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EVENTS AND EDUCATION COMPANY
YOUR NAME QUALIFICATIONS
NEEDS
• Three years producing and managing State Museum events
Events and Facilities Management
increasing attendance 15% annually and meeting financial goals.
• Created/produced educational public programming including content
specific professional talks, educational family events, and
membership enhancement events.
• Managed all aspects of event/facility needs including vendor
relations, contracts, set up/take down, volunteer coordination,
technical needs such as audio/visual, off site transportation, ticket
sales, crowd management.
• 9 years developing/managing volunteer programs for 2 museums
Staff and Volunteer Management
with an average donation of 25,000 hrs/annually.
• 10+ years managing/training staff/volunteers in the art of exceeding
visitor expectations through outstanding customer service and
inquiry based experiential education.
• Over 15 years managing from 2-200 staff/volunteers in non profit
and for profit settings including science museums, retail, and radio
stations.
• Over 10 years experience writing/producing radio/television
Marketing/Community Outreach
advertising for a variety of clients in a variety of markets.
• Over 10 years experience producing printed collateral materials
including brochures, flyers, booklets, press releases, fact sheets,
talking points, media kits, position papers.
• Collaborated with a variety of community partners to build support
for programs. Partners included: City/county government offices,
USFS, BLM, schools, service organizations, donors/sponsors, other
nonprofit partners.
• Proficient with a variety of social media tools including blogs, Twitter,
Facebook, LinkedIn etc.
• Developed and managed volunteer powered community outreach
program exceeding membership sales goals by 10%
• Developed beautification project with City initiating partnerships
Relationship building
between Parks Dept, community volunteers, Chamber of
Commerce, small businesses.
• Solicited $25,000 in sponsorships and donations to support a variety
of educational events/programs.
Resolved sensitive union concerns about how volunteers would be
•
integrated into facility.
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