About OP 3
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
OP 3 Top 3
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Opportunity.
Our clients’ challenges are our opportunities — we embrace, seek, and conquer them head-on
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Operations.
Our team will help you get the job done, no matter how difficult the circumstances or how tight the timeline. We’re the event version of a military Special Ops Unit, attacking your challenges by hitting them with an organized, trained, well-equipped team. We have the tactics and experience to make your event headaches disappear.
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Optimization.
We constantly revisit methodologies and improve processes to make events as cost-effective, efficient, and perfect as possible.
Our Story
We started in 2002 with two clients—a multi-day national walk event series and an endurance ride— and a handful of passionate staff that believed that nearly anything is possible if you have the heart and the grit and are willing to put in the work. We were forever changed by the early AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer Walks that we worked on. Impacted by those early connections, we made our communities better by working with the non-profits we cared about. We had to. They needed us.
19 years later, we still have the same drive and idealism we did when OP 3 began. Our expertise comes from creating and producing over 347 events in 40 cities, raising over $581 million for our clients, and supporting more than 433,000 participants, most of whom we also recruited and coached on fundraising.
Our client base has always been almost exclusively non-profit organizations and major hospitals. Our events range from intimate virtual meetings to large symposium broadcasts, from small 5Ks with no registration fee to multi-day, multi-route rides and walks with high fundraising minimums and 20,000 participants. The high quality of our events and experiences sets us apart from other agencies, as does of our commitment to continuous improvement, and our attention to the bottom line.
We love this work because it’s an opportunity for us to learn as much as we teach. We love this work because it means finding new ways to delight participants. We love this work not because we think we can change the world, but because we know we can. We’re all in.
WORKING TOGETHER
We work shoulder-to-shoulder with the clients we serve
We create a unique timeline addressing all event deliverables at the start of every project.
We set expectations together so that you’re always in the loop on important indicators whether we’re handling recruitment, fundraising, planning, production, or everything.
We pair our client partners’ needs, priorities, and assets with our extensive expertise to make the most of every event.
We take a holistic planning approach to create an incredible experience.
From the communication plan, to the first fundraising call-to-action email, through the last participant goodbye and event clean up, we turn the biggest elements and the smallest details of your vision into flawless reality because those little things have big impact. Making sure the mission messaging is woven throughout all event elements means participants connect directly with the purpose of AHA while enjoying their event experience.
Collaboration
Our staff are part of your front line and work as a seamless extension of your team, and we work with you to ensure your vision is realized. Our passion, experience, and attention to detail separate us—and the event experiences we produce—from other agencies.
