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You Can't Plan a Gala in Two Weeks | Book Huddle with Sarah Benvenuti

You Can't Plan a Gala in Two Weeks | Book Huddle with Sarah Benvenuti

Update: 2025-09-05
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Think you can throw together a fancy fundraising gala in a few weeks? Sarah Benvenuti has some harsh reality about what it actually takes to pull off those fancy black-tie events you see on TV + film.



We discuss Will Guidara's Unreasonable Hospitality + how running a Michelin-starred restaurant applies to managing massive events with celebrities, volunteers + chaos everywhere - and has leadership lessons for a Plus the 95/5 rule that keeps budgets sane.



Essential listening if you think events just magically happen because someone has a clipboard.



Look for more Book Huddles in this strand.



Books discussed in this episode:



Unreasonable Hospitality - Will Guidara



Sarah's website: benvenutiarts.com



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Sarah's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/benvenutiarts



Sarah's Medium: medium.com/@sarahbenvenuti



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You Can't Plan a Gala in Two Weeks | Book Huddle with Sarah Benvenuti

You Can't Plan a Gala in Two Weeks | Book Huddle with Sarah Benvenuti

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