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6 Best Practices for Promoting Your Event on Facebook

Marketing an event is no easy feat, but creating a Facebook event is one of the easiest, cost-effective ways to increase exposure and drive registrations. Facebook events can be either in-person or virtual and fall under a multitude of categories, making it easy to connect with consumers who have…

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What We Learned About Events From the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

As the 2020 Tokyo Olympics come to a close, we are left to process the history we are living through. These games were the largest, worldwide event produced since the pandemic started, forcing all plans and processes to be completely reimagined. For those of us who are event professionals, we are closely watching the way other… Read…

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How to Energize Work-From-Home, by Our Experts

In the middle of 2020, when the world seemed to turn every position into a “work from home” position, it was business as usual for Event 360. While there are innumerable benefits to working out of a home office, it is very easy to fall into a routine that can……

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Quarantine Habits We’re Not Giving Up

We asked a few Event 360 teammates what habits they picked up during quarantine that they’re not giving up. Read More

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Two Exciting New Partnerships as We Return to Live Events

Event 360 is thrilled to announce two new partnerships with non-profit organizations making their return to live events in 2021 and 2022. In spring 2022, Event 360 is proud to partner with PanCAN as their signature series PurpleStride returns to a live event experience. “We are thrilled… Read…

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Summer Event Must-Haves: What to Make Sure You Pack for Event Day

Summer! The word immediately evokes images of delicious backyard barbecues and lazy days spent lounging by the pool or at the beach. But for those of us in the event world, summer often means a busy event calendar and with that, creating a specialized packing list designed for extreme temperatures……

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How #Vanlife is Similar to #Eventlife

This past year I became obsessed with #vanlife. I spent hours watching YouTube videos of people driving around the country, living in their van and experiencing the freedom that didn’t seem accessible to me here in my bubble. I’m excited to say that two weeks from now, I’m renting a……

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The Return to Live Events is NOW

Who’s ready for a cookout? Wait, what? Yes, I said cookout, and yes, I’m hosting a backyard BBQ for family and friends this 4th of July. And as we head out for a long holiday weekend, it’s incredible to think that the return to backyard cookouts is really here. I’m……

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The ABC’s of Live Events

As we get back to the world of in-person live events after a year and a half of living in the virtual world, it might be a good time to remind ourselves of the basics. And what better way to get back to basics than our ABC’s. Here’s a new……

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What I Learned About Fundraising by Fundraising in 2021

Since 2013, I’ve participated in Cycle for Survival, the movement to beat rare cancers. Having lost my father to esophageal cancer at the age of 55 just six months after his diagnosis, I’ve been devoted to this cause as a way to honor his life and ensure more families don’t……

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Returning to Event Life, in a Healthy, Well-Balanced Way

For months, we’ve been talking about THE RETURN TO LIVE EVENTS. (If you haven’t attended one of the many sessions I’ve presented in the past year on this topic, or read one of our many blog posts, are you even a fan of #eventlife?) But in all… Read…

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The Next Big Thing

After the year we’ve all endured, it feels so nice to be focusing on the future, doesn’t it? Here at Event 360, we’ve got two in-person events under our belts with the Florida AIDS Walk and Music Festival and the 5x5K FOR GOOD Dallas and are solidifying more…

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Our Take on Hybrid Events—The 5x5K FOR GOOD Dallas

Last fall in Denver, we piloted a new event concept, the 5x5K FOR GOOD, and 50 participants joined on behalf of four non-profits to DO MORE GOOD. We felt confident enough to take this concept to the next level and earlier this month, our team produced the 5x5K…

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Roundtable: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events: 2021 and Beyond

Where Do We Go From Here? Join us for an exclusive roundtable with our friends over at OP 3 on May… Read More

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Top Five Ways to Tell Someone is an Event Producer

We’ve had TWO real, live events in the past two months! The Florida AIDS Walk and Music Festival was an experience we’ve been waiting a whole year for, and then bringing Texans together at the 5x5K FOR GOOD allowed us to unite a community of DO GOODers for…

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We Did It. Again!

Back in October I wrote about our first venture into live events during the pandemic era and the principles of time, space, and volume. Since then we have been sharing and refining those concepts with many of you via our blog, webinars, and in continuing to plan events. One…

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SURVEY: How has COVID-19 impacted your organization’s events?

Please help us best support you as your teams return to hosting hybrid and in-person nonprofit events by completing this 10-minute survey! Event 360 has partnered with OP3 to take a comprehensive look at how the non-profit event fundraising landscape has been changed and evaluate how best we can help……

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‘Twas the Night Before Event Morning: Florida AIDS Walk & Music Festival Preview

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” Oh yes, its April, not December. But we are feeling as joyful as a kid on Christmas morning as we get ready to tear open the GIFT that will be the 2021 Florida AIDS Walk & Music Festival, live and in-person!…

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Charge for a Cause Guest Post

If you attended the Run FOR GOOD at the P2PForum21, you got to experience our new favorite live virtual technology, Charge Running. At Event 360, we wholeheartedly believe in the power of live events. In a time where many of our non-profit partners need to move forward… Read…

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Too Many Hats or Just the Right Amount?

We’ve all been impacted by this past year in many ways, big and small, and our job responsibilities have definitely felt that impact. Whether you’re at a non-profit, event production company, or anywhere really, the pandemic has changed how business is done and by whom. Like many organizations, staffing at……

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