A WFEA North Puget Sound Chapter Seminar

Learn About New Funding Opportunities for Your Next Event And How to Develop a Strategic Plan

Thursday, October 10

Arts Center at Buxton’s, Anacortes

11:00 – 1:30 p.m

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

The Changing World of Sponsorship

Hear from four seasoned event professionals on how you can increase your number of sponsors!

Kevin Coleman, Bellingham SeaFeast; Meredith McIlmoyle, Anacortes Arts Festival; Sacha Sanguinetti, Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce; Bruce Skinner, Washington Festivals and Events Association

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

What Is Strategy? Developing a Strategic Plan for Your Event

The event industry’s premier strategic planner will give you real life industry examples of both successful and failed strategy. Also, learn how strategy is foundational to long term success, and how developing strategy is a commonly misunderstood process. Explore the very essence of strategy, learn the indicators of bad strategy, and begin to see your trajectory with newfound clarity.

Jon Stone, Jon Stone Consulting

12:45 – 1:30 p.m.

Where to Find that Next Grant!

Wendy Tyner of Tyner & Associates is the State’s premier expert on finding grants for events. She has compiled a comprehensive exclusive list of grant opportunities for festival and event organizers – she’ll bring a handout of where you can find new revenue! She will also provide offer strategies for writing and securing grants along with effective ways to sustain grants over time.

Wendy Tyner, Tyner & Associates

This program is supported, in part, by a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission.