May Nonprofit Meetup Notes
At the May nonprofit meetup local nonprofit members got together to speak about events. This months meetup was planned in order for leaders to take a look at the events they are currently doing or talk about event ideas. There was even conversation between a few organizations to partner up!
Things to think about in conversation:
- What are the goals? What are you trying to achieve?
- How do those goals align with your organization’s mission? Do they?
- What is the intended audience of the event?
- Do you review the cost of your event compared to what you make especially for fundraising events?
- How do you promote your events?
- How do you follow up on your event? If you don’t what do you think would be helpful?
- What is an event you are particularly proud of being involved in?
- What is an event you attended that you enjoyed (in our community or outside of it)? What about the event did you enjoy?
Harder questions:
- What preparations or modifications have you offered to ensure that the events are accessible to people? If you haven’t, what can you do moving forward?
- Does your organization hold an event you don’t think you should (or should you lay it down)?
- Does your event truly align with your mission and goals or do you feel like it is something you just need to do?
“Parking Lot” from the meeting:
A diagram of annual events from organizations present:
Upcoming events:
Upcoming meetup topics:
May: Events
June: Grant writing
July: Grant Data
- date changed to July 19th
August: Marketing (guest speaker)
September: Marketing Tools
October: Fundraising
November: Finances/Management
December: TBD