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Gander Residents Would Make Great Event Professionals

By Jillian Schranz With over 16 years producing peer-to-peer fundraising events, #eventlife is in my blood. And sometimes, that experience bleeds over into how I view entertainment. Last year, I wrote a blog about Home Alone and how young Kevin McCallister probably grew up to be an event professional.

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“Safety doesn’t happen by accident”

By Meredith Parker Safety starts on your first day of event planning and is the last item to cross of your to-do list after an event concludes. This has never been more true than during the past year, when many cities and jurisdictions implemented new safety protocols that impact the……

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Introducing 360live+

With the reemergence and reinvention of live events, we are ready to provide our non-profit partners with our innovative 360-degree perspective on how to elevate peer-to-peer fundraising programs. We are very excited and proud to introduce: 360live+. Our new 360live+ suite of offerings seamlessly combines Event 360’s innovation expertise and……

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The New Normal

By Irina Gelfand I keep waiting for life to get back to “normal.” Now, almost two years later, I wonder if that is just beyond our reach and will forever be. Flying to Florida for the first time in two years, with my kids, I glanced over to a magazine……

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Reflecting on 2021… and Revving Up for 2022!

It is with great excitement that we share our year in review below: Event 360 By the Numbers. Read More

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Goodbye, 2021. Hello, 2022!

We have compiled a list of things we hope to leave behind in 2021, as well as new lessons learned we will carry with us throughout 2022. Read More

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Part 1: The Career Experience That Led Me to Produce a Papal Visit

Event 360 co-founder Mike Murphy’s event experience runs deep. He’s got quite a few tales to tell about his years working in event production, and this one's all about producing a papal visit. Read More

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5 Things I Learned as a Tour Manager

As the CEO of Event 360 and a Tour Manager for numerous artists, I have worked on my fair share of events. Here are 5 things I learned as a Tour Manager. Read More

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The 2021 MMRF Team for Cures 5K Recap

On September 12 in Chicago, we officially kicked off the 2021 MMRF Team for Cures 5K walk/run series! It’s been nearly 22 months since our last in-person event with the MMRF, and we worked around the clock with them to make sure it was a safe and successful event. Four hundred people turned out under brilliant blue skies, full of excitement to…

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What did we Learn at the #P2PForum21 Conference?

Every year, our team looks forward to gathering together with thought leaders in the peer-to-peer fundraising space at the P2PForum21 AKA the Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference. This… Read More

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Kevin McCallister Would Be a Great Event Professional

The holiday season has arrived, and while our holiday company parties may be over Zoom and our holiday cards are e-cards (as everyone’s working remote), some holiday traditions were built for pandemic life: snuggling in themed pajamas drinking cocoa on the couch and watching holiday movies. My favorite? Home Alone.…

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What 2020 Taught Us: P2P Webinar Recap—Why COVID-Compliant, Hybrid Events are the Future

Here’s our second and final installment in our series titled “What 2020 Taught Us,” and the list of both professional and personal lessons learned this year goes on and on. I don’t know about you, but 2020 taught me all sorts of things—including fifth grade math (thanks e-Learning!), how…

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Happy 18th Birthday, Event 360!

Happy birthday, mighty Event 360! As we approach our 18th birthday on November 27th, we’re excited to take a moment and reflect on this special place that so many have called “home” since its founding in 2002. Not many small businesses reach the “old enough to vote” milestone, and our……

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Top 10 Reasons Raising an Infant is like Producing an Event

2020 has been a YEAR. In the midst of a global pandemic, an election, murder hornets, and more, a bright spot for our team has been the arrival of two tiny new members of the Event 360 family. As new parents to our first kids, we have bonded over…

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We’re Ready for Live Events

Friday, October 16 was a big day for our team. It marked our return to putting on live, in-person events. What was only an idea 90 days ago became a real thing. By 7pm that Friday, the inaugural 5x5K FOR GOOD Denver was all built and ready to welcome…

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One Week Until Event Day

We are thrilled to share that we are one week away from event day. Event day. EVENT DAY. Something we were not sure would ever get to happen in 2020. Our hearts and minds are racing with the adrenaline that only a live, in-person event can bring. In this…

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Collaboration Drives Innovation: Hard Event Decisions

By Slade Thompson Spring and Summer 2020 have brought a plethora of difficult decisions to the desks of event planners around the world. Should we postpone? Should we cancel? Should we do a virtual event? You probably have tackled many of those questions already. But maybe you have not had……

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Collaboration Drives Innovation: Rethinking Events

Our Collaboration Drives Innovation series aims to provide help and advice specific to this unique moment in time. So far we’ve tackled working from home and participant coaching. This week, Account Director Janelle Benuska, shares what she has learned about rescheduling and reinventing events. “Plans are of little…

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Improve Your Event Production: How to Make Technology Work for You (& Your Event!)

By David Kramer & Kari Johnson Throughout the year, we’ll be presenting our top ten tips for improving event production. We first visited this topic in 2012, but we have learned so much since then that we have even more to say. The first tip we… Read More

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Top 10 Reasons We Are Excited for the Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: time for the Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference! This ain’t our first rodeo: Every February, we pack our bags, and this year, we are breaking out our cowboy boots because we’re fixin’ to giddy on up to Austin, Texas!… Read More

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