This presentation was created for my internship at Princeton Partners, Inc. I was given the challenge of planning my own mock event, and presented the event to company directors and managers at the end of the summer.
This document describes the Oscar Night BIZ Bowl 2014 fundraiser event to benefit Junior Achievement programs for K-12 students in Upstate South Carolina. Junior Achievement provides programs to teach students financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship. The BIZ Bowl event involves teams from businesses and organizations competing in bowling while raising money. Funds raised will support Junior Achievement materials and programs for local classrooms. The document provides information on participating in BIZ Bowl by forming a team and fundraising through ticket sales, donations, and online fundraising.
Hannah Youmans is seeking a career in the sport industry. She has a B.S. in Sport Management from Georgia Southern University and minors in Business and Management. She has relevant experience in ticket sales, event planning, and social media marketing for college athletics and professional sports teams. Her resume demonstrates strong organizational skills, customer service experience, and proficiency with various software programs.
This document outlines a communication plan for the Poetry & Wine 2013 charity event organized by Poet in the City. The plan targets both wine lovers and poetry fans in London through a multi-channel campaign utilizing public performances, social media, flyers, and emails. It aims to sell 300 tickets at £25 each to raise money for educational poetry programs while increasing the brand's awareness. Short term goals are to sell all tickets and attract new donors, while long term goals include sustainable partnerships and engaging new audiences with poetry.
Examining Printed Wedding Materials: Save The Date Cards, Wedding Invitations...Pear Tree Greetings
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This document discusses the various printed materials needed to plan a wedding, including save the date cards, wedding invitations, response cards, reception cards, bridal shower invites, bachelorette invites, and thank you cards. It explains the purpose and etiquette for each item. Organizing all the printed materials with one vendor helps simplify the planning process and ensures consistency in theme and design. The last section promotes Pear Tree Greetings as providing online services for creating customized wedding printed materials.
The document discusses ways to create memorable experiences for customers to encourage repeat business. It proposes:
1) A monthly birthday party where customers can celebrate with snacks, drinks and prizes. Birthday vouchers are also provided.
2) Celebrating individual customer birthdays in the club with a table of food and drinks, well-wishes from staff, and a birthday song.
3) Playing audio advertisements in the club to promote services, jackpots and promotions to all customers.
ArtHaus is a small non-profit youth art organization in Central Florida dedicated to enhancing arts education in local schools and communities. They do this through student art exhibitions, visual arts programs, and promoting cultural enrichment. The organization believes in the value of art education and its ability to transform the community. The social media presence needs improvement, with only sporadic posting on Facebook and an outdated website. Objectives are to inform the local community about upcoming events and classes through increased posting.
Alexa Byrd has created a personal brand canvas to highlight her skills and experience in the music industry. She is a 19-year-old production assistant who aims to become a tour manager. Her skills include tour managing, customer service, time management, and proficiency with software like Adobe Spark and Microsoft Office. She is currently attending college for a music business degree and has worked on tours for Gaither Homecoming, Outcry, and Big Church Night Out. Her goal is to use her quick thinking, strong work ethic, and problem-solving abilities to efficiently plan concert tours and provide a great experience for artists and fans.
The holidays are just around the corner. Is your spa or salon ready to make the most of the season? Beauty industry expert Lisa Starr will share her tips on what to prep now for success this fall.
Hannah Youmans is a highly motivated recent graduate with a B.S. in Sport Management from Georgia Southern University. She has over 4 years of experience in sport event management, ticket sales, and marketing internships with organizations like the Atlanta Braves, Georgia Southern Athletics, and the Greenbrier Classic PGA Tournament. She is seeking a full-time position in sport business and has excellent communication, customer service, and computer skills.
