Events & Activities
All posts in the Events & Activities category.
Running Club Meetings People Actually Want to Attend
Most club meetings are boring and members stop showing up. Learn how to restructure meetings so members leave energized instead of checking their watches.
12 June 2026
Setting Up Event Ticketing for Your Community Organization
How to choose ticketing tools, price your tickets, handle discounts and comps, run check-in, and link attendance to member records for community events.
11 June 2026
Hybrid Meetings: Why Remote Members Disengage
Hybrid meetings often leave remote members as passive observers. Learn practical fixes to make virtual attendees full participants in your club meetings.
22 May 2026
How to Handle Event No-Shows and Last-Minute Cancellations
No-shows waste food, money, and volunteer time. Here are practical strategies to reduce them and plan around the ones you can't prevent.
21 May 2026
Virtual vs. In-Person Events for Community Groups
How to decide between virtual, in-person, and hybrid events for your community organization, with real costs, format recommendations, and honest tradeoffs.
30 April 2026
Community Event Ideas for Every Budget: Potlucks to Galas
Real community event ideas at every price point, from zero-cost potlucks to full-scale galas, with honest cost breakdowns for volunteer groups.
8 April 2026
Post-Event Follow-Up: How to Turn Attendees into Members
Sixty people came to your event and had a great time. Here's how to follow up within 48 hours so attendees actually become dues-paying members.
7 April 2026
How to Promote Your Event When You Have No Marketing Budget
Free and low-cost promotion tactics that actually fill seats for volunteer-run events, from personal invitations to local press and partner cross-promotion.
6 April 2026
How to Plan a Cultural Festival: A Step-by-Step Guide
How to plan a cultural festival from permits and insurance to food vendors and performers, with real budget breakdowns for volunteer-run community organizations.
5 April 2026
How to Track Event Attendance (and Why It Matters)
Your grant application asks how many people attended last year's events. If you can't answer, you're leaving money and insight on the table.
4 April 2026
Stop Using Google Forms for Event Registration
Google Forms costs your volunteers more time than it saves. Here's what breaks down and what actually works for community event registration.
3 April 2026
Annual General Meeting: Make Nonprofit Members Show Up
Most nonprofits struggle to fill the room for their annual general meeting. Here's what actually works to get members there and make quorum.
2 April 2026