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Shannon Sutherland's Single-Advisor Practice Needs Event Infrastructure That Scales

Professional client education for your 401(k), SIMPLE-IRA, and SEP-IRA plan sponsors — without adding event management staff

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We've Been Studying Simple Impact Retirement Plans

Your boutique advisory practice in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina operates with remarkable efficiency — Shannon Sutherland manages the entire client advisory function while delivering customized participant education programs across multiple plan sponsor relationships. This single-advisor model creates the kind of capacity constraints that limit how many professional education sessions you can offer to your growing client base.

Your current tech stack includes FMG Suite for content management and Google Analytics for tracking, but participant education events require a different kind of infrastructure. Plan sponsors using your 401(k), SIMPLE-IRA, and SEP-IRA services expect professional, branded experiences that reflect their company identity — not generic webinar platforms that fail compliance reviews.

We connected with your team at 2026 WBENC National Conference in Salt Lake City because EventBuilder serves as white-label event infrastructure for advisory practices exactly like yours. As a fellow women-owned, WBENC-certified business, we understand the procurement advantages and partnership opportunities that come from working within the certified supplier ecosystem.

Built for Financial Services Teams of Every Size

Wealth Advisor / CEO — Shannon Sutherland

Current Challenge:

Running Simple Impact Retirement Plans' entire advisory practice while delivering customized participant education programs across multiple plan sponsor clients. The single-advisor model creates capacity constraints that limit professional education session offerings to your growing client base.

How EventBuilder's Strategy & Demand Service Helps:

We serve as white-label event infrastructure with branded registration, professional production, and compliance reporting, multiplying your delivery capacity without adding staff — same model we use to support 500+ sessions monthly for Microsoft teams.

Plan Sponsor Decision-Makers

Current Challenge:

Companies using Simple Impact Retirement Plans' 401(k), SIMPLE-IRA, and SEP-IRA services need professional participant education that reflects their company brand and meets ERISA fiduciary documentation requirements. Generic webinars don't satisfy compliance or brand standards.

How EventBuilder's Registration & Compliance Service Helps:

Teams-native sessions with custom branding, attendance tracking, and automated compliance documentation that satisfies ERISA requirements. Our ISO 27001/27701 certification meets financial services compliance requirements out of the box.

Corporate HR Teams

Current Challenge:

HR teams at Simple Impact Retirement Plans' client companies need employee education sessions that integrate with their Microsoft 365 environment and provide clean attendance data for compliance reporting. They can't manage additional platforms or security reviews.

How EventBuilder's Production & Live Event Service Helps:

We extend Microsoft Teams with advanced registration workflows and automated reporting, staying inside the IT-approved environment while delivering enterprise-grade functionality. Microsoft Preferred Supplier status eliminates security reviews.

Proven Results for Service-Led Organizations

Microsoft Commercial Licensing

Delivered 400+ events reaching 180,000 registrants while their team focused on content strategy and program outcomes rather than event logistics.

"We have been using EventBuilder for our partner events and have great success with the platform. The EventBuilder team is very responsive with excellent customer service. We always get a thorough answer the first time."
— Mike Iem, Senior Program Manager, IoT Marketing and Partner Events, Microsoft

SolarTech CEO Evaluation

Chosen over competitive alternatives in a Microsoft-committed organization evaluation for streamlined event creation and management processes.

"EventBuilder was one of the organizations that was more forward thinking than the other options we were considering. Not only did they integrate with Microsoft products, as we are a Microsoft shop, but the platform allowed for a very streamlined process to create and manage events."
— Alice Liang, CEO, SolarTech

Microsoft Virtual Customer Advisory Board

Built and delivered Microsoft's first virtual Customer Advisory Board summit with seamless, professionally produced, secure virtual environment that maintained the prestige of the executive program.

"I truly cannot say it enough, you and the team at EventBuilder have been just absolutely incredible to work with."
— Nicole Porter, Global Programs Engagement Leader, Microsoft

Why Financial Advisory Practices Choose EventBuilder

Microsoft-Native Platform

Built inside Microsoft Teams and Town Hall, not bolted on. No new tenant, no second security review, nothing new for participants to learn. Perfect for plan sponsors already running Microsoft 365.

Service-Led, Not Self-Serve

Real humans own the outcome. We plan the program with you, build the registration, run speaker rehearsals, moderate live events, and deliver post-event reporting with 24/5 coverage.

WBENC Partnership Advantages

As a women-owned, WBENC/OMWBE/WOSB/SBA-certified supplier, we open procurement and supplier-diversity paths that large generalist vendors cannot offer your corporate clients.

Enterprise Security Posture

ISO/IEC 27001 and 27701 certified, SSPA Green, Microsoft Preferred Supplier status. Financial services compliance requirements met out of the box.

WBENC Certified
ISO 27001/27701
Microsoft SSPA Green
Microsoft Preferred Supplier
OMWBE Certified
WOSB Certified

Let's Discuss Your Client Education Strategy

30-minute call: How we multiply advisory practice capacity without adding event management staff