I have worked very closely with the Lodestar Group over the past five years both as a Vendor and a Client and have seen them service very niche markets in the most professional manner. LSG has the knowledge and network in place to effectively manage small, medium or large events on time and within budget.

— Kevin D, Shaw, President Great Circle Promotions, Denver, CO

Financial Management/Contracting/Budgeting

As event owners, the Lodestar Group understands what it takes to set a realistic budget and has the financial expertise and experience to work within it.  Your organization needs to reduce its spending while providing a valuable experience to your attendees and managing the ROI of  your sponsors and partners.  Our skilled professionals can help you do that, while seeking ways to steamline your  processes and add greater benefit and ease of access to your staff and your members or attendees.

Membership Management

The Lodestar Group can assist with small association membership management including financial structure, membership programs, membership communications, and marketing.

Jeanne was instrumental in helping the association conduct an effective membership analysis. Rather than giving us easy answers, she directed us to “the hard questions” that led the association to significantly improve its services to members and affiliated chapters.

— Anne Easterling , Association Manager , Natl Organization for Human Services

Let our management or financial team use their experience and skills to:

• Help with membership management and growth
• Help you determine each line item for your budget
• Establish program pricing for each sector of your participants
• Determine, Negotiate and Contract with your venue and vendors
• Provide weekly financial coordination with your accounting team or manage the entire budget for you
• Manage registration and sales funds if requested
• Provide membership communications
• Reconcile statements and budget post-event

In addition to a staff trained in budgeting and financial oversight, Lodestar Group has many established relationships and can source any requirement quickly and with the assurance of quality.   Our experience includes contracting with hotels, convention centers, conference centers, university and college facilities, sports arenas, restaurants, and military facilities in the US and abroad successfully.

Start your event with a practical and soundly established budget and leave the detailed contracting work to our professionals.  We can also review your existing budgets and contracts and help to reestablish if your budget has gone awry.

Call the Lodestar Group at 540-829-9585 or email us at info@lodestar-group.com. We can begin to help today.