Inside the Event: Issue #3
Creative ways to celebrate, connect, and inspire this Spring
🌷 March Recap: Women’s History Month & Pi Day
🥧 Pi Day (March 14)
We had someone recite 115 digits of Pi on Pi Day! 🤯 Since the holiday fell on a Friday when everyone was remote, we hosted a Zoom Pi-reciting competition followed by a Kahoot trivia game all about Pi and pie. 🍕🥧 The winners got to choose from pie-themed gifts or a Raspberry Pi—such a fun way to let coworkers shine! 🌟
💜 Women’s History Month
Our Employee Resource Group hosted its annual brunch and volunteer event, which is always a highlight—a perfect blend of connection and giving back. Throughout the month, we also enjoyed:
✨ Virtual panels featuring inspiring women leaders
🍷 Happy hour to celebrate together
📚 Book club discussions
We’ve found that books are a wonderful way to connect across teams and communities. Plus, book clubs are a great async-friendly event option! 📖
🌎 Looking Ahead to April: Earth Month & Financial Literacy Month
🌿 Earth Day (April 22)
Earth Month is a perfect time to bring creativity and sustainability into events. Some ideas:
🥕 Farmer’s Market-Style Happy Hour – One of my all-time favorite events was when Twelve Top Catering hosted a spring-forward farmer’s market happy hour. They brought tons of fresh veggies for employees to take home. The best part? No waste—the goal was for everything to go! 🌽🍅🥒
♻️ Recycling & Composting Refresh – Use Earth Month as an opportunity to re-educate employees on composting and recycling practices at work.
🎨 Recycled Art Show – A former coworker, Ariana Davi, once hosted a month-long art show featuring artists who work with recycled materials. It was creative, inspiring, and such a cool way to celebrate sustainability.
🍋 Zero Waste Workshops with Lila Volkas – Lila recently shared some Earth Month ideas in her newsletter, and they’re so good! Last year, we brought her in for Zero Waste Kitchen Hacks—it was a huge hit. She’s offering these classes as well:
🍹 Zero Waste Lemonade
🍵 Kombucha-making
Both are fantastic interactive experiences for teams!
🐝 Honey Tasting with Carmel Honey Company – Last year, we brought in Jake from Carmel Honey Company for an in-person and virtual class. 🍯 I learned SO much about bees, honey production, and the company’s incredible backstory (he started it as a middle school project!). Highly recommend him for an Earth Month event—educational and delicious.
💰 Financial Literacy Month Ideas
April is also Financial Literacy Month, which offers a chance to focus on education and volunteerism. Some ideas:
✍️ Financial Words of Wisdom for Students – We’re partnering with a local organization to write financial advice for our high school selves.
💡 Educational Talks – Reach out to financial vendors like Fidelity or Origin for a lunch-and-learn or virtual session. Topics could include budgeting, investing, or financial wellness.
✨ Over the weekend, my friends and I were talking about how we wished there had been a required finance class in college—covering taxes, budgeting, and saving. I didn’t grow up learning much about money, so I’m super grateful for the tips I picked up from my first bosses at a hedge fund—especially the importance of building a six-month rainy day fund 🌧️💵.
🎉 In Other News…
🎁 Holiday Party Venues Are Booking FAST!
It seems like holiday party venues in SF are filling up way quicker than last year. 😬 I hadn’t felt the stress of another company challenging a date since pre-COVID.
🗓️ My hot take? 12/11 is the perfect holiday party date this year. It gives people enough time after Thanksgiving to avoid the rush, but still early enough to account for holiday PTO or potential sick days. Mark your calendars!
✨ My Personal Surprise and Delight
A recent little moment of joy?
🎨 I recently sold a watercolor painting to a local cafe, and they featured it during a recent art walk! 🖼️ I love having this as a side hobby—it’s such a creative outlet and a fun way to connect with people in my neighborhood. 💙
✨ That’s it for this month’s Inside the Event! Stay tuned for more creative ideas, vendor recs, and inspiration next month. 💫