Conference Examples

Community Action Program Legal Services, Inc.

Gove Group has been assisting CAPLAW with its annual conference since 2003. CAPLAW attracts more than 600 attendees each year and provides three days of excellent speakers, great networking, and invaluable information. CAPLAW is dedicated to providing the legal, governance and management resources necessary to sustain and strengthen the national Community Action Agency (CAA) network. Through its in-house staff and a network of private attorneys, CAPLAW provides consultations, training, and resources on a wide variety of legal, governance and management topics. This assistance enables CAAs to operate legally sound and well-governed organizations, thereby enhancing their ability to effect positive change in their communities.

Gove Group has helped CAPLAW in selecting, contracting with and managing venues; developing programming ideas; presenter recruitment and management; exhibitor management; attendee registration and management; developing, tabulating, and analyzing conference evaluations; on-site management; and financial reconciliation.

Allegheny County Area Agency on Aging

AAA has been a client of Gove Group since 2004, and assists them with their annual conference as many as 500 people from throughout Pennsylvania. AAA provides services for the older adults, including protective services, in-home assistance, senior centers, caregiver support, and much more. Their annual conference brings together top managers of the many AAA’s across the state.

Gove Group has helped AAA in selecting, contracting with and managing venues; developing the program and identifying presenters; presenter recruitment and management; exhibitor recruitment and management; attendee recruitment, registration, and management; writing and designing all publications; developing, tabulating, and analyzing conference evaluations; on-site management; and financial reconciliation.

Epsilon Sigma Alpha

Epsilon Sigma Alpha (ESA) is an international nonprofit service organization that was organized in 1929. It has a has a philanthropic network of more than 700 local and campus chapters and its more than 10,000 members who continue to create a better world through excellent work locally, nationally, and internationally. You may know them by their work with St. Jude Hospital Children’s Research Hospital and Easter Seals.

Gove Group has assisted ESA since 2015 in identifying and contracting with a venue to hold their annual conference for approximately 500 attendees.

National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition

NEUAC executives engaged our company in 1993 and we continued to work with them on their annual conference until 2018. NEUAC brings together upwards of 650 representatives from nonprofits, government agencies, Indian tribes, as well as utility companies to provide energy efficiency education, utility payment relief, and weatherization assistance to low-income households. The annual conference features nationally recognized speakers and workshops, as well as exhibitors. The purpose of NEAUC is to provide valuable information for energy assistance professionals and build national awareness of and address energy poverty.

Gove Group has helped NEUAC in almost every aspect of conference planning: selecting, contracting with and managing venues; developing the program and identifying presenters; presenter recruitment and management; exhibitor recruitment and management; attendee recruitment, registration, and management; writing and designing all publications; developing, tabulating, and analyzing conference evaluations; on-site management; and financial reconciliation.

Hotel Search and Contracting

Gove Group is also available to conduct site searches, identify appropriate venues, and negotiate a favorable contract for your organization’s needs. We have helped many organization save tens of thousands of dollars and still maintain a win-win relationship with the venue.