The Multicultural Community Project, would like to welcome you our 5th. annual Jazzing in July event. Jazzing in July 2017 Featured artist are Opal Staples and Sax Preacher will be Premier Jazz ,Networking and fundraiser event July 29th at The Renaissance Bronzeville 4641 South King Drive Chicago, Illinois 60653 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Tickets $55.00 VIP and $25.00 General Admission https://www.eventbrite.com/e/multicultural-community-project-presents-jazzing-in-july-2017-tickets-34047660469
This document summarizes the Eureka Springs Downtown Network's Christmas Launch Party and holiday season plans and promotions. Key points include open houses, tours, geocaching and sales in downtown Eureka Springs. It highlights the Living Windows event where local businesses put displays in their windows, and the "Win a Window" contest where shoppers can win a basket of gifts from downtown stores. The document outlines advertising plans through cable, print, online and radio to promote shopping locally during the holidays. It encourages businesses to participate in Living Windows and Win a Window promotions to help drive sales and visitors to Eureka Springs.
The summary provides information about the 4th Annual Company Picnic presented by Eureka Springs Downtown Network in partnership with the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce. It thanks supporters and donors, and lists education and other sponsors. It promotes ESDN membership opportunities which provide business services and access to programming. The document advertises sponsorship opportunities for ESDN programs and events throughout the year. It highlights items in the live and silent auctions, and thanks attendees for supporting ESDN.
Preston\'s CORG,Inc has assembled a Housing and Community Reinvestment Festival focused upon the revitalization of the Housing through Education and creation of access. The NW SOUL II SOUL MUSIC FESTIVAL, is slated for August of 2011. It is thought that your company or group may have an interest in taking part in this community economic development opportunity. It creates inclusion for those less fortunate to have presented them social service and community enrichment programs established to meet the need of our failing economy. Let us know of your desire in becoming a media partner or sponsor, today!
The students at a school are organizing a Relay for Life event for the Canadian Cancer Society. In the letter, they request a donation from a company to help make the event a success. They provide details about the event and what they are requesting. They will follow up next week and provide a Fair Market Value Letter for tax purposes in exchange for the donation.
The document outlines case study assignments for various students on topics related to sports business and events. It provides details on each student's specific case study topic, such as hospitality options at tennis tournaments, risk management for marathons, and revenue models for sports facilities. It also covers an upcoming 500-word essay assignment on the Flying Pig Marathon. The rest of the document discusses an introduction from the Cincinnati Business Courier publisher and covers topics like creating sales assets, developing prospects, sales planning, types of selling styles, and a sales challenge activity.
This document summarizes Hill Communications' work with Andrea's Boutique over the spring 2014 semester. Hill Communications provided social media management, event planning, and media pitching services. They helped plan two events - Spring Forward With Style on March 20th and Giving Back in Style on April 17th. The goals were to increase store traffic and sales. Facebook likes increased by 20% and Instagram followers increased by 50%, meeting social media engagement goals. The March event increased store traffic by 5%, meeting that goal. The April charity event had 25 transactions, exceeding its goal of 20. Hill Communications provided weekly social media posts and media outreach. They evaluated goals and found room for improvement in securing partnerships.
To make a kite, cut a diamond shape from paper and tie two sticks together with string at a tight cross. Make two holes in the paper and thread a thick string through the inside corners where the sticks cross, tying the string once both ends are threaded. Finally, tie a long string to the sticks for a tail and optionally add small paper strips for decoration.
Spring brings rainy weather that requires umbrellas, rain hats, coats and boots to stay dry outside. Flowers bloom in the spring and Easter is celebrated with colored eggs, baskets and an Easter bunny that hosts egg hunts.
Spring tutorial for beginners - Learn Java Spring Framework version 3.1.0 starting from environment setup, inversion of control (IoC), dependency injection, bean scopes, bean life cycle, inner beans, autowiring, different modules, aspect oriented programming (AOP), database access (JDBC), Transaction Management, Web MVC framework, Web Flow, Exception handling, EJB integration and Sending email etc.
The students of Birla High class2 celebrated Vishakarma puja,the festival of kites.
