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I currently work on events but it's time for me to gain professional training in order to expand what we've been doing.

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There's a lot of distrust of media in the world. There is NO BETTER WAY to break down the barriers of mistrust than live, in person, face to face interactions and journalism on stage.

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People asking how they can continue the conversation after the event ended.

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People asking how they can continue the conversation after the event ended.

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Knowing if people will come, and the organizing lift required.

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Knowing if people will come, and the organizing lift required.

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Living up to expectations of the "brand," but also planning.

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Events are awesome for creating trust, productive dialogue, building community. That's what our org is all about! Also see it as a way to find new audiences and hopefully make money.

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Events are awesome for creating trust, productive dialogue, building community. That's what our org is all about! Also see it as a way to find new audiences and hopefully make money.

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Events, for us, are a great way to build engagement with both subscribers and non-subscribers and expand the reach of our brand.

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Events, for us, are a great way to build engagement with both subscribers and non-subscribers and expand the reach of our brand.

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For virtual events, tech difficulties are my nightmare since there's very little you can do to fix things. 

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For virtual events, tech difficulties are my nightmare since there's very little you can do to fix things. 

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Resourcing - need to figure out a balance between time/money in and value out.

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Great conversations and food!

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A guest onstage was demonstrating something through song and got the entire audience singing together.

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People saying they will subscribe to the paper because they enjoyed an event. 

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People saying they will subscribe to the paper because they enjoyed an event. 

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When everyone is on a different page than you are, or has different information than you've given, as the organizer, this is the nightmare.

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People expressing that they want to steal the event's rules of engagement to help build productive conversations in other spaces.

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THE CITY is hoping to use events to build audience, steward and retain members, and to add a new revenue stream for the organization. 

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THE CITY is hoping to use events to build audience, steward and retain members, and to add a new revenue stream for the organization. 

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I've never organized a virtual event. I need to gain an understanding of the best way to format them so that they are appealing to both sponsors and guests. 

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I've never organized a virtual event. I need to gain an understanding of the best way to format them so that they are appealing to both sponsors and guests. 

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Lin Manuel Miranda freestyling on stage. 

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Lin Manuel Miranda freestyling on stage. 

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When we are hosting an event on a controversial topic, I'm terrified that it could be derailed by people with extreme opinions. Would love some suggestions on managing those incidences if they occur.

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We want to show that we serve our whole state, not just the city where we are based. Events help us broaden our scope and expand our audience!

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Planning an event that makes sense for us/is manageable for our size staff but also big enough to be worth the planning!

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New revenue streams, new opportunities to connect with the community.

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New revenue streams, new opportunities to connect with the community.

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The sheer logistics - small staff with lots of different hats already. The spirit is willing but the flesh is, well, stretched. (To mangle the metaphor)

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Serene satisfaction at seeing the entire show struck, boxed and loaded onto the skids.

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Connecting with people who have a shared interest and knowing that there are other people like you in the world!

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Events help make BenitoLink more tangible. Getting together with readers will build relationships and people will view us as being active in positive civic engagement. Businesses and individuals will want to associate with us and support events financially. This is one slice of the revenue pie.

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Burn out our team by taking too much on.
No one comes (I think we've gotten over this hump, but we could pick a dog)
Costs a lot of money and few benefits.

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Seeing guests enjoy themselves and make connections.
Having politically opposing guests come up and say they got a lot out of it.
Feeling community gives us hope that we can solve problems together.

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The events are important for the development, strengthening and growth of the audience.

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That no one attend the event.

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Building engagement; community awareness of the New England News Collaborative and our journalism; and a revenue stream to support our sustainability!

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Building engagement; community awareness of the New England News Collaborative and our journalism; and a revenue stream to support our sustainability!

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The NENC hasn't hosted an event yet... but this is what I hope we accomplish :)

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And Mexican food.

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Herding cats, a heavy logistics workload on top of all the plates I have spinning in the air.

Uncertain it will be worth it in terms of revenue and engagement.

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Our launch event brought in our first big run of members. It also created a sense that our work wasn't abstract — and that was before we'd published anything!

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I got a degree in journalism and ran away from it for a decade in a touring band. Honestly, that experience — seeing the world through the window of an econoline van — was formative in how I think about my job and myself, for better and for worse. In that way, I'm actually pretty new as both a professional journalist and as a publisher. I was never into jazz, but running The Current has been one long improvisation.

