(October 1-3, 2009)
Annual conference in Portland, OR.

 

Organization: Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council
(September 16, 2009, 1:30 p.m. eastern)
Jeff Shuck of Event 360 leads this teleconference in the Run Walk Ride Masters Series.

 

An exciting opportunity has arisen at a small health charity in Surrey, England for an Events Manager. The Events Manager will manage, organise and implement plans and initiatives for the portfolio of running events the charity is currently involved in. These events include The London Marathon, Great North Run, British 10k, London Triathlon etc.In this role you will plan, organise and support the involvement of the charity and their participants in the events, source and manage volunteers and staff support at the events as well as developing the runners network in order to increase their level of support and to integrate them into other events.You will also produce regular communication (eg newsletters for each event), ensure delivery of sponsorship income and line managing an events assistant.). 

 

Sponsorship Sales
Company: Red Rock Company, Inc.

Sponsorship sales position for an event promotion company that hosts a series of triathlons in Arizona and Mexico as well as a national 5K running race series. The triathlon series includes 5 events and the 5K running event series is expected to include 14-16 events nationally in 2010. Primary responsibilities include procurement of cash and in-kind sponsorships for the events individually and collectively as two series.  Initially this will be a part time, commission based position. Commissions will be based at 20% of cash sponsorship contracts and 10% of in-kind sponsorship contracts at time of receipt.