They enjoyed making these kites.This presentation is meant for Corsham Regis School, UK,
This document provides instructions for making chocolate doughnuts. It lists the ingredients as two eggs, sugar, butter, wheat flour, potatoes, chocolate milk, water, and chocolate sprinkles. It then lists the necessary tools as a mixer, clean scissors, small plate, container, and large tray. The instructions describe mixing the wet ingredients, slowly adding the flour, kneading the dough, shaping it into circles and ovals, frying the doughnuts, and finishing them with butter, chocolate sprinkles, and sugar.
3rd grade Text Dependent Questions lesson planFanny Dickinson
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This document provides a rationale and plan for a 3rd grade mini curriculum using text dependent questions. It discusses how text dependent questions support deeper comprehension of texts by requiring students to find evidence from the text to answer questions. The curriculum will focus on the standard of asking and answering questions about a text by referring explicitly to the text. Three short stories that meet CCSS guidelines will be used that involve sports and relationships between fathers and sons. Plans are provided for whole-group activities using the stories, including think-pair-share and independent writing responses, to scaffold students' skills in text dependent questioning.
The slide show is about the International Kite festival for Peace.
This was an assignment for the Mathematics project "Mathematics of Kites"
Project by students of Class VIII Kendriya Vidyalaya,Fort William.Please give feedback.
pnpratima@gmail.com
This document provides instructions for making a bucket flower pot craft for children using various foam flower and leaf shapes, a galvanized bucket, Styrofoam, ribbon, floral wire, and glue. The instructions involve covering a work area with newspaper, placing the Styrofoam in the bucket, gluing flowers together and attaching them to floral wire stems inserted in the Styrofoam, decorating a gift tag, and tying the tag to the finished craft with ribbon. The craft is described as a fun spring activity for children to do with loved ones.
Alexa Byrd has created a personal brand canvas to highlight her skills and experience in the music industry. She is a 19-year-old production assistant who aims to become a tour manager. Her skills include tour managing, customer service, time management, and proficiency with software like Adobe Spark and Microsoft Office. She is currently attending college for a music business degree and has worked on tours for Gaither Homecoming, Outcry, and Big Church Night Out. Her goal is to use her quick thinking, strong work ethic, and problem-solving abilities to efficiently plan concert tours and provide a great experience for artists and fans.
The holidays are just around the corner. Is your spa or salon ready to make the most of the season? Beauty industry expert Lisa Starr will share her tips on what to prep now for success this fall.
Hannah Youmans is a highly motivated recent graduate with a B.S. in Sport Management from Georgia Southern University. She has over 4 years of experience in sport event management, ticket sales, and marketing internships with organizations like the Atlanta Braves, Georgia Southern Athletics, and the Greenbrier Classic PGA Tournament. She is seeking a full-time position in sport business and has excellent communication, customer service, and computer skills.
The Multicultural Community Project, would like to welcome you our 5th. annual Jazzing in July event. Jazzing in July 2017 Featured artist are Opal Staples and Sax Preacher will be Premier Jazz ,Networking and fundraiser event July 29th at The Renaissance Bronzeville 4641 South King Drive Chicago, Illinois 60653 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Tickets $55.00 VIP and $25.00 General Admission https://www.eventbrite.com/e/multicultural-community-project-presents-jazzing-in-july-2017-tickets-34047660469
This document summarizes the Eureka Springs Downtown Network's Christmas Launch Party and holiday season plans and promotions. Key points include open houses, tours, geocaching and sales in downtown Eureka Springs. It highlights the Living Windows event where local businesses put displays in their windows, and the "Win a Window" contest where shoppers can win a basket of gifts from downtown stores. The document outlines advertising plans through cable, print, online and radio to promote shopping locally during the holidays. It encourages businesses to participate in Living Windows and Win a Window promotions to help drive sales and visitors to Eureka Springs.
The summary provides information about the 4th Annual Company Picnic presented by Eureka Springs Downtown Network in partnership with the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce. It thanks supporters and donors, and lists education and other sponsors. It promotes ESDN membership opportunities which provide business services and access to programming. The document advertises sponsorship opportunities for ESDN programs and events throughout the year. It highlights items in the live and silent auctions, and thanks attendees for supporting ESDN.
