Michelle Bowen

• Represents organization to ministry partners, community agencies, venues and clients
• Establishes, communicates, organizes and implements all organizational meetings, events, trainings, retreats, mission trips and conferences
• Serves as primary contact for event coordination
• Responsible for all event logistics and operations including coordinating security, floor plans, parking, vendor coordination, and in-house AV resources
• Prepares and executes all event-related contracts
• Receives and evaluates bids
• Negotiates and executes contracts
• Collects and manages vendor and registration fees
• Designs, implements and communicates event timelines and deadlines
• Develops and implements effective marketing strategies all partner events
• Obtains post-event feedback, analyzes data and adjusts event planning accordingly
• Establishes branding and communication guidelines for each event
• Employs Customer Service Management (CSM), Event Sales (ES) and Event Management (EM) software to create, and manage registration for participants, speakers, and vendors.
• Conducts pre-event venue visits,
• Recruits, onboards, trains and supervises all event volunteers
• Recruits and contracts all speakers, entertainment, and food vendors

• Equipped churches to establish branded program ministry that both developed the children and youth in the church as well as reached the community with the gospel
• Recruited and developed ministry team members from across the state to serve churches in important geographic areas
• Developed curriculum for training disciple-makers
• Brainstormed and implemented creative event concepts and themes.
• Organized regional and national conferences, retreats, and trainings
• Served as a speaker at churches, conferences, and trainings.
• Establishes, communicates, organizes and implements all organizational meetings, events, trainings, retreats, mission trips and conferences
• Serves as primary contact for event coordination
• Responsible for all event logistics and operations including coordinating security, floor plans, parking, vendor coordination, and in-house AV resources
• Prepares and executes all event-related contracts
• Receives and evaluates bids
• Negotiates and executes contracts
• Collects and manages vendor and registration fees
• Designs, implements and communicates event timelines and deadlines
• Managed administrative logistics of events planning, event booking, and event promotions.
• Supervised conference teams including special events, speaker support, vendor support, registration, event equipment, wifi and AV, catering and hospitality, room set-up, and security
• Obtained post-event feedback, analyzed data and adjusted event planning accordingly
• Ordered and maintained event and organizational inventory and supplies

• Develop & present curriculum for professional development
• Observe educators to determine coaching plans
• Provide individual coaching and group professional development opportunities to educators as selected by school administrators
• Serve as a speaker at schools, districts, and conferences.

· Oversaw 9 before and after school and 3 full-summer camp programs, plus all related school-aged child care and summer events

· Recruited, hired, onboarded, and trained staff for each program area

· Developed training curriculum that was adopted and implemented at over twenty branches as the standard program

· Oversaw staff schedules and assignments to handle programming demands.

· Raised and managed an annual budget of $900,000.

· Supervised program staff, managing and evaluating performance to provide high-quality services to program participants.

· Provided ongoing direction and leadership for program operations.

· Developed and implemented program goals and objectives, establishing specific and measurable outcomes aligned with organization's overall mission.

· Monitored program performance to identify areas for improvement.

· Collaborated with various teams to uncover issues, identify applicable solutions, and offer guidance.

· Coordinated budgeting, scheduling and resource allocation to facilitate smooth flow of operations.

· Communicated regularly with stakeholders, updating on progress to build support for program.

· Developed and implemented marketing strategies to promote program awareness and participation.

· Established program policies and procedures to comply with regulatory requirements.

· Developed and implemented program evaluation systems to assess program impact.

· Maintained and updated project-related documents.

· Negotiated program contracts and agreements to obtain cost-effective pricing.

· Created and enforced programming standards to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.

· Developed proposals and operational plans within assigned area.

· Improved program offerings based on changing trends, audience feedback and directives from station owners.

· Identified risks and developed mitigation plans.