Rising up to the challenges of regional events

Strategy
Written By Cristy Houghton
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Regional event committees have to cope with a diverse range of challenges.

A recent survey revealed the most common challenges for managers of regional events are

  • finances and sponsorship

  • risk management

  • marketing

  • volunteer recruitment

Would you agree?




 

We’ve created a series of Regional Event Master Class webinars for 2020 designed to improve your ability to cope with the challenges that come from running a regional event:

  1. Creating an efficient team structure without losing the fun (16 March)

  2. Easy and effective marketing for regional events (6 April)

  3. Identifying, securing and retaining quality sponsors (18 May)

  4. Tips on recruiting and managing volunteers (22 June)

  5. Facebook strategies for events (27 July)

  6. Setting up an affordable but effective event website (17 August)

  7. Keeping the event fresh - When is it time to reinvigorate? (21 September)

  8. Strategic business planning for future success (19 October)

  9. Revenue streams beyond sponsorship and grants (16 November)

  10. Creating an experience, not just an event! (14 December)


Register for a class or the whole series here

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If you can’t wait until our Master Classes are held, our DIY templates, and go-at-your-own-pace online training course can help you now.





Cristy Houghton

Cristy's unique career has taken her from country NSW to the city lights of Clarendon Street South Melbourne and back again. With an early career in radio as a copywriter and creative strategist, she is now a Jill of all trades as a graphic designer, website builder, blog writer, video editor, social media manager, marketing strategist and more. 

In fact, give her any task and this chick will figure out how to do it! Go on, we dare you!

No, really, we DARE you!!

Cristy has won two Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) for Best Ad and Best Sales Promotion, and even has an 'Employee of the Year' certificate with her name on it.

Cristy and her husband James have traveled extensively through Russia, China and South East Asia, and have two fur-babies, Sooty (cat) and Panda (puppy). Cristy loves drinking coffee, meeting people to drink coffee, coffee tasting and coffee flavoured cocktails. She also enjoys road trips, TED Talks and watching cat videos on youtube.

http://www.embarketing.com.au
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