Preston\'s CORG,Inc has assembled a Housing and Community Reinvestment Festival focused upon the revitalization of the Housing through Education and creation of access. The NW SOUL II SOUL MUSIC FESTIVAL, is slated for August of 2011. It is thought that your company or group may have an interest in taking part in this community economic development opportunity. It creates inclusion for those less fortunate to have presented them social service and community enrichment programs established to meet the need of our failing economy. Let us know of your desire in becoming a media partner or sponsor, today!
The students at a school are organizing a Relay for Life event for the Canadian Cancer Society. In the letter, they request a donation from a company to help make the event a success. They provide details about the event and what they are requesting. They will follow up next week and provide a Fair Market Value Letter for tax purposes in exchange for the donation.
The document outlines case study assignments for various students on topics related to sports business and events. It provides details on each student's specific case study topic, such as hospitality options at tennis tournaments, risk management for marathons, and revenue models for sports facilities. It also covers an upcoming 500-word essay assignment on the Flying Pig Marathon. The rest of the document discusses an introduction from the Cincinnati Business Courier publisher and covers topics like creating sales assets, developing prospects, sales planning, types of selling styles, and a sales challenge activity.
This document summarizes Hill Communications' work with Andrea's Boutique over the spring 2014 semester. Hill Communications provided social media management, event planning, and media pitching services. They helped plan two events - Spring Forward With Style on March 20th and Giving Back in Style on April 17th. The goals were to increase store traffic and sales. Facebook likes increased by 20% and Instagram followers increased by 50%, meeting social media engagement goals. The March event increased store traffic by 5%, meeting that goal. The April charity event had 25 transactions, exceeding its goal of 20. Hill Communications provided weekly social media posts and media outreach. They evaluated goals and found room for improvement in securing partnerships.
To make a kite, cut a diamond shape from paper and tie two sticks together with string at a tight cross. Make two holes in the paper and thread a thick string through the inside corners where the sticks cross, tying the string once both ends are threaded. Finally, tie a long string to the sticks for a tail and optionally add small paper strips for decoration.
Spring brings rainy weather that requires umbrellas, rain hats, coats and boots to stay dry outside. Flowers bloom in the spring and Easter is celebrated with colored eggs, baskets and an Easter bunny that hosts egg hunts.
Spring tutorial for beginners - Learn Java Spring Framework version 3.1.0 starting from environment setup, inversion of control (IoC), dependency injection, bean scopes, bean life cycle, inner beans, autowiring, different modules, aspect oriented programming (AOP), database access (JDBC), Transaction Management, Web MVC framework, Web Flow, Exception handling, EJB integration and Sending email etc.
The students of Birla High class2 celebrated Vishakarma puja,the festival of kites.
They enjoyed making these kites.This presentation is meant for Corsham Regis School, UK,
This document provides instructions for making chocolate doughnuts. It lists the ingredients as two eggs, sugar, butter, wheat flour, potatoes, chocolate milk, water, and chocolate sprinkles. It then lists the necessary tools as a mixer, clean scissors, small plate, container, and large tray. The instructions describe mixing the wet ingredients, slowly adding the flour, kneading the dough, shaping it into circles and ovals, frying the doughnuts, and finishing them with butter, chocolate sprinkles, and sugar.
3rd grade Text Dependent Questions lesson planFanny Dickinson
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This document provides a rationale and plan for a 3rd grade mini curriculum using text dependent questions. It discusses how text dependent questions support deeper comprehension of texts by requiring students to find evidence from the text to answer questions. The curriculum will focus on the standard of asking and answering questions about a text by referring explicitly to the text. Three short stories that meet CCSS guidelines will be used that involve sports and relationships between fathers and sons. Plans are provided for whole-group activities using the stories, including think-pair-share and independent writing responses, to scaffold students' skills in text dependent questioning.
