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About Event Garde
Our clients think of us as a strategic partner who doesn’t just work for them—but works with them, as an extension of their team.
Who We Are
Event Garde is not your average consulting firm. The success of our more than 100 clients is a direct result of the diverse and reputable thought leaders we employ, our commitment to growing the knowledge and confidence of your people, and the collaborative partnership we create from problem statement through solution design, development, and implementation. Our clients manage leading trade associations, individual membership societies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies across the United States.
What We Stand For
Our cause
Our value proposition
Our promise
Our guarantee
What We Do
Event Garde is a trendsetting consulting firm that pushes the boundaries of what’s normal and expected. We not only deploy innovative strategy and operations for clients, but we dream up trailblazing topics for publications and presentations, as well as create niche resources for the benefit of our community.
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Core Values
Just as Event Garde is committed to helping our clients identify and carry out their core values, our team worked to develop consensus around shared Event Garde core values. The team participated in a facilitated discussion to help brainstorm and organize the core values we want to hold as a high-performing, virtual team, and we revisit them periodically to affirm and edit them to align with our current thinking and practice. Both explicitly and implicitly, we utilize these shared values as the foundation for how we work with one another, our partners, and our clients.
Moreover, the Event Garde team believes strongly in the values of profound respect and inclusive participation, and is committed to an anti-oppressive approach to our work that aims to make diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) a part of everything we do, including the implementation of these core values. Therefore, we acknowledge that in order for our team, our partners, and our clients to build and sustain a culture of belonging, where individuals can fully contribute and share in the decision-making, we must hold ourselves accountable to these core values.
WE KEEP IT REAL AND RESPECTFUL.
THERE’S NO “I” IN EVENT GARDE.
WE MAY BE APART, BUT WE MAKE IT WORK TOGETHER.
WE RESPECT BOUNDARIES AND BALANCE.
WE SET THE BAR HIGH.
WE JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER.
WE HAVE FUN UNTIL WE’RE DONE.
Strategic Directions
The Event Garde team is dedicated to translating our vision for the future into a tangible work plan, recognizing the need for strategic actions that align with our core values. Through a thoughtful analysis of our organization's dynamics, we've identified four key strategic directions. These pillars not only address real and perceived blocks and barriers, but also pave the way for creative and focused actions that take into consideration our current reality and desired measurable outcomes, positioning Event Garde and its clients on a trajectory toward holistic success.
Following are the four strategic directions that guide Event Garde’s work:
- Prioritizing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging: This is relational work. When done well - both internally among our team and externally with clients - it centers shared language, creates spaces for open dialogue, and prioritizes frameworks for equitable engagement.
- Achieving client outcomes: Our focus extends beyond service provision; we aim to exceed client expectations, delivering outcomes that contribute to the success of our clients' industries, organizations, initiatives, and stakeholders.
- Expanding business development activities: With a forward-looking approach, we're expanding our business development initiatives to reach new organizations, as well as continuously improving our business development processes and resources.
- Engaging in professional development: Investing in our team's growth, we are committed to ongoing learning and development, enhancing both individual and collective knowledge, skills, and abilities for sustained success.
