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Planning Your Own Events

News & Events

Every month Reedies across North America gather for Thirsty Third Thursday (TTT), which oddly enough happens usually on the third Thursday of each month. Sometimes they meet up at a brewpub, other times there are special events related to arts, sports, and other modes of discourse. It started in just a few cities, but now Thirsty Third Thursday has grown so big it requires a page of its own. Click here to see them all.

Planning Events

If you'd like to organize an event in your own geographic area:

  1. Select event, and preferred date (picnic, potluck, trip to a park, concert, or museum).
  2. Select location (may be intrinsic in event) and determine what reservations might be necessary.
  3. Write up a description (when, where, why, and how) and send it to alumni@reed.edu at least four weeks before event for inclusion in the TTT mass email and/or to serve as a region-specific invitation that the alumni office can send for you.
  4. Collect RVSPs (and any money necessary).
  5. Greet guests and act as general host (not necessarily financial "host").
  6. Report back on the success of the event, including a list of attendees.

What the alumni office can offer in the way of support and promotion:

  1. Send email invitation to area alumni at least two weeks in advance. We can sometimes send a printed invitation, budget and time permitting. We can sometimes send a second reminder email too, depending on timing.
  2. List event on alumni webpages and social-media channels.
  3. Offer some financial support, sign contracts.
  4. Provide lists of email addresses for individual outreach to potential attendees.

To get something cooking, send your questions and great ideas to alumni@reed.edu!