The slide show is about the International Kite festival for Peace.
This was an assignment for the Mathematics project "Mathematics of Kites"
Project by students of Class VIII Kendriya Vidyalaya,Fort William.Please give feedback.
pnpratima@gmail.com
This document provides instructions for making a bucket flower pot craft for children using various foam flower and leaf shapes, a galvanized bucket, Styrofoam, ribbon, floral wire, and glue. The instructions involve covering a work area with newspaper, placing the Styrofoam in the bucket, gluing flowers together and attaching them to floral wire stems inserted in the Styrofoam, decorating a gift tag, and tying the tag to the finished craft with ribbon. The craft is described as a fun spring activity for children to do with loved ones.
This document provides information about a class lesson on flowers. It discusses the life cycle of flowers from seed to flowering plant. It also outlines the different parts of a plant and their functions, including roots, stems, and leaves. The document concludes with mentioning various class activities related to observing plant growth, drawing pictures of flowers, and creating crafts about flowers.
This presentation describes the "Handimart" Android application project for selling handicraft products online. The project aims to create an e-commerce platform that allows buyers to purchase various handicraft items from different parts of India. The summary includes the following key points:
- The project is led by a team of 5 students under the guidance of a professor. It will function as an online shopping application for handicraft products.
- The application aims to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the handicraft sector by providing an online marketplace. It intends to save customers time and make handicraft products conveniently available from one platform.
- Technical details covered include why SMEs were chosen, the advantages
The document discusses Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons - Spring" from his famous work "The Four Seasons". It provides the name of the musical piece, its composer, and offers the option to continue listening to the music or exit by pressing 'Esc'.
Follow below steps:
1. Pour the ground to the pot - about 1/4 of the pot.
2. Take out the flower, which you want to plant from the pot.
3. Put the flower to the new pot.
4. Pour the ground to the end of pot.
5. Tamp down the ground around the flower.
6. Water the flower.
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The document lists various words beginning with each letter of the alphabet from A to Z. It then provides links for learning English, including an alphabet song on YouTube, printable coloring pages of the alphabet, English language games, English courses for children in Rome, and a summer camp for learning English.
The document discusses the basic elements of handicraft, including design, material, technique, and their interrelationship. It defines handicraft as aesthetic products created through skills and techniques that require manual dexterity. Some key elements are the plan or design, basic materials used as input, and the processing methods. The interplay between the materials, techniques, and design ultimately influences the final product's form, function and purpose. A variety of traditional Philippine handicrafts are then presented, made from materials such as bamboo, coconut shells, abaca fiber, and utilizing techniques like weaving, carving, embroidery.
School starts at 8:00 am and students should arrive on time and prepared to learn. Students who are late must sign in at the office. The school day ends at 2:00 pm, and parents need to sign out any child they wish to pick up early from the office.
This document contains a list of sight words for Mrs. Baggett's kindergarten class. It lists 30 common words that young students should recognize automatically without needing to sound them out phonetically. The words are listed in no particular order and range from short words like "am" and "at" to longer words like "pretty" and "wanted."
How to Throw a Kickass Event on a Shoe String BudgetEmily Miethner
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Emily Miethner provides tips for throwing a kickass event on a shoestring budget. She discusses finding a low-cost or free venue, using Meetup, Eventbrite and Facebook to promote the event, approaching sponsors and partners to help offset costs, and planning event logistics like registration and the run of show. The presentation aims to help event planners produce an awesome event while keeping costs low through free or cheap promotion and planning strategies.
How to Throw a Kickass Event on a Shoe String BudgetEmily Miethner
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The document provides tips for throwing an event on a shoestring budget. It discusses choosing a venue and date, using Meetup, Eventbrite and Facebook to promote the event, finding sponsors, preparing speakers, running the event smoothly, and following up after the event. The tips are aimed at helping readers produce a high quality event while keeping costs low through free or inexpensive strategies and services.
