9 OKR examples for Event
What are Event OKRs?
The OKR acronym stands for Objectives and Key Results. It's a goal-setting framework that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s, and it became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s. OKRs helps teams has a shared language to set ambitious goals and track progress towards them.
Crafting effective OKRs can be challenging, particularly for beginners. Emphasizing outcomes rather than projects should be the core of your planning.
We have a collection of OKRs examples for Event to give you some inspiration. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point for your OKRs.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read more about the OKR meaning online.
Best practices for managing your Event OKRs
Generally speaking, your objectives should be ambitious yet achievable, and your key results should be measurable and time-bound (using the SMART framework can be helpful). It is also recommended to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.
Here are a couple of best practices extracted from our OKR implementation guide 👇
Tip #1: Limit the number of key results
The #1 role of OKRs is to help you and your team focus on what really matters. Business-as-usual activities will still be happening, but you do not need to track your entire roadmap in the OKRs.
We recommend having 3-4 objectives, and 3-4 key results per objective. A platform like Tability can run audits on your data to help you identify the plans that have too many goals.
Tip #2: Commit to the weekly check-ins
Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to get the full value of your OKRs and make your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
Tip #3: No more than 2 yellow statuses in a row
Yes, this is another tip for goal-tracking instead of goal-setting (but you'll get plenty of OKR examples below). But, once you have your goals defined, it will be your ability to keep the right sense of urgency that will make the difference.
As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having more than 2 yellow/at risk statuses in a row.
Make a call on the 3rd update. You should be either back on track, or off track. This sounds harsh but it's the best way to signal risks early enough to fix things.
Building your own Event OKRs with AI
While we have some examples below, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. There are 2 options available to you.
- Use our free OKRs generator
- Use Tability, a complete platform to set and track OKRs and initiatives
- including a GPT-4 powered goal generator
Best way to track your Event OKRs
OKRs without regular progress updates are just KPIs. You'll need to update progress on your OKRs every week to get the full benefits from the framework. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:
- It brings the goals back to the top of the mind
- It will highlight poorly set OKRs
- It will surface execution risks
- It improves transparency and accountability
We recommend using a spreadsheet for your first OKRs cycle. You'll need to get familiar with the scoring and tracking first. Then, you can scale your OKRs process by using a proper OKR-tracking tool for it.
If you're not yet set on a tool, you can check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates guide to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.
Event OKRs templates
We've covered most of the things that you need to know about setting good OKRs and tracking them effectively. It's now time to give you a series of templates that you can use for inspiration!
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for Event. We also included strategic projects for each template to make it easier to understand the difference between key results and projects.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
OKRs to boost participation in wellness events through strategic alignment
- Boost participation in wellness events through strategic alignment
- Ensure 80% of participants complete post-event satisfaction surveys
- Send reminder emails regularly to encourage completion
- Send out satisfaction surveys immediately following the event
- Offer incentives for completing the survey
- Increase registration for wellness events by 15%
- Send personalized email invitations to past participants
- Collaborate with local influencers for event promotion
- Develop engaging social media campaigns promoting wellness events
- Enhance engagement during wellness events by 25%
- Offer small incentives for active participation or greater attendance
- Add interactive health-related games or quizzes to wellness events
- Promote wellness events through all available internal channels
OKRs to consistently rank in the top half of running events
- Consistently rank in the top half of running events
- Participate in 3 local running events to gain race experience
- Start a regular training schedule
- Register for the chosen 3 running events
- Research local running events in your area
- Increase weekly mileage by 10% to improve overall endurance
- Calculate current weekly mileage for accurate increment
- Consistently monitor progress and endurance level
- Gradually increase mileage by 10% each week
- Finish five 10k runs in under 50 minutes for enhanced speed
- Schedule weekly training to progressively increase running speed
- Incorporate high-intensity interval training in workouts
- Monitor time on each run and adjust pace
OKRs to develop an engaging and results-driven events strategy
- Develop an engaging and results-driven events strategy
- Measure and increase participant satisfaction by 25% post-event via surveys
- Create a post-event satisfaction survey for participants
- Implement feedback to improve future events by 25%
- Distribute the survey to all event participants
- Secure partnerships with at least 5 industry influencers for event exposure
- Identify relevant industry influencers for partnership
- Draft compelling proposal for potential influencer partnerships
- Follow-up proposal with individual discussions and negotiation
- Boost event engagement by 30% through interactive and engaging execution strategies
- Use visual storytelling to captivate attendees' interest
- Adopt gamification methods for interactive participant involvement
- Implement live polls/quizzes to encourage audience participation
OKRs to successfully raise $2M at an upcoming fundraising event
- Successfully raise $2M at an upcoming fundraising event
- Obtain corporate sponsorships adding to $750K
- Identify potential corporations interested in sponsoring your organization
- Craft a dynamic, tailored sponsorship proposal for each corporation
- Arrange meetings to pitch sponsorship opportunities and benefits
- Secure pledges from 10 major donors contributing $500K collectively
- Identify and list potential major donors
- Facilitate meetings to discuss pledges
- Develop personalized proposals for each donor
- Attract 1,000 event attendees at $500 donation per ticket
- Leverage partnerships for greater visibility and reach
- Develop targeted marketing strategies to reach potential donors
- Organize high-value perks and incentives for attendees
OKRs to use Event Marketing to drive outbound leads
- Hold the first annual user conference
- Register 250 attendees
- Drive $500,000 in upsell/cross-sell revenue from event
- Drive outbound marketing efforts
- Secure two keynote speaking slots at industry events
- Increase event-driven leads by 25%
OKRs to achieve 10% organic growth via event marketing
- Achieve 10% organic growth via event marketing
- Secure 3 new partnership deals for collaborative events to broaden audience reach
- Pitch partnership idea to identified potential partners
- Negotiate deal and finalize partnership agreement
- Identify potential partners for collaboration
- Improve event-lead conversion rate by 20% to enhance sales
- Develop engaging follow-up messaging targeting event attendees
- Implement event-specific promotional sales or discounts
- Train staff on successful sales conversion strategies
- Increase event participation by 15% to increase brand exposure
- Leverage social media platforms for event advertising
- Establish partnerships with influencers or celebrities to boost event visibility
- Develop engaging promotional materials to attract potential participants
OKRs to successfully orchestrate an engaging food street event
- Successfully orchestrate an engaging food street event
- Attract at least 500 attendees
- Utilize social media channels for widespread promotion of the event
- Develop a compelling event agenda to attract potential attendees
- Send out personalized invitation emails to targeted audience groups
- Achieve 90% positive participant feedback
- Develop a responsive and effective communication system
- Implement comprehensive, regular training programs for staff members
- Evaluate and enhance participant experience based on surveys
- Secure a minimum of 20 food vendors
- Initiate contact and discuss vending opportunities
- Finalize agreements with at least 20 vendors
- Identify potential food vendors in the local area
OKRs to raise funds for Water4
- Raise funds for Water4
- Secure grants from 3 major foundations for Water4 projects
- Research foundations interested in funding water initiatives
- Establish follow-up communications for proposal responses
- Prepare and submit tailored proposals to selected foundations
- Launch an online crowdfunding campaign that raises $1.5 million for Water4
- Develop engaging promotional content for social media
- Craft compelling story about Water4 for the campaign page
- Identify and reach out to potential high-value donors
- Host 2 successful fundraising events with at least 300 attendees
- Identify and secure a venue that can accommodate 300 people
- Create and implement a detailed promotional plan
- Recruit volunteers for event organization and execution
OKRs to implement a proficient live operations team for streaming events on Netflix
- Implement a proficient live operations team for streaming events on Netflix
- Achieve a viewer satisfaction score of 8/10 or greater for every streamed event
- Provide easy-to-access support for technical issues
- Gather and respond to viewer feedback effectively
- Regularly test and improve streaming quality and speed
- Recruit and train 5 dedicated team members skilled in live operations by end of quarter
- Design and implement a comprehensive training program
- Advertise roles on relevant job platforms
- Identify necessary skills for live operations team members
- Successfully execute 3 high profile live streaming events without technical glitches
- Hire expert technicians for uninterrupted live streaming
- Schedule rigorous rehearsals before the actual streaming events
- Procure high-quality streaming equipment
More Event OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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OKRs resources
Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.
- To learn: Complete 2024 OKR cheat sheet
- Blog posts: ODT Blog
- Success metrics: KPIs examples