A WFEA Southwest Washington Chapter Seminar

Learn Where to Apply for Grants, Revenue Generation Ideas, and the Incredible Evolution of the Portland Rose Festival

Tuesday, October 8

11:00 – 2:15 p.m

Clark County Fairgrounds

11:00 – 11:45 a.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

12 Noon – 12:45 p.m.

The Evolution of the Portland Rose Festival

The soon-to-retire CEO of the Portland Rose Festival, Marilyn Clint, will tell us how the Rose Festival has had to constantly evolve during her nearly 50-year career there. With a mixture of humor and pathos, she'll reveal how a 117-year-old festival inspires innovation and retains relevance while unapologetically embracing its long legacy of celebration.

Marilyn Clint, Portland Rose Festival

1:15 – 2:15

Revenue Generation
Why the Selection of a Good Ticketing Platform Is Important

There are hundreds of ticketing platforms out there – it’s extremely important to select one that will offer you good customer service. Hear how Amy Maxwell of Ticket Tomato was able to help the Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festivals navigate through difficult circumstances, as well as other clients. Because of raging fires in the Winthrop area, it started raining ash on the famed Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival. Organizers thought it couldn’t get any worse, and then it did. Highway 20 – the main highway into Winthrop – was closed due to the fire, preventing attendees from getting there. And then the Crowdstrike tech disaster shut down airlines, preventing four of their bands who were due to perform from getting there. Hear how they handled the worst of problems.

Amy Maxwell, Ticket Tomato

About Marilyn Clint:

The Rose Festival's first female CEO, Marilyn is a large part of Rose Festival history herself. She was the architect of the festival's successful Centennial celebration in 2007, and in 2015 was proclaimed Portland's Parade Queen by Mayor Charlie Hales after decades of producing world class parades. She's a writer, story-teller, ukulele player and Beatles believer.

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