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For an event professional familiar with the high quality of TSE education, the time to register is now! The lowest prices of the year are available now for those of you who know from experience that the TSE 2013 conference program, its speakers, and its content will be fantastic as usual. Register before full details are available on October 5 and you'll be getting $100 off the full registration package price.
Complete Details of TSE Education Program Will Be Released on October 5If you register today, your price is $595. This will increase to $695 next week once the full details of the program are released. Take a sneak peak at the kickoff session for the TSE educational conference program, led by internationally acclaimed speaker Dr. Bob along with Dr. Judith Wright. This session, along with 100 more, will be included in your full education package:Register by October 5, before full conference details are released and get $100 off your choice of any of the 100 sessions, including the kickoff session above, or a free exhibit hall pass. Tickets are already being sold to all of the showcasing events. Get yours today!TSE Conference Kickoff Session, Tuesday, January 15, 9:00am-9:45am: Transform! A Radically New Way to Approach Your Business-And Your Life
Get ready for a wild ride as you discover secrets to take your business to the next level and make the most of the Special Event. Bestselling author Dr. Judith Wright and acclaimed speaker, Dr. Bob Wright, will conduct this experiential journey into your potential. They will draw from their in-depth study of students at their internationally recognized leadership institute. In this rousing kick off to your Special Event, you will learn the secrets of individuals who have attained deep fulfillment in every aspect of life and how anyone, by following this proven process, can achieve the same level of lasting transformation. Come prepared to participate in this rousing kick off to your future dream fulfillment.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Register for TSE by October 5 & Give Yourself a Gift
September Event :: Progressive Dinner
After an amazing first stop, it was then off to Mesh on Mass, Forty Five Degrees and the Rathskellar! What an amazing night and great fun had by all. Thank you to everyone who helped make this event happen and we appreciate all of you coming out! It was a great and super fun event.
Thanks again to everyone who helped make the ISES Indiana Progressive Dinner happen! Sincerely, your ISES Indiana Board of Directors
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
CSEP Study Group on Wed, 10/3!
CSEP Study Group Meeting
Wednesday, October 3rd at 4:30 PM
Thomas Caterers of Distinction
4440 N. Keystone Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Please let us know if you are interested and want to be a part and we will get you connected with the right people (kristinhornberger@gmail.com if you have any questions and I can direct you to the right person!).
The ISES CSEP Program
Established in 1993, the Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP) designation recognizes event professionals who have successfully demonstrated the knowledge, skills and ability essential to perform all components of a special event. This program was developed to:- Increase the proficiency of event professionals
- Elevate industry standards and practices
- Establish the level of knowledge and performance necessary for certification
- Promote the advancement of the special events industry
- Advance the careers of practitioners
- Acknowledge the high caliber work of CSEPs and the value of the products and services they provide
Being a recipient of the CSEP designation demonstrates a continuous dedication to enhance individual and professional performance. The CSEP designation offers a competitive advantage when soliciting business as either a special events industry supplier or planner. It represents proof of your professional market knowledge.
Sincerely, your ISES Indiana Board of Directors
Monday, September 24, 2012
Member Spotlight :: Amie Huffman
Amie Huffman
Sales Manager Rentals and Events | The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
- Office: 3000 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208
- (317) 334 - 3314
Check out the website:
www.childrensmuseum.org
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- What is your title and position at your current company? Sales Manager, Rentals and Events at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.
- What does your company do? How is it different than others like it? The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is an interactive museum experience for not only children and families, but everyone! What makes us different as a “venue” is that guests know the minute they walk through our doors their event will be unique, interactive and fun. Our team is creative, experienced and come from very diverse backgrounds. Non-profit, weddings, corporate and social events are some of the types of events hosted at our venue. Our team also has the privilege to assist in the planning and management of The Children’s Museum’s galas and various other internal events.
- How many years have you been in the industry? 12+ years.
- What was your very first job? My first job was a hostess at Red Lobster.
- What lead you in into the event industry? Too many family, friends and co-workers would start planning weddings, showers, holiday parties, etc…they asked for my help, I always had a definite opinion and would take over the planning process!
- Why did you decide to join ISES? To make those valuable connections….I found out quickly that you cannot make it in this business without great vendors- we are only as good as our vendors!
- What is your most memorable event? Why? Assisting our team with the opening gala for the Take Me There Egypt and King Tut Exhibits. The challenge was that this was the first event to take place in the new Welcome Center, a space we had never worked in. You can space plan all you want, but until you are actually standing in the space you do not how it actually functions or if what you have on paper makes sense. It all came together though with the help of great vendors and the museum team.
- What’s one thing most people don’t know about you? One thing? Let’s do the top 5:
- Fast food is my weakness, I do not indulge often.
- I have “Nomophobia”- I sleep with my iPhone, literally…it can usually be found either under my pillow or next to me. It is like my security blanket.
- I am a twin.
- I am obsessed with reality TV shows, Food Network (this keeps me away from fast food), Dancing with the Stars, The Voice and American Idol.
- I used to run my own business: Bek-n-Call, Inc- we did everything from personal shopping to event planning for individuals and companies.
- If you were not in the event industry, what would be your dream job? My dream job would be to work at OWN- Oprah’s TV station doing anything!
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Upcoming Events :: ISES Education Conference on Wed, 10/10!
Location:
The Fountains Banquet & Conference Center
502 East Carmel Drive
Carmel, Indiana 46032
SYMPOSIUM 2012 WILL FEATURE:
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION…LET’S WELCOME BACK…
Lisa Hurley, Editor, Special Events Magazine
Session Speakers
Crystal Grave, President and CEO, Snappening.com
Your Growing Interest in Pinterest: Special event business solution or just another idea generator?Session Description:
Many of you know and understand the basic idea behind Pinterest – collecting and organizing inspirational images, tips, trends and ideas for your own enjoyment and that of your friends. But do you know how to convert it into real business opportunities? Do you know some of the most often underutilized Pinterest tools