RECRUITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR
IFEA COVID-19 TASK FORCE
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During this time of unimaginable challenges, as all global industries and communities face a truly unknown and unpredictable future as the result of the COVID-19 virus, and particularly its impact on mass gatherings, the IFEA believes that it is in the best interest of our events, to begin looking forward with a positive reimagining of festivals and other large, public, community events.
To drive our thought and creative process, we have created four initial committees that will make up the
IFEA COVID-19 Task Force
to take us through the recovery process. Each are headed by industry leaders who will coordinate calls, conversations, research, brainstorming and the presentation of end-results to IFEA Members once complete.
If you are interested in serving on one or more of these IFEA COVID-19 Task Force Committees, keep reading to learn more about each Committee and how to sign up!
Committees will begin meeting the Week of July 20th, 2020.
Please sign up before then if possible.
(Must be an IFEA Member to participate in the Task Force).
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TASK FORCE COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS
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How Do We RE-PRESENT Our Current Events?
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What can producers do now to help re-present their events in a different format if they have/had to postpone or cancel. The committee will research and create lists, photos, videos, links, etc. of great examples being done by others that can be shared; define a suggested timeline for the expectation/need of fulfilling this option; explore how to keep our volunteers, sponsors, host cities and other stakeholders involved and active and determine how to monetize these options.
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Committee Co-Chair:
Jeff Curtis, CEO
Portland Rose Festival Foundation, Portland, OR
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Committee Co-Chair:
Allison Barringer English, Executive Director, North Carolina Azalea Festival
Wilmington, NC
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What Will RE-OPENING Likely Look Like?
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In preparation for when we may be able to reopen our festivals and events, the committee will define a guide of expectations that producers can use now to overlay with their formally ‘normal’ events, with the goal of reimagining how they would put those new expectations into place and what the effect would likely be on both financial and human resources.
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Committee Co-Chair:
Jeff English, CFEE
Senior Vice President - Administration and General Counsel Kentucky Derby Festival
Louisville, KY
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Committee Co-Chair:
Kat Paye, CFEE
Executive Director
National Cherry Festival
Traverse City, MI
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RE-IMAGINE What the Future of Events Will/May Look Like:
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If we find that it may realistically be 1 year or 3 years before a large, mass-gathering event can reopen, we need to brainstorm how we can take the likely new regulations and hurdles that we will all face as an industry (e.g., safe-distancing, mask requirements, sanitation and other services, temperature checks, limited capacities, et al.) and define how we can/might still create/present a new event model(s) that are able to provide the energy, creativity, community participation, sponsor support and activation, etc., that we all desire, under those circumstances /limitations, while also maintaining financial sustainability.
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Committee Co-Chair:
Ted Baroody, CFEE
President
Norfolk Festevents
Norfolk, VA
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Committee Co-Chair
Annie Frisoli, M.S., CFEE, Founder & CEO
Creating Community, LLC, Goodyear, AZ
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RE-CONNECT Our Communities:
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We know what our events contribute to our respective communities and that is usually one of the primary personal drivers/rewards for those in our industry. How can our events/organizations lead the efforts to keep our communities bonded during these difficult times and ensure the long-term health of all events? How might we work more closely with our cities, other events and organizations, volunteers, artists and vendors, sponsors, et al. to help all of our communities come through this storm stronger and keep all of our events financially secure and healthy.
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Committee Co-Chair:
Stephen King, CFEE
Executive Director
Des Moines Arts Festival
Des Moines, IA
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Committee Co-Chair
Keli O'Neill Wenzel, CFEE, President & CEO
O'Neill Marketing & Event Management
Kansas City, MO
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International Festivals & Events Association
2603 W. Eastover Terrace, Boise, ID 83706 U.S.A.
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GAIN ACCESS TO VALUABLE MEMBER BENEFITS AND SUPPORT THE IFEA AT THE SAME TIME - BECOME AN IFEA MEMBER TODAY!
The IFEA is here to support you, share resources with you, help educate you, provide important information updates to you, help establish and strengthen your industry connections, and so much more! Now is not the time to try to figure everything out on your own. Now is the time to maintain and build your industry network. Now is the time to reach out to your industry peers. Now is the time to use IFEA’s resources, information, products and services. Now is the time to join the IFEA.
We are all STRONGER when we work TOGETHER.
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About the IFEA:
The International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) is
The Premier Association Supporting and Enabling Festival & Event Professionals Worldwide.
With a target audience that includes
all those who produce and support quality celebrations for the benefit of their respective "communities,"
the IFEA's primary focus is identifying and providing access to the professional resources and networks that will
inspire and enable those in our industry to realize their dreams, build community and sustain success through celebration.
Membership in the IFEA provides value from all directions, including invaluable contacts and cash budget savings worth many times the membership investment. The more you use them, the higher your return.
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Thank You to Our Association Endorsed Partners:
The IFEA would like to thank the following partners for their dedicated support of the association. Association Endorsed Partners have made a commitment to the continued success of our association, our members, and our industry through their umbrella sponsorship support of all IFEA programs and services. Show your support for these dedicated providers to our industry by getting to know them, and the high-quality products and services that they supply, better.
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