This is an episode called a Planner Pep Talk or PPT.   Planning fundraising events is not easy.  These pep talks are designed to let you know you're not alone with some of the frustrating aspects of planning an event. Whenever you need a little encouragement, check out any of the PPT episodes. Dealing with difficult people is one of the most challenging aspects of planning events.  Sometimes it’s not even difficult people, necessarily, but times when people can be difficult.  Unless you want to run the event by yourself, you’re going to have to learn to find a way to work with difficult people at some point.  In this episode I share my strategies for dealing with difficult people.