President's Letter

IFEA President & CEO, Steven Wood Schmader, CFEE shares his insights into the Festival & Event Industry within "ie: the business of international events" magazine every quarter. To read his latest and past President's Letters, please find them listed below.

• Olympic Reflections (Spring 2014)
  
• Paying It Forward (Summer 2014)
  
• The Gift We Bring (Winter 2014)
  
• Mitakuye Oyasin . . . All My Relations (Spring 2015)
• Bring the Happy (Summer 2015)
  
• Mitakuye Oyasin . . . All My Relations (Fall 2015)
• The Global Role We Must Play (Winter 2015)
  
• The World is Changing (Spring 2016)
  
• Festivals & Events: Playing Our Role as the Public Squares of Our Communities (Summer 2016)
  
• For the LOVE of Cities and Events (Fall 2016)
  
• Festivals & Events: The Core of Our Global Community (Winter, 2016)
• Inside IFEA's Convention Site Selection Process (Spring, 2017)
• Global Vote (Summer, 2017)
• In the Unlikely Event Of An Emergency . . . (Winter, 2017)
• Changing Perspectives (Spring, 2018)
• The Joy & Wonder of Jean McFaddin (Summer, 2018)
• Perception = Reality = Changing Perspectives (Fall, 2018)
• Changing Perspectives (Winter, 2018)
• ONE. (Spring, 2019)
• Take Account of Your Impact (Summer, 2019)
• Out of Africa (Fall, 2019)
• Bold Choices (Winter, 2019)
• The Greatest Ride (Spring, 2020)
• Mission Control, We Have a Problem (Summer, 2020)
• Your Support is Needed Now, More Than Ever (Fall, 2020)
• Seasons of Change (Winter, 2020)
• Enough Already! (Spring, 2021)
• Mixed Signals (Summer, 2021)
• An IFEA Update (Fall, 2021)
• Focus on Your Mental Health (Winter, 2021)
• Testing, Testing (Spring, 2022)
• To New Possibilities (Summer, 2022)
• This is Our Moment (Fall, 2022)
• This Is Our Moment (Winter, 2023)
• Festivals & Events: The Community Capital (Spring, 2023)
• If You Toss A Rock Into a Pond . . . (Summer, 2023)
• Ripple Effect (Fall, 2023)
• Light a Candle for Me (Winter, 2023)
• The Critical Need to Re-Focus (Spring, 2024)
• Behind the Headlines (Summer, 2024)
• Refocus and Let the Games Begin (Fall, 2024)
• Refocus Your Story . . . Remember the Magic (Winter, 2024