Thursday, April 13,
Historic Davenport Hotel
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Dr. Francisco Velasquez
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Hear About New Grant Opportunities for Festival and Event Organizers
You won’t want to miss this, hear the latest in grant opportunities for festival and event organizers.
Bruce Skinner, Washington Festivals and Events Association
9:30 – 10:15 a.m.
The Key Steps to Making Your Sponsorship Sales Efforts Work
Hear what sponsors are looking for in partnering with events Post-Covid. See how to look at sponsorship through their eyes.
Riley Stockton, Hoopfest
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.
How to Connect With Your Constituencies Using Text and Email Campaigns
Database building - knowing your customers and communicating with them is a foundation step of your event. Whether you have a system or don’t this session will share basic concepts and move to a group discussion of those in the room about CRMs (customer relationship management) and implementing through email and text campaigns.
Rob Holman, Coho Media Group; Tom Stebbins, Vision Marketing
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
A Look at What’s Planned for the 50th Anniversary of EXPO 74
Spokane is planning a giant celebration to celebrate the 50th anniversary of EXPO 74. Get a sneak preview of what they have planned and how the WFEA Greater Spokane Chapter is going to be involved.
Matt Santangelo, EXPO 74 50th celebration