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During my final year, I was part of a five-person team running a campus event expected to draw about 300 students. Two weeks before the event, our main speaker canceled and the catering vendor doubled prices due to a mistake in our quote. We were behind on promotion and at risk of canceling. I pulled the team into a quick working session and laid out a simple priority list: secure a replacement speaker within 48 hours, lock a new budget, then sprint on marketing. I reached out to three alumni speakers with relevant backgrounds and confirmed one within a day, negotiating a virtual format that cut AV costs by 30%. Then I reworked the budget and shifted to more digital promotion: targeted emails, social posts, and class announcements. We doubled our RSVP count in a week and ended up with 260 attendees, only 13% under our original goal but 40% higher than the previous year’s event.
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