The 1st Annual Children's National Medical Center Gala will be held on May 12, 2016 at the Willard Hotel in Washington D.C. to raise funds for new technology, patient accommodations, and family assistance at the hospital. The goal is to raise $250,000 with 200 attendees. Wealthy donors, doctors, patients and their families will attend. Entertainment will include speeches, a silent auction, food, and music. Planning is underway and volunteers are being organized to ensure a successful event.
This document provides tips and guidance for fundraising for a Twestival Local charity event in 3 or fewer sentences. It begins by outlining basic fundraising principles like asking donors directly, having accurate information, and thanking donors. Next, it discusses identifying target donors by aligning with charities of interest. The document then gives specific tips for sponsorships, obtaining donations of goods/services, ideas for raffle and auction items, and marketing the event. Throughout, it emphasizes planning, teamwork, and following relevant laws to make fundraising fun and successful.
This document provides tips and guidance for individual and group fundraising for Global Brigades. It outlines a basic fundraising process including forming a game plan, identifying potential donors like family, friends, community groups, and local businesses. Specific fundraising ideas are suggested targeting different interests like science, music, or local businesses. The document emphasizes planning ahead, clear communication, and utilizing online resources for additional fundraising materials and ideas.
This document provides tips and guidance for individual and group fundraising for Global Brigades. It outlines a basic fundraising process including forming a game plan, identifying potential donors like family, friends, community groups, and local businesses. Specific fundraising ideas are suggested targeting different interests like science, music, or local businesses. The document emphasizes planning ahead, clear communication, and utilizing online resources for additional fundraising materials and ideas.
The document provides suggestions for various ways to recognize employees, engage employees, and improve company culture and employee satisfaction. Some of the key suggestions include:
1) Establishing an employee recognition program with awards for outstanding performance, achievements, and service as a role model.
2) Publishing an in-house company magazine quarterly to share company updates and allow employee contributions.
3) Creating an internal online forum for employees to post issues, questions, and suggestions to be addressed by HR.
4) Conducting department meetings to gather new ideas from employees on improving quality, customer satisfaction, and teamwork.
Weekly all-staff meetings are important for employee engagement, not a waste of time. While the owner sees them as unnecessary, the article argues that meetings help inform employees, boost engagement, and bridge the employee-employer gap if done right. Short, agenda-driven meetings with employee input that recognize wins can align with company culture. Meetings are about employees, not just the owner, and small acts of recognition outside of meetings also boost engagement.
PURLS are personalised URLs that you can create to personalise the landing page or donation page experience for your donors.
That means variable text, firstname personalisation, pre-filling forms and dollar amounts.
It's about making it EASY for your donor to give.
2014 Funtastic Play Day sponsorships - Game Plan MediaLaura Benson
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FunTastic Play Day
Saturday April 19th
3:00 - 8:00 PM
Children’s Booths and Activities
Safety Seminar, Fire Truck
FREE Open Gymnastics, Tumble Track,
Bounce House & Talent Show
Call (407) 207-4110 to register (residents)
Call (407) 900-1915 to sponsor (businesses)
This document provides ideas and guidelines for various fundraising events a Kiwanis club could hold to help raise $110 million by 2015 to help eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. The events described include bingo nights, garage sales, farmers markets, rubber duck races, quiz nights, summer concerts, spaghetti suppers, and tournaments. Each event listing provides timelines, to-do lists, supplies needed, and things to consider to help clubs successfully plan and run these fundraising activities.
MFEA 2015 - Ecommerce on Steroids: How to Increase your Digital DollarsSaffire
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Cassie Roberts provides tips on how organizations can increase revenue through ecommerce. She recommends adding online sales of tickets, merchandise, memberships and more. Videos and product details can boost online sales from 1-2% of visitors to higher levels. Promotional emails, mobile optimization, bundling items and discounts are effective strategies. The goal is to make purchasing easy and encourage more people to visit websites through online visibility and compelling content.
