A WFEA Central Puget Sound Chapter Seminar (ASSET)

Learn Where to Find Grants, Work With Your DMO,
And How to Pivot Quickly When Challenges Occur

Wednesday, SEptember 25

Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue

12:00 – 2:45 p.m

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Luncheon Keynote: The Ultimate Pivot

When the Methow Valley fire erupted last Julyu and it started raining ash on the Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival, no one thought things couldn’t get worse – but then it did. The main highway into Winthrop was closed due to the fire. And then the Crowdstrike tech disaster shut down airlines, preventing four of their bands who were due to perform from getting there. Learn how good pre-planning and having a good ticketing platform can help you battle the worst of problems

Erika Olsen, Winthrop Rhythm and Blues

Amy Maxwell, Ticket Tomato

1:15 – 2:00 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.

Also, Miguel Guillen from the Washington State Arts Commission will provide a general rundown of current and upcoming grants.

Miguel Guillen, ArtsWa

Wendy Tyner, Tyner & Associates

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

Working With Your Direct Marketing Organization

Events are a vital part of the tourism mix, creating economic impact for their communities. Learn the latest on how to utilize the services of your DMO, including the use of an economic impact calculator program.

Brad Jones, Visit Bellevue

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