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……
As we live through a paradigm shift confronting racism, inequities, and a global pandemic, we’re still in the midst of an economic crisis of staggering proportions. Many industries have been decimated. Perhaps the hardest hit has been the event industry. As we enter the summer of 2020, our world looks a……
Previously in our Collaboration Drives Innovation series, we asked our staff to share their advice about working from home. Since many professionals now find themselves continuing to conduct business virtually for longer than they may have originally planned, we thought we’d expand on this topic by sharing some of…
By Becky Dombrowski and Katie Zupancic Wymer Through our Collaboration Drives Innovation series, the Event 360 team is working hard to provide support to those navigating the non-profit and events spaces amidst this global crisis. After exploring working from home, participant coaching, rethinking events, and communications, we’re… Read More
This global pandemic affects all of us, but some are more vulnerable than others. As many of our clients have missions directly focused on health and fighting disease, COVID-19 has presented a clear and present danger to the populations they serve. We are in awe of how our clients have……
During this time of uncertainty and change, we here at Event 360 have been discussing how to find a way to offer support to others in our industry. What does it mean when the information and plans we know are upside down and changing every day? As challenges rise on……
By Cheryl Stern (with an assist from Joann Collins) Continuing our Collaboration Drives Innovation series and our goal to provide real, practical help to organizations navigating the non-profit and events spaces amidst this global crisis, Brand Manager Cheryl Stern talks out our approach to managing communication. Previously we’ve tackled…
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…
Our Collaboration Drives Innovation series aims to provide help and advice specific to this unique moment in time. Last week we talked about working from home, collecting input from several teammates in a variety of roles here at Event 360. This week, our Director of Local Operations, Molly Fast,…
Just like you, our Event 360 team is made up of people of action. During this time of uncertainty and change, our team has been discussing how to find a way to offer support to others in our industry, including our clients in the non-profit space. What does this mean……
In this ever-changing, uncertain time, we are beyond proud to work with the very best partners to ensure that safety is at the forefront of every decision we collectively make: safety for our participants and spectators, safety for our vendors and emergency preparedness teams, safety for staff, and for all……
Name: Jonathan “JAM” Madrigal Position: Event Production Manager – MuckFest/Muck FOR GOOD Start Year: Officially, I think it would be 2011 but I took a break from 2014 to 2015, then came back in 2016. How did your life path bring you to Event 360?… Read…
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
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
At Event 360, we don’t just produce and execute events. We partner with non-profits to create the platform for fundraising! While out on event, we get to know the participants, their connection to the causes and we feel the impact of their fundraising efforts. In our… Read More
By Rachel Gans Kemp The peer-to-peer fundraising event world we now live in is about engagement and community — so much so that even using the words recruitment and retention feels antiquated. It is not just about getting bodies to your events and then hoping that they will come back……
Name: Chris Like Position: Applications Programmer Start Year: 2011 How did your life path bring you to Event 360? I grew up in Maryland and moved to Chicago for my undergrad. After getting my degree in Music/Urban Studies, I moved to the south-west side… Read More
We posed a question to our staff and the event industry at large via Facebook. The question was, “What is the best lesson you have learned from working events?” The answers were so compelling that we just had to share! No matter what your past experience… Read More
Partnering with non-profits to create a platform for fundraising is what it’s all about for us at Event 360! In our Fundraising Hero’s blogs, we will highlight a few incredible humans we get to know through our events, share their stories and applaud their achievements. This… Read More
All throughout the year, we are energized by the here and now. We are present to the daily delights, challenges, solutions and successes. The details and momentum of event life garner our attention and carry us along. But as we enter a new year, let’s take a moment to sit……
By Jake Geiger
After much anticipation, this past fall we were finally back out…
By Mike Murphy
In the final installment of our gratitude series, we…
In the third installment of our gratitude series, we sit down with Bryan, our…
In the second installment of our gratitude series, Event Production Manager Clare tells us…
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