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Workshops and Continuing Education

This is your resource for online articles, workshop listings, and a wide variety of useful information, geared with you in mind. Here are our current resources for continuing education:

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IFEA FALL CONFERENCE
September 15-17, 2010 in St Louis, MO

 

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MFEA One Day Forum - late fall 2010

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SPRING 2011

MFEA Spring Conference

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IFEA/MFEA Membership Drive

Give us a try!

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Questions - call or e-mail Randy Gutzmann

651-261-0028 or rwgutz@aol.com

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Certified Festival and Event Management Class

PRESENTED BY

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TOURISM CENTER

& MINNESOTA FESTIVALS and EVENTS ASSOCIATION

Workshop

• Festival and Event Management I
• Festival and Event Management I Online
• Festival and Event Management II
• Festival and Event Management III

Online Articles

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Festival and Event Management I
Dates: September 23-25, 2010
Location: St Paul Campus - University of Minnesota
Registration: Early-Bird Registration: $299. After September 1, 2010: $315 Online Registration Information
Contact:
More Info: Kent Gustafson, 612-625-8274 or 612-624-4947or kgustaf@umn.edu

Register now

Festival and Event Management II
Dates: September 30- October 2, 2010
Location: St Paul Campus - University of Minnesota
Registration: Early-Bird Registration: $299. After September 1, 2010: $315  Online Registration Information
Contact: More Info: Kent Gustafson, 612-625-8274 or 612-624-4947 or kgustaf@umn.edu

In addition to the prepared curriculum, there will be special resource persons and a “behind-the-scenes” look

at

This comprehensive, 36-hour program provides event staff, festival organizers and volunteers

with the essential knowledge and organizational tools to successfully operate. Content is

divided into three, easy-to-master classes that complement one another, creating a complete

festival management package. Further, electronic list serves create and maintain a network

of other event professionals.

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Festival and Event Management III
Dates: October 2, 2010 (afternoon) The capstone seminar relates
Location: St Paul Campus - University of Minnesota
Registration: Early-Bird Registration: $139. After September 1, 2010: $145  Online Registration Information
Contact: More Info: Kent Gustafson, 612-625-8274 or 612-624-4947 or kgustaf@umn.edu

Register for all three courses in Festival and Event Management (I,II,III):

            $737.00  or $775.00 after September 1, 2010  Online Registration Information

Scholarships

     There are two scholarship programs for the Certificate in Festival and Event Management

Program:

     The first is for residents of St. Paul and is offered by the St. Paul Festivals Association.

     The second is offered by the Minnesota Festival and Events Association and is available to its

members.

     Please contact Tourism Center staff (tourism@umn.edu) to request further information

about both scholarship programs.

Festival and Event Management I Online
Dates: Online course: 2010
Location: Online
Registration:   Online Registration Information
Contact: More Info: Kent Gustafson, 612-625-8274 or 612-624-4947 or kgustaf@umn.edu

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     Past Curriculum topics have included

  • 2009 - "Greening Your Event"
  • 2008 - "2009...??"

      •  2004 - "Accessibility Issues for Festivals and Events"
           •  2003 - "The Holidazzle Parade: Responding to an Event Crisis"
  
   •  2002 - "Let's Go to the Fair" (Case analysis of the Hennepin County Fair)
      •  2001 - "Sponsorship"

 
 

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