code FUND3
Description
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
9:00am - 12:00pm - This workshop will be virtual.
Workshop: $72
About this session: Nonprofit organizations devote a lot of time and energy to events, and the pandemic has turned the event industry upside-down in the last year. Some nonprofits were able to pivot, while others are still trying to identify a strategy that will help them fundraise while minimizing their risk.
Join us for this interactive workshop where we will look at the components of a successful event and identifying the real risk associated with event management. We will discuss how strategic events achieve desired outcomes and review the importance of establishing and adhering to an event budget. And we will review how the pandemic has changed the event landscape for the foreseeable future.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identifying if your events are goal-oriented and truly mission focused.
2. Looking beyond the budget to formulate the real cost of your nonprofit events
3. Measuring the success of your event(s) objectively
4. Determining if you should tweak or tank your existing events
Who Should Participate: Development staff at small to medium sized nonprofit organizations
About the Presenter: Melissa Lagowski created Big Buzz Idea Group as a boutique agency to provide management, marketing and event services to nonprofits and associations. She launched the company in November 2004 so nonprofits would have an honest outsourcing partner. Melissa is dedicated to providing full operational support or a la carte services that will allow charitable organizations to run more effectively.
With 26 years of corporate and nonprofit experience, Melissa has consulted national organizations, managed local chapters, provided virtual office assistance to numerous NPOs, launched and executed large fundraisers, conceived innovative and lucrative new programming, coordinated client conferences, workshops dinners, and awards functions. She manages consulting platforms, mastermind groups and virtual roundtables to assist nonprofits to become self-sufficient and proficient in management. Her largest project to date is Ribfest Chicago, where she is responsible for every facet of the event including festival promotion, sponsorship development, entertainment booking and vendor procurement and management. The event now draws 70,000 people annually and was featured on Food Network’s “Eating America” with Anthony Anderson (2014).
Melissa is a member and Executive Director of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Chicago Area Chapter. She completed the Nonprofit Management Essentials program through the Allstate Foundation and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. She graduated from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Graduate (2013), and she completed her undergraduate degree at Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. Her program emphasis was public relations and event planning.
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