3 customisable OKR examples for Event Engagement

What are Event Engagement OKRs?

The Objective and Key Results (OKR) framework is a simple goal-setting methodology that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s. It became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s, and it's now used by teams of all sizes to set and track ambitious goals at scale.

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 Engagement 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 our OKR guide online.

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Our customisable Event Engagement OKRs examples

You will find in the next section many different Event Engagement Objectives and Key Results. We've included strategic initiatives in our templates to give you a better idea of the different between the key results (how we measure progress), and the initiatives (what we do to achieve the results).

Hope you'll find this helpful!

1. 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

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2. OKRs to expand open mic opportunities for musicians

Expand open mic opportunities for musicians
Establish partnerships with five local venues for hosting open mic events
Draft a partnership proposal tailored for each venue
Identify potential local venues suitable for open mic events
Initiate contact and negotiate partnership terms
Draw in a minimum of 50 unique performers across all open mic events
Collaborate with local music schools for event promotion
Send personalized invitations to performers from previous events
Create engaging social media advertisements targeting local performers
Organize and successfully conduct at least 10 open mic events
Arrange necessary equipment and personnel for each event
Select venues and schedule dates for each open mic event
Promote the events through social media and local newspapers

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3. OKRs to cultivate a resilient, long-lasting community culture

Cultivate a resilient, long-lasting community culture
Achieve 90% positive feedback on the community culture from member surveys
Respond to feedback constructively and promptly
Establish initiatives to promote positive community culture
Implement regular surveys to gather member feedback
Increase community engagement through events and workshops by 40%
Plan and organize monthly community events and workshops
Collaborate with local businesses for sponsorship
Promote events through social media and flyers
Implement 2 community bonding initiatives successfully with higher than 80% participation
Identify two initiatives that would be popular in the community
Facilitate and monitor the initiatives’ successful implementation
Design and execute a powerful promotional campaign

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Event Engagement OKR best practices to boost success

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.

Tability's audit dashboard will highlight opportunities to improve OKRs

Tip #2: Commit to weekly OKR 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.

Tability's check-ins will save you hours and increase transparency

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 above). 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.

How to turn your Event Engagement OKRs in a strategy map

Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly in order to get all the benefits of the OKRs 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.

Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRs

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.

More Event Engagement OKR templates

We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.

OKRs resources

Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.

To learn: What is the meaning of OKRs
Blog posts: ODT Blog
Success metrics: KPIs examples

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