Posted by Tera Wozniak Qualls, Program Coordinator in the Nonprofit Leadership Institute at the Johnson Center for Philanthropy in Grand Rapids, MI. Read more from Tera Qualls and Sam Davidson on Sam Davidson's blog. Follow Tera on Twitter.
In the final blog of the series “Odd Jobs” I will be exploring the job of a nonprofit Convention Planner.
In the nonprofit sector there are a lot of event planners, at one time I actually thought about this position, because of the prevalence of need in the sector. All nonprofit organizations have fundraising events that need planning. After a recent flight to Baltimore, where I sat next to a nonprofit Convention Planner I realized that beyond event planning this nonprofit job takes a lot of marketing, fundraising, and organization skills.