This is an updated and shorted proposal for the Flavor of SLO. This is a charity food and wine tasting event to benefit the United Way of SLO and Alpha pregnancy counseling.
The Meeting Professionals International Washington State Chapter is holding its annual gala and auction fundraiser on November 17th. The event raises money for the chapter's educational fund and a local charity called Treehouse that supports foster children. They are requesting donations of items and services for their silent and live auctions. Donations of $1,500 or more will be in the live auction. Donors will be recognized and help support an important cause.
The document discusses plans for children's activities at the 2011 Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival. It notes the importance of community and communication. It recommends consolidating children's activities into one large tent, moving it closer to the stage, and eliminating some activities that are not cost-effective. It also suggests engaging teens and extending the festival through recycling-themed art and photography contests.
The document provides instructions for several fundraising event ideas that student clubs can organize to raise money for The Eliminate Project, which aims to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. The events include basketball tournaments, skate-a-thons, talent shows, scavenger hunts, flower sales, movie nights, snack carts, field day competitions, and pasta dinners combined with student art auctions. Each event listing includes timelines, to-do lists, supply needs, and tips to consider when planning the event.
The Business Card Exchange 2004 (Flashback from the archives)Laura Benson
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A Flashback from 2004, Laura Burk (AKA Laura Harriger) was working for The Business Card Exchange as Director of Operations. The Business Card Exchange is now closed.
Freecards, also known as YOCards, are picture postcards distributed through public racks that feature commercial, ideological, or cultural messages. They are taken voluntarily by consumers and kept more often than traditional advertisements. YOCards have proven effective at raising brand awareness and engagement, with campaigns receiving thousands of website visits and high pass-along rates to friends. Common types of postcards that draw people include fashion, events, and movies.
1. April Showers Bring May Flowers Gardening Exhibition and Floral Arrangement Competition New PNC Branch Sustaining Event
2. Event Specifications -Who- Florists, Community, Other Branches -What- Floral Exhibition and Competition -Where- Any branch - When- Mid-late May (after Mother’s Day) - Why- What better way to celebrate spring?
4. Objectives To increase awareness of branch and maintain base voters To plant the seeds of future banking relationships and ensure follow-up
5. Strategies Create an event that appeals to a targeted audience: women. Women make more than 80% of the decisions in the home. 2. Develop new marketing ideas targeted to women. Use chocolate: put free personalized Hershey bars at front desk weeks before the event. 3. Show another side of PNC. Use event to ensure a lasting impression PNC
6. Event Details (normal) -Seasonal Cool Pix- pictures taken in Branch Garden -Face Painting- flowers, trees, bees, butterflies -Gardening Trivia- identifying flowers, memory games, etc. -Balloon Man- flower shaped balloons with bright spring colors -Flower Pot Decorating- paint, sparkles, and glitter on small terracotta pots
7. Event Details (good) Pick-the-Pot guessing game for gift cards/prizes hidden in pots -Free Refreshments- garden party theme- all ladylike finger food -Sweepstakes- patio furniture, landscaping makeover, all expense paid trip to Philadelphia Flower Show -Gardening Info Sessions- how to plant, nurture, arrange, and recognize flowers
8. Event Details (better) -Gardening Exhibition- Florists from all over are invited to display their best arrangements, most exotic flowers, decorating ideas, or floral displays. Parking lot will become a hothouse of beautiful colors, shapes, and scents. Event day will become a summit of learning, sharing, and display for the community.
9. Event Details (best) -Floral Arrangement Competition- Categories for professionals, PNC branches, botany clubs, community groups, families, and individuals (by age). Prizes for each entrance, best in class, and best in show. Grand prize: article in newspaper, PNC Directions, trip to Flower Show, and named PNC’s Florist of the Year.
10. Community Relations Florists Botany Clubs Girl Scouts Boy Scouts Home Depot Lowe’s Schools Church groups Craft Stores Libraries Bakeries Senior Citizen Centers Candy Shops Boutiques Other PNC Branches Government Officials