In the third installment of our gratitude series, we sit down with Bryan, our Field Marketing Coordinator, to learn how gratitude shows up in the form of support throughout his career and personal life. When did you start at Event 360? I started at Event… Read More
Over the next two weeks, we’ll be sharing our insights into What 2020 Taught Us. I know, I know; it’s hard to imagine everything we’ve learned fitting neatly into two blog posts. But it will! First up, I’ll be talking about the importance of connecting to your mission (more on……
By Janelle Benuska In today’s busy landscape of time commitments and to-dos, many of our partners have questioned whether their race should offer, or continue to offer, a packet pick-up or early check-in event(s) for participants. As with most things related to what participants want, need and expect, the answer……
Through the years, we have covered a vast array of topics on our Event 360 Corp Blog, giving our followers the kind of advice that can lead to safer, more successful and efficient events that leave your participants happy. In case you’ve missed any of that great content, we…
By: Janelle Banuska, Ann Love, Eileen Barnick, Melanie Toner and Cheryl Stern At Event 360, we strive to excel and push ourselves both personally and professionally. Recently, several employees moved into new positions within departments and across projects. We thought it fitting to speak with some of these…
By Tim Brockman As we quickly approach the beginning of the 2017 event season, my travel quickly starts to increase, which requires lots of time in airports, hotels and on planes. Inevitably, maybe because of my size, people always want to know, “what do you do?” Most I…
Written by Katie Zupancic As event producers, we know how important your website is to your event. It’s typically the prime vehicle for registration and likely plays a core role in fundraising and donations. In the case that something causes your website to go down, our team put…
The events industry is all about moments. These unique, shared experiences between participants, volunteers, staff members, and spectators are what make your event extraordinary. They build loyalists, and are why participants want to return. Whether your ultimate goal is fundraising or experiential marketing-related, the experiences have a lifetime far longer……
With any event that involves fundraising – whether required or optional – it’s very important to recognize and/or reward those that go above and beyond the call of duty: your top fundraisers. When an event encourages but does not require fundraising, the bulk of the fundraising work is done by……
Over the past couple of weeks, our colleagues, Joann and Molly, have taken you on a walk down memory lane and examined how participant support has changed over the years through eCommunication and web and phone and email. For the final installment of our “Then vs. Now” series,…
Last week, in part one of our Then vs. Now series, my friend and colleague Joann talked about the many ways in which things have changed over the years with participant support via website and email communication. Like Joann, I’ve been around for what feels like a million years.
This month, we take a look at how customer service and participant communications have changed for events over the past decade in our series: Then vs. Now. We’ll look at changes in technology, tactics and the state of the event industry. I’ve been helping to create fundraising events for non-profits……
By Molly Fast Last week Erin talked about what do to when wrong information goes out on your event’s website or via group email to your participant base. This week, I’m picking up the baton to talk about what to do when wrong information goes out during 1:1 phone and/or……
We’d like to introduce you to our new series “What do you do when…?” Over the course of the next four weeks, we’ll share insider information you can learn from when things don’t go exactly according to plan and how you can make corrections that set you and your event……
The goal of any event is to create an experience that participants will want to have again and again. No event planner wants their participants crossing the finish line and thinking, “Phfew! Glad I never have to do that again!” So once you meet the challenge of getting those coveted……
To ensure the success and health of your event, one of the most crucial relationships to nurture is your repeat participant. These are the people who come back year after year and typically bring new friends along with them. They are team builders and fundraisers and inspire others to act……
After all of the hard work your organization puts into the planning and publicizing of your event, don’t let errors in communication undermine your credibility and your message. Poor grammar and spelling mistakes give the impression that you don’t pay attention to details. Broken or misdirected links are frustrating and……
With the vast array of social media sites and technological innovations changing daily, people are getting used to having up-to-date, useful information at their fingertips. Even non-techies are getting comfortable throwing around terms like “user interface” when commenting on how they experience a website. How’s an organization supposed to keep……
If you ran MuckFestTM MS, a 5K full of obstacles and giant pits of mud that leaves you hilariously covered from head to toe in muck, you’d want to brag about it! And as you snapped a selfie” then shared it with your friends on social media, we at…
In our work as event fundraisers, we often encounter those participants who are not comfortable fundraising. While the thought of being uncomfortable fundraising is a foreign concept to me, and many of my colleagues at Event 360, it’s also something that we’re used to confronting. Head on. Read…
As autumn looms, we’re getting ready for the rush of events, holidays, and celebrations…
By: Abbie Peterson
In the dynamic realm of peer-to-peer fundraising events, the…
As an event professional, you know that time is of the essence when it…
By Jesse McDaniel
For most novices, entering the events world can be…
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