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By the Numbers

Ela Conf is run by a community of organizers and volunteers who all donate their time and resources to the event year round. We collected numbers and stats from our 2015 and 2016 events and started collecting this year's data to share our growth, how we allocated funds, and a closer look into what goes into Ela Conf.

People 2015 2016 2017
Total attendees 97 122 173
Speakers 26 36 29
Volunteers 5 25 20
Organizers 4 4 5
Opportunity grant recipients 3 11 22
Sessions 2015 2016 2017
Proposals we received 24 108 200
Percent of proposals we accepted 71% 33% 12%
Speakers 26 36 29
Sessions 17 26 20
Attendee submitted speaker feedback n/a 92 290
Sponsorships 2015 2016 2017
Companies we contacted 39 149 108
Total company sponsors 12 14 19
Total individual sponsors 0 14 2
Total of sponsorship (after PayPal fees) $14,000.00 $18,832.80
Community 2015 2016 2017
Slack members 62 166 502
Twitter followers 458 930 1,701
Newsletter subscribers 59 111 682
Finances 2015 2016 2017
Venue $1,640.00 $3,200.00
Food $6,193.98 $5,090.55
Networking event $645.37 $1,667.32
Speaker travel stipends $3,056.24 $5,426.59
Organizer travel $347.33 $1,017.34
Childcare stipend for attendees $0 $150.00
Conference swag $1,288.86 $876.74
Photography and videography $0 $3,039.51
Fee paid to our fiscal sponsor $847.98 $1,203.11
Ticket sales (after credit card fees) $2,959.50 $5,229.31
Total of sponsorship (after PayPal fees) $14,000.00 $18,832.80
Our donation to GDI $2,939.74 -
Seed money for next year $0 $2,390.95