With spring in full bloom, now is the perfect time to plant the seeds for your career. As they say, "What you plant now, you’ll harvest later." Enroll today for one of the Professional Development Courses offered by the Event Leadership Institute and grow your skills as an industry professional.
Courses feature an instructor-led syllabus with assignments, assessments, and other interactive features delivered over several weeks. Upon completion, you'll be eligible to earn a certificate, CMP credits, and a Digital Credential, which can be shared over social media and linked to an email signature or website, proving your expertise to colleagues and clients.
Fund-Raising Event Management
Michelle French, principal, Sunday Sol Events
Location: Online
Duration: 8 Weeks
Start date: June 22
Early registration deadline: June 1
More information and registration: here
Fund-raising events, whether a gala dinner, cultivation event, walk-a-thon, or benefit concert, provide an opportunity for nonprofits to secure essential income but also help to educate donors, guests, and volunteers of the organizational mission. This course will examine the fundamentals of fund-raising event management, including understanding the key players at a nonprofit, event budgeting, income projections and ticketing, marketing outreach, food and beverage, and logistics management. It will also look at how to employ strategic tools such as silent and online auctions, live appeals, and video components to help increase the financial success of a fund-raiser.
Technical Meeting & Event Production
Brandt Krueger, consultant
Location: Online
Duration: 4 Weeks
Start date: June 30
Early registration deadline: June 9
More information and registration: here
Do you know how many lumens your projector should be? Or whether your lighting vendor is correct in using PAR fixtures instead of Lekos to light the podium? Regardless of your experience level, if your audiovisual proposal looks like a foreign language to you, you're not alone. This course—which is designed for meeting and event professionals, not for audiovisual personnel—will empower you to understand what kind of gear, staff, and setup your event actually needs to function properly, look right, and be cost-effective.
Event Leadership Institute's Professional Development Roadshow
In addition to online professional development courses, E.L.I. is hitting the road this summer and traveling across the United States to offer three of its Professional Development Programs to meeting and event planners. Join the team for a full or half-day immersive program in one of the following areas:
Technical Meeting & Event Production (full day)
Leadership & Innovation (half-day)
Business Owners’ Roundtable (half-day)
New York
Brandt Krueger, consultant
Howard Givner, executive director, Event Leadership Institute
Date: June 8
Duration: 1 Day
Location: Convene at 101 Park Avenue, 101 Park Ave., New York
Early registration deadline: May 18
More information and registration: here
Chicago
Brandt Krueger, consultant
Howard Givner, executive director, Event Leadership Institute
Date: June 19
Duration: 1 Day
Location: Workspring, 30 West Monroe St., Chicago
Early registration deadline: May 29
More information and registration: here
San Francisco
Brandt Krueger, consultant
Howard Givner, executive director, Event Leadership Institute
Date: June 22
Duration: 1 Day
Location: MetroTek, 655 Montgomery St., Suite 600, San Francisco
Early registration deadline: June 1
More information and registration: here
Washington, D.C.
Brandt Krueger, consultant
Howard Givner, executive director, Event Leadership Institute
Date: June 29
Duration: 1 Day
Location: National Archives Foundation, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington
Early registration deadline: June 8
More information and registration: here
Disclosure: BizBash is an investor in the Event Leadership Institute.
