Lesson learned

I am about 7 months away from my non-profit’s annual fundraiser. Time to start planning—but just for me. Last year I made a big mistake in attempting to bring together my event committee at about this time. The meetings started too soon, and it became apparent to me that I had not done myself any favors by starting this early. My planning committee suffered from meeting fatigue and event burnout long before the event was here. We actually held meetings in which we accomplished nothing new and we all just chatted and caught up with each other. Don’t get me wrong—I like and deeply appreciate the folks who give their time to help coordinate this ever-growing event, but even I was sick of these meetings by about August. So this year, I will apply the lesson I learned in 2006...hopefully I will accomplish just as much with less pain inflicted upon my dear committee.