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Jon Wollenhaupt
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- Role
- Independent/Third Party Meeting Planner
- Job Title
- Vice President
- Company
- Excel Meetings and Events
- Website:
- http://www.excelmeetings.com
- About Me:
- Jon has spent over 20 years honing his marketing skills while working for, and consulting with, technology and consumer goods companies. He has held management positions in marketing communications with enterprise software companies and has worked for marketing and public relations agencies.
He has helped launch several enterprise software products for healthcare including a clinical portal and a laboratory services outreach solution. As a marketing consultant his clients included, GM, Microsoft, MITEM Corporation, and Nestle USA .
At Excel Meetings and Events he works with clients on event marketing strategies and promotional programs that help build conference and event attendance and awareness. These programs include: conference identity development, web site development, Wiki deployment, Inteactive technology deployment, web-based registration software deployment, conference collateral, print advertising, direct marketing (print and online), press release writing and distribution and attendee acquisition.
He is currently working with representatives from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's office to market and produce "The Governor's Conference on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The Governor’s Conference will be the centerpiece of California’s participation in Global Entrepreneurship Week, a first-ever worldwide entrepreneurship event that will spotlight the innovative enterprises of young people worldwide. Global Entrepreneurship Week, created by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, will have active participation from 70 organizations in some 60 countries.
- Favorite destination for personal travel
- Italy, Mexico and Santa Fe
- Favorite group destination
- The Carribean
- Favorite amenity to have waiting in my room
- Wine!
- Favorite hotel
- Casa Del Sol, Zihuatanejo , Mexico
- Activities/Interests
- Photography, Wine, Cooking, and the Spanish language
- Favorite Quote
- "Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."
- Thomas Jefferson
- College/University
- San Francisco State Univeristy
- Employment History
- Previously held positions inlcude:
- Director of Marketing Communications for an Enterprise Software Company
- Marketing Consultant
- PR Manager, consumer goods
- Right now I live in...
- San Francisco
- My hometown is...
- San Diego, CA
- 2 Truths and a Lie: Write 2 true things about yourself and one lie. Try to guess other MPN members' lie.
- I am a city guy who lives in a major urban center.
I enjoy fine dining and great cabs and pinot noirs from Napa and Sonoma.
I love camping - sleeping on the ground, going without a shower, having wild animals try to eat/steal my stuff in the middle of the night, mosquitos, bug bites, having all my clothes smell smokey from the camp fire. Its GREAT.
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Chasing ROI - How Valuable is the Annual Conference? One Planner Decided to Find Out
From Events Solutions Magazine
Rachel Globus, Managing Editor
www.event-solutions.com/
Chasing ROI
How Valuable is the Annual Conference? One Planner Decided to Find Out
Guest Advice
Jack Phillips, Ph.D and Jon Wollenhaupt
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles exploring what ROI means for your events. In January, find out the return CIC got on its investment in its annual conference.
How do you determine whether your event succeeded? All too often, meetings, conferences a… Continue
Rachel Globus, Managing Editor
www.event-solutions.com/
Chasing ROI
How Valuable is the Annual Conference? One Planner Decided to Find Out
Guest Advice
Jack Phillips, Ph.D and Jon Wollenhaupt
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles exploring what ROI means for your events. In January, find out the return CIC got on its investment in its annual conference.
How do you determine whether your event succeeded? All too often, meetings, conferences a… Continue
Posted on April 1, 2008 at 8:23pm — 2 Comments
Rethinking Event Evaluations - Learn to Show the Business Value Your Meetings Create
By Jon Wollenhaupt, Vice President, Excel Meeting and Events
Meeting planners often employ post-event surveys to measure attendees’ reactions to, and satisfaction with, the experience, ambiance, content, and value of the meeting or event they just attended.
Surveys that collect this reaction data are usually administered onsite following a meeting or distributed via email within a few days after the event’s conclusion. While this level of evaluation is important, it does not measure the level… Continue
Meeting planners often employ post-event surveys to measure attendees’ reactions to, and satisfaction with, the experience, ambiance, content, and value of the meeting or event they just attended.
Surveys that collect this reaction data are usually administered onsite following a meeting or distributed via email within a few days after the event’s conclusion. While this level of evaluation is important, it does not measure the level… Continue
Posted on March 19, 2008 at 11:00am —
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Welcome to MPN and thank you for contributing to our network! I have posted your article on the homepage and think it would be great if you would also start a discussion in the Forum relating to your article.
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