Upcoming events.
Central Oregon Wedding Association events are for members only! We provide once a month mixers, educational seminars, and roundtables!
COWACHELLA
🎉 COWAchella 2024
Join us for an unforgettable evening as we celebrate another fantastic year at COWAchella, a Coachella-themed extravaganza! Get ready to trade your business attire for boho-chic festival vibes and immerse yourself in the lively atmosphere on December 5th, 2024, starting at 5:30 PM at the Riverhouse Lodge Convention Center.
This night will be filled with great music, vibrant décor, delicious food, and plenty of fun surprises. Let’s gather together to celebrate our achievements, connect with industry peers, and toast to the exciting year ahead.
Dress to impress in your best festival-inspired outfit and get ready for a night of dancing, mingling, and unforgettable memories. 🌟
Don't miss the Central Oregon Wedding Association’s biggest celebration of the year!
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THIRD TUESDAY
We have made it through summer and are headed into our slow down so lets meet up, talk about our wins this summer and catch up!
Event Details:
Date: Tuesday, October 15
Time: 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Location: Bevel Brewing: 911 SE Armour Rd Suite B, Bend, OR 97702
COWA Roundtable: Self-Care During Wedding Season (zoom link in details)
Let's meet virtually to network with other COWA members and to chat through how to take care of ourselves during a busy wedding season. Please come prepared to chat through your own tips and tricks, including how to automate, how to stay on top of your to-do list, things you do that don't revolve around work, how to make time for family and friends.
Central Oregon Wedding Association is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: COWA Roundtable: Self-Care During Wedding Season
Time: May 24, 2024 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81809086583
Meeting ID: 818 0908 6583
COWA First Tuesday Networking Event
Join us at Currents for an informal gathering of wedding and event professionals in Central Oregon. No agenda and no formalities, join for however long you can!
Members will receive 2 drink tokens. Non-members are welcome to join, so please invite your friendors. Non-members can purchase drinks, if wanted.
Roundtable: How to Elevate Weddings in Central Oregon
Let's meet virtually to chat through the key takeaways from Andrea's Pro Dev presentation and to discuss how to elevate all of our weddings in Central Oregon. This includes how to work better with our clients, create more luxurious weddings (even on a budget), and create beautiful weddings that can be used for social media and publishing.
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89093858767
Pro Dev: How to Attract and Manage Luxury
Pro Dev: How to Attract and Manage Luxury
Let's come together for an in person Pro Dev presented by Andrea Eppolito where we'll learn tips on how to better understand and attract High-End Luxury Clients for our own wedding businesses.
Presented by Andrea Eppolito. Andrea is a Luxury Las Vegas Wedding Planner and Event Designer specializing in timely, timeless, and transformative experiences. She's been published in Elle, Brides Magazine, New York, Wed Luxe, Glamour and more.
Learn more about Andrea here.
The presentation will start at 5:30pm and there will be time for questions, a meet and greet with Andrea, and networking after the presentation.
For COWA MEMBERS: 2 drinks and appetizers will be available at Tetherow for this presentation. Non-members can purchase tickets for $35. If you have a non-member that would like to attend, please email us and we will send them a link to purchase a tickets.
First Tuesday Networking Event
No agenda and no formalities -- meet and catch up with other vendors in a relaxed setting. 2 drinks will be provided for COWA members, non-members have the ability to purchase.
Please invite anyone in the wedding and event industry and feel free to show up whenever you can for however long you can!
COWA Roundtable: SEO Discussion (Zoom Link in Details)
The March Roundtable will be all about SEO. We'll go through the key takeaways from the March ProDev Course, discuss how SEO has helped our businesses, or ways to get more involved with SEO to make sure our businesses show up for those trying to find us!
Central Oregon Wedding Association is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: COWA Roundtable: SEO Discussion
Time: Mar 27, 2024 03:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89420927003
Meeting ID: 894 2092 7003
COWA ProDev: SEO (Zoom Link in Details)
Updated Class Details to Come
Tuesday, March 19th from 4pm-5pm PT
Join the Zoom Here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83925307677
COWA FIRST TUESDAY NETWORKING EVENT
Join other wedding and event professionals at Flights Wine Bar (144 NW College Way, Bend, OR 97703).
No agenda and no formalities -- meet and catch up with other vendors in a relaxed setting. 2 drinks will be provided for COWA members, non-members have the ability to purchase.
Please invite anyone in the wedding and event industry and feel free to show up whenever you can for however long you can!
Roundtable: Speed Networking and Ice Skating
Join COWA for a Speed Networking Event (like speed dating, for wedding vendors). Get to know your fellow wedding vendors in a fun format and then we're ICE SKATING afterwards.
We'll Speed Network in the Speakeasy at Seventh Mountain (enter through the bar area) from 6:30pm-7:30pm and then skate afterwards!
Pro Dev: Boundaries for Business Owners
Learn how to set boundaries with clients so your business doesn't take over your life.
About Amber: After a decade in weddings and events, Amber Anderson, former owner of Heavenly Day Events in Austin, Texas, transitioned into coaching others through Refine for Wedding Planners. Hosting the largest Facebook group exclusively for wedding planners, Refine offers courses, templates, a podcast and more. Amber is widely published in Brides, Martha, Pop Sugar and more, and speaks at conferences TSE/Catersource, DWHSA Conference as well as various organizations across the country, and was voted a Top Ten speaker for Wedding MBA in 2022. She is known for having radical honesty, often saying what most people are thinking but won't say, striving to elevate the industry one conversation at a time.
MEMBERS: Check your email for the zoom link
First Tuesday Networking Event
No agenda and no formalities -- meet and catch up with other vendors in a relaxed setting. 2 drinks will be provided for COWA members, non-members have the ability to purchase.
Please invite anyone in the wedding and event industry and feel free to show up whenever you can for however long you can!
ROUNTABLE: Goal Setting and Vision Boards
Where: Downtown Bend Library in the Meyer Room (upstairs to the right!)
Start the year off right by determining your goals (business and personal). Learn how to set goals you'll actually accomplish, speak them into the universe, and create a vision board to visually represent your goals for 2024.
FIRST TUESDAY NETWORKING EVENT
Where: Riverhouse on the Deschutes in the Deschutes North Room (enter the Hotel Lobby Check-in//the Currents building and go to the left down the hallway, not the convention center lobby).
Open to all wedding vendors, not just members of COWA, so please invite anyone in the industry and bring guests!
No agenda and no formalities -- meet and catch up with other vendors in a relaxed setting. Come whenever you can for however long you can!
**2 drinks will be provided for COWA Members. Non-members can purchase drinks. Small bites will be provided.