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Events are potentially that essential layer for connecting with our audience and community at Enlace Latino NC. For us, this is a creative way to fill critical informational voids and the possibilities are endless, so we want to explore them! 

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Events are potentially that essential layer for connecting with our audience and community at Enlace Latino NC. For us, this is a creative way to fill critical informational voids and the possibilities are endless, so we want to explore them! 

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I hear those fears about low attendance and the logistics! I share those. In addition to the trial and error implicit in figuring out how to make them attractive and successful! 

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I hear those fears about low attendance and the logistics! I share those. In addition to the trial and error implicit in figuring out how to make them attractive and successful! 

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I really think we have a lot to learn from newsrooms who have been doing events for a while -- we have only experimented with this once, but we believe a fresh perspective will help us! 

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I really think we have a lot to learn from newsrooms who have been doing events for a while -- we have only experimented with this once, but we believe a fresh perspective will help us! 

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Why events? Two reasons: 1. Events connect us with our audience in a meaningful way. 2. They bring extra revenue to our news organization.

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I love the live exchange of an event. When the audience leaves they know they had a unique experience that can't be replicated. Events make introductions, deepen engagement, and trigger emotional responses that bring audiences closer to the organization.

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The balance of producing a high quality event with a limited budget and low aministrative support.

I want it to be the best version, but constantly feel the limitations.

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Finding your people. I met one of my closest friends at a local event. Not only are we both still involved with the organization, but it became more important to us because it's mission laid the foundation of our friendship.

I believe small versions of this happen constantly. The gathering of strangers over mutual interests can be powerful.

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I'm a theatre director and producer that transitioned to media this year. I love events and have no clue how to make them successful for journalism orgs! Very happy to be here.

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Around events, but initiating them is new territory

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Around events, but initiating them is new territory

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I left journalism to run a marketing agency, and spent a decade working events for my clients. Now I'm back in newspapers, and excited to work events from the other side!

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We are kickstarting a new donor member group, and we hope to engage them through events
-Erika S.

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Technical difficulties in general (accessing event, using features, etc), receiving negative feedback, unengaged audience (no comments in chat or Q+A)
-Erika S.

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Lots of questions, flowing conversations during networking sessions, good food
-Erika S.

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We are celebrating our 25th year anniversary and want to do something special for our community to celebrate with us. And beyond that, campus speaking events used to be a revenue source that evaporated overnight with the pandemic, so figuring out how to pivot that.

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We are celebrating our 25th year anniversary and want to do something special for our community to celebrate with us. And beyond that, campus speaking events used to be a revenue source that evaporated overnight with the pandemic, so figuring out how to pivot that.

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Staff capacity and fear that it won't be as engaging to attendees as we hope

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Staff capacity and fear that it won't be as engaging to attendees as we hope

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Events bring our community together, especially in a small community like ours. We would like to engage with our audience as well as help bring in revenue for our newsroom.

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Negative feedback, going over budget, event not going as planned, not producing revenue.

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Making connections with others, having everyone included, having a great host, and an overall memorable event.

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I am new to the newsroom and events. I’m currently a student at San Jose state university majoring in graphic design and digital marketing.

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I love events because they give me an opportunity to socialize and engage with the community around me. The satisfaction of putting on an event that people attend, love and that accomplish something is unmatched!

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People not attending, engaging or participating.

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I was a reporter for much of my career, and moved into a leadership role more recently when I became executive editor of the New England News Collaborative in early 2020. While I'm new to events, I'm EXCITED to flex this business side of my brain...while also intersecting it with journalism and community engagement.

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To connect the community with our reporting and be open and transparent about our reporting process.  It's also a way to grow our audience and trust in communities we don't typically get out into. Events help meet some of our revenue goals through event sponsorships.

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Poor registration/attendance. It's the worst when you put in all the work and it flops.

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An excited and engaged crowd that's super thankful for WITF and the services we provide. Or helping at least one person connect to a resource that helps them personally solve a challenge or meets a need they had.

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We hope to use sponsorships and other revenue-generating strategies to monetize our existing events and develop new engagement strategies to continue bringing new, engaged, diverse audiences to our work.

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The resources it takes to produce both in person and virtual events often consumes our small staff

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We hosted an event a couple years ago on the Foxconn project in Wisconsin as part of our Speakeasy: Casual conversations, serious issues event series. Several people we highlighted in our coverage as people who lost their homes due to the project showed up and it was incredible to have their firsthand perspective at the event.