EVENT PLANNING
At FIG, we know how important special events can be for your organization and the community you serve. These gatherings bring in much needed funding, inspire organizational buy-in, build trust, and more deeply engage stakeholders. FIG Founder and Lead Consultant, Evelyn Francis, brings decades of experience in special event management and implementation to your leadership team. She has worked with nonprofit leaders, corporate sponsors, celebrities, politicians, youth, professional athletes, artists, filmmakers, and featured speakers to build events that put organizations in the spotlight, ensuring their work shines.
Beyond the organizations she has worked for, Evelyn has provided special event support for the Special Olympics of Massachusetts, The National Braille Press, Shelter, Inc., the New England Holocaust Memorial, the Boston Alliance of LGBTQ Youth, along with countless non-profit organizations. She has worked on events featuring Billy Porter, Senator Ted Kennedy, Alec Mapa, Judy Collins, Christian Siriano, Paula Vogel, Phylicia Rashad, Boston Mayor Tom Menino, Vogue Evolution, Elie Wiesel, Amy Poehler, Alan Cumming, and many more. From the spectacle of the annual gala to the intimacy of a house party, Evelyn brings directing, producing, scripting, organizing, stage managing, and hosting experience to the table to ensure that every aspect of your event is well planned and executed.