Such is the life of an event planner.

July 22, 2010 at 6:08 am | Posted in my neurosis | 15 Comments
Tags: working it

Last night was my new fundraiser. Like first time ever doing it- conceptualizing and planning it from the ground up- and after a year of slaving over it, it’s over. And I think it was successful! People seemed to have a blast and we raised more money than I expected to (that is, after I shifted my lofty aspirations). We’ll see when the money is all counted and the participant surveys are completed but all in all I’m happy how it went. I’m exhausted to my bones but happy.

What they don’t tell you about event planning is that the day after the event? There is just as much work.

“You’ve worked so hard! You should take tomorrow off.” Yeah. No. It doesn’t work like that in fundraising. The day after is the day you unpack your filled-to-the-brim car, count the money, send thank you notes, and generally clean up the mess of what used to be your cubicle because in the last two weeks it looks as though a tornado hit it.

So if you’ll excuse me, I have work to do.

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You may have work to do but don’t forget to stop and pat yourself on the back for an awesome idea and execution!

Comment by Chris— July 22, 2010 #
We had SO MUCH FUN! Thanks again for doing this.

Comment by Sara— July 22, 2010 #
So glad it went well! Maybe you can take TOMORROW off instead?

Comment by Jess— July 22, 2010 #
Congrats to you! May you rest… next week! :)

Comment by LesleyG— July 22, 2010 #
Congrats! And I agree with Jess — take FRIDAY off!

Comment by Jen— July 22, 2010 #
Hopefully after all the work you will get to take a little time to yourself though.

Congratulations!

Comment by radioactive tori— July 22, 2010 #
From what I know of you, you did a kick-ass job at your event last night and will clean everything up to make it look like you were never there (figuratively speaking). Keep on rocking out and then ENJOY this weekend. It’ll be well-deserved!

Comment by Nilsa @ SoMi Speaks— July 22, 2010 #
congratulations! I hope you get a chance to rest this weekend :)

Comment by hillary— July 22, 2010 #
Boo for no immediately relief after such hard work! Not acceptable. Maybe shuffle papers just a little bit today to steal a tiny bit of relief?

And I like the tag “working it.” :)

Comment by LongStoryLonger— July 22, 2010 #
Congrats on a successful event. I know exactly what you mean. I chair a huge fundraising golf tournament and feel like death the day after. I giggled at your car/cubicle comment. I end up with left over tee prizes, signage, the raffle ticket spinner and a million other things crammed into my car and cubicle.

Comment by Foo— July 22, 2010 #
Congratulations! I know what you mean about the time off. I have an event that runs the week of August 9 and I wanted to take Monday/Tuesday (16/17) off, but I know I’ll end up working those two days, so I’ll aim for the 18-20 off.

Comment by Melissa— July 22, 2010 #
You’re going to do a killer job of planning your wedding… ;)

Comment by Mel Heth— July 22, 2010 #
Oh, I so admire you. You’re amazing! Congratulations on a successful event. Now get back to work! :-p

Comment by Stevie— July 22, 2010 #
Well done you! Success is a good thing! (Of course, with you planning it I’m sure they knew it would be great.)

Comment by Bully— July 23, 2010 #
This post is triggering my PTSD twitch. I did special events in a previous job. NEVER AGAIN. Ever. But I know exactly where you are. Hope you get some rest soon

Comment by kakaty— July 23, 2010 #

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