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 | Keeping Special Events Current: July-August 2009 The Nuts & Bolts of Organizing Great Special Events
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Also in July-August 2009, Keeping Special Events Current:
Not Your Cookie-Cutter Gala: Integrating Culture and Community Into Special Events. By Rona Fernandez. The cultural values and traditions of your group can provide ideas for out-of-the-ordinary special events that draw a crowd, raise money, and give your supporters and donors a fun, memorable experience. Here are three examples of creative—and successful—community-based events.
Inspiring Stories in Challenging Times: A Fabulous, Fun & Financially Successful Gala Dinner. By Elmer Roldan. Learn how the Community Coalition in Southeast Los Angeles, which organizes low-income people of color to change public policy, has built a successful annual gala dinner that raised $400,000 in the fall of 2008 – at the height of the economic downturn.
Integrating Online & Offline Publicity for Your Event. By Nzinga Koné-Miller. Using web-based communications along with standard invitations and mailings, you can get many more people to your event—and reach audiences who are more likely to respond to one or the other approach.
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