rEVENTS Academy’s popular 7-week event management training program helps committees deliver successful and sustainable events in regional areas, and teaches participants how to run their events more efficiently – and with less hard work!

Here are 7 reasons why your region’s event committees would benefit from a 7-week event management training:

1. Help your region’s event organisers overcome challengesrEVENTS Academy’s program is specifically designed to support event organisers to overcome challenges and build a strong foundation for their events so they can deliver valuable benefits for the community for years to come. The top challenges regional event committees are struggling with are recruiting and retaining volunteers, and finding a pathway to financial viability. Event organisers also need help to cope with significant recent increases in operational costs, and the lack of professional expertise and enough volunteer support, as well as increased compliance and burdensome administration which are all impacting their ability to continue.
   
2. Maximise outcomes from eventsEvents have powerful social and economic benefits for regional communities, but the opportunities events provide are usually not leveraged for maximum benefit. Our program builds on other support for events that Councils provide, such as grant programs, to grow events’ tourism, economic and social benefits.
   
3. Establish systems that reduce the burden of compliance and administrationEffective and efficient systems and processes reduce the workload for committees so fewer volunteers are required to plan events, and the burden of planning events is reduced.
   
4. Improve succession planning for your region’s eventsOur program sets up events for ongoing viability so they will have a life beyond the current event committee. All events complete this program with over 30 tools and templates that enables them to create a robust operations manual.
   
5. Growth support from an industry leaderThe program provides cost effective use of an regional event expert to support many events affordably, and achieve more outcomes with one investment. With weekly live sessions with Linda Tillman and event organisers from across Australia, and an online chat group, participants have an opportunity to ask questions specifically related to their event and learn from an expert as well as their peers’ experiences.
   
6. Build collaboration for efficienciesParticipants join a growing alumni of event organisers from across regional Australia, building lasting connections and relationships with peers locally and beyond for collaboration and ongoing access to the knowledge of peers. Connecting with like minded people working in events across regional Australia helps volunteer event organisers, preventing burnout.
   
7. Lifetime accessEvent committees receive lifetime access to the online training videos, templates and other resources so that they can come back at any time to refresh and improve for the life of the event. As new members join the event’s committee, they too, have access to the program. All of the content is packaged in bite-sized modules to make it easier to find help with specific elements of event management.

 

Group discount

Councils looking to boost the skills of event organisers in their region can benefit from a 10% discount for groups of five or more committees. This supports collaboration between event organisers which in turn supports growth in tourism to the region.

Timing

This year the 7-week event management training takes place from 24 July to 10 September. LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Past participants

In 2020, Destination Southern New South Wales supported their region’s event committees to learn event management skills and improve their processes.

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