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Pull something off the shelf. I write most weeks about the parts of an event nobody sees.
New on the shelf
everything on the shelf
What belongs in your event planning spreadsheet
Everything you're currently tracking across six documents and a notes app could live in one place. This post covers what belongs in that document, how it's organized, and what it feels like to open one thing instead of six.
The event logistics spreadsheet your team needs to execute without you
Your team can only run the day without you if the document in front of them answers what they'll actually need. This post covers what has to be in it, what usually gets left out, and how it changes event day.
Your event has multiple versions right now. Here’s why that matters.
Your event currently exists in four places and they don't quite match: the doc you share, the notes on your phone, the vendor emails, and the version in your head. This post covers why that matters more than it seems and what to do about it.
The one document you need to keep your retreat on track
When every moving piece of a retreat lives in one document, the whole event stops depending on what you remember. This post covers what belongs inside it, how it gets built, and what changes for your team once it exists.
It's eleven at night on event day and the bed is right there. Ten minutes of notes now saves an hour of trying to remember next week, and gets you better answers. These are the event evaluation questions worth answering each night, before the details fade.