Event Solutions :: Brady Miller's Spotlight Award Voting Assistance

ISES Indiana Member, Mr. Brady Miller, CSEP, Special Projects Manager at Indiana University Southeast has been nominated and is a finalist in the Organizational Planner of the Year category for the Event Solutions magazine Spotlight Awards.  He needs our help and voting for him!  Voting now through the end of January 26th.  One vote per email address.  If you can please help and take a moment to vote for him: 

• http://www.event-solutions.com/spotlight/voting/
• Click on the "Organizational Planner of the Year" Category and 
• Select "Brady Miller, CSEP, Indiana University Southeast"

The Event Solutions magazine Spotlight Awards is an annual awards presentation dedicated to recognizing event professionals. The awards are presented in a variety of categories and honor both individuals and companies for their body of work in the previous year. The Event Solutions Advisory Board selects five finalists in each category. Profiles of these finalists are then posted online, and peers in the events industry and the public are invited to view them and vote to help determine the winners.

Thank you for the help in voting for Brady.  Congratulations to you and good luck.  Sincerely, your ISES Indiana Board of Directors

Happy Holidays from ISES Indiana!

Warmest wishes to you and your family during this holiday season!  Thank you for sharing your business with ISES Indiana.  Wishing you peace, joy and happiness now and throughout the new year!  Love your friends and ISES Indiana board of directors

Get Involved :: Best Buddies Friendship Walk

Our ISES Indiana team page for the Best Buddies Friendship Walk on Sunday, April 28^th is ready!  Please go to the link below to join the team and register.  

The Friendship Walk is the latest and greatest life-changing movement created by Best Buddies. Since 2009, more than 24,000 participants have walked in over 22 states, and raised over 2 million dollars for Best Buddies. Ultimately, the Friendship Walk changes lives, as participants walk for inclusion, friendship, leadership, and opportunity for people with and without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).


Click on the link below to join our team. We promise to give you the opportunity to change someone's life!  When you join a Best Buddies Friendship Walk team, you inspire others to join. Thus making our reach endlessly growing. The bigger the team, the bigger the impact. The bigger the impact, the more change we can bring to the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  So join now and start changing lives immediately!

Please visit our ISES Indiana Best Buddies Friendship Walk Page to Join or Give: 

https://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=1043260&lis=0&kntae1043260=F349EDACA5C84AEA84B6324834BD102B&supId=332228847&team=5343140

Thank you so much.  Sincerely, your ISES Indiana Board of Directors

Member Spotlight :: Dee Haddad

Dee Haddad

Event Designer  |  Thomas Caterers of Distinction   

Thomas Caterers of Distinction

4440 N Keystone Avenue
Indianapolis, IN  46205

Phone: (317) 542-8333

• Check out the website:

www.thomascaterers.com

• Follow them on Twitter:
• https://twitter.com/ThomasCaterers

Please "Like" on Facebook: 

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Please follow the Pinboards on Pinterest:

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·  What is your title and position at your current company? Event Designer at Thomas Caterers of Distinction

·  What does your company do? Thomas Caterers of Distinction is a Custom Catering Company

·  How is it different than others like it? Our vision statement makes us different than anyone else. Our vision is to create memories that last a lifetime through a positive planning experience, innovative design, quality cuisine and exceptional service.

·  How many years have you been in the industry? 10 years in special events and a total of 25 years in hospitality

·  What was your very first job? I was an ice skating guard at my local Ice Rink in Columbus, Indiana

·  What lead you in into the event industry? My love for food and my passion to serve others

·  Why did you decide to join ISES?  Our owner Kelly Early, CSEP insisted that we all be part of ISES, for personal and professional growth.  That is also why I became a CSEP (Certified Special Event Professional)

·  What is your most memorable event? Why?  My most memorable event was a Wedding that I was part of for a friend.  What made it most memorable was that I was able to give a friend my talents and passion as a gift for her most memorable day J

·  What’s one thing most people don’t know about you?  I love Snoopy!  His infectious smile always makes me happy when I see him.

·  If you were not in the event industry, what would be your dream job?  I’m living the dream…really I am J But I wasn’t doing this job, I would love to be instrumental in the fight to stop Hunger in the US.

The Special Event Early Discount Deadline is Today!

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The Special Event

Discounts on Event Education, Showcasing Events & Free Exhibit Hall End Today!!!

Don't get caught up in the holiday season and forget to register for the industry's biggest tradeshow and conference, The Special Event 2013 (TSE). Until today, December 19, you'll get a $200 discount off of the full education package which includes your choice from over 100 courses in 8 event-focused tracks.

TSE's eight stunning showcasing events provide a fun opportunity for you to pick up some tips and mingle with colleagues. Get all of this-at great prices-if you register by today.

Looking for specific items to take your events over-the-top? Explore thousands of event products and services on the TSE exhibit hall floor. Best of all, your entrance is free if you register by today!

Reminder: Once you've completed your registration, be sure to book your hotel room! To get a room at TSE special show rates you must book by December 21.

December Event Highlights :: Snowflake Soiree @ The Historical Society

The December 13th Snowflake Soiree at the Indiana Historical Society was SPECTACULAR!  It was a gorgeous and super fun event down to every last detail.  Thank you to all of you who made this amazing event come together and to all of you who attended.   

A Very Special Thank You to our Event Sponsors

Indiana Historical Society
Chair Covers and Linens
Kim King-Smith Events/Favors & Fun
Encore Entertainment
Kristin Hornberger Photography

JP Parker Flowers

Party Time Rental

WOW Factors

MBP Catering

AMS Entertainment

Thank you so much, Kristin Hornberger with Kristin Hornberger Photography, for the event photographs!  This was definitely the event that definitely ended the ISES event year with a bang!  With all of us in the event Industry having so many events this time of year, it was definitely the event of the season!  From the gorgeous tablescapes, great dinner, open bar, Blue Christmas signature cocktail, successful silent auction, super fun details and amazing surprises, it was spectacular event down to every last detail and was definitely enjoyed by all!  

Thank you so much to our event sponsors!!  Without all of you, we couldn't have such wonderful events.  We thank all of you for your membership, event sponsorship and continued support.   The evening event was definitely a success and we have so many people to thank for putting it all together and making it happen.  Katie and all the crew at the Indiana Historical Society with their amazing venue and support with our Snowflake Soiree.  The mouth-watering hors d'oeuvres and sit down dinner by MBP Catering.  Kim with Kim King-Smith Events for the favors, fun, coordination and homemade confections by Nate's Candy Jar.  Special thanks to Lisa with Party Time Rental for all of the glassware for the tables and bar, the plates for our spectacular meal, all of the flatware for our place-settings and crowd-pleasing Cotton Candy Machine at After Glow!!  Thank you to Chris with Chair Covers and Linens for the gorgeous tablecloths, overlays, red satin holiday napkins and sashes, Pamela and crew with JP Parker Flowers for their gorgeous and creative centerpieces, and Ashley and Scott with WOW Factors for the amazing lighting, rolling holiday sweet table and the WOW effects that set the tone for our elegant and fun snowflake soiree holiday theme.  Thank you to Larry and his crew with Encore Entertainment for the cocktail sax and then the awesome After Glow after party sax and drums accompanying the DJ mixing.  They even had Vince Early join in for a holiday song and then continued to get a lot of us on the dance floor.  Thank you to Jason and crew with AMS Entertainment for providing the super fun and awesome Photo Booth with Green Screen and Social Media Upload Package and thanks to Kristin with Kristin Hornberger Photography for the photographs that captured the details and fun we had.  Thank you to all of you who donated the amazing silent auction items and to those of you for the contributions and support for ISES with those silent auction purchases.  What an amazing team of event professionals collaborated and came together to make this event that knocked our socks off!  We really ended the 2012 year with a bang.  Thank you to all of you members and guests that attended the event.  We appreciate all of you!  Here are a few of the highlights from Kristin Hornberger Photography . . .  

Thank you to all of our amazing event sponsors, silent auction donors and purchasers, all of our members and many guests that attended!  We loved the great turn out and everyone involved to help make the event so spectacular!  

Sincerely, your ISES Indiana Board of Directors