Education and events department

Dedicated to: education and events 

Scope: strategic planning around regional educational priorities and virtual/in-person events; coordination/oversight of all region/chapter event types and regional event execution 

Tasks and focus areas: 

Events: regional/chapter coordination of all event types and virtual event execution support

• Management and maintenance of global planning calendar, incorporating all regional/chapter events of all types (educational, networking and recruitment) and proactively working to coordinate and avoid event/scheduling conflicts. Annual program planning and coordination.
• Tracking event stats and revenue to ensure plans and targets are met
• Work cross-functionally to build relationships with the regional CR team and Marketing team to effectively deliver on event sponsorship and promotion of education and events
• Networking event innovation brainstorming and coordination to enhance networking opportunities across the region and all chapters
• Provide guidance on event planning best practices as needed across the region and chapters
• Virtual event execution support across the region/chapters:
  • Maintenance of regional Zoom license and virtual event scheduling on the platform (license admin/payments handled by HBA Central)
• Assignments of dedicated technical support volunteer (or two for more complex events) for each regional/chapter virtual educational event to lead the technical rehearsal and handle all live tech support/platform hosting 

Education: coordinate educational priorities across the region and develop virtual events to fill educational gaps

• Oversight of educational event topics across the region to ensure a robust menu of development opportunities across the full geography
• Virtual events/education:
  • Topic tracking and comparison in global planning calendar to:
    • avoid duplication/competition
    • look for cross-regional opportunities for collaboration
    • look for existing events that may appeal to AGs/member groups in your region
    • ensure quality in programming offered to members
  • Execution and planning of virtual events as needed to fill educational/topic gaps
  • Educational trend scouting

Conferences: as needed based on regional conference offerings

• President
• Vice president
• Regional director
• Regional committees