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A T ABLE s ample f ollows:

Dear _ _________,

I a m r esponding t o j ob p osting 1 234, E vent a nd V olunteer P rogram S pecialist. M y t en p lus y ears i n t he

educational e vent f ield a re a g reat m atch f or t he n eeds d escribed i n t he j ob p osting:

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

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integrated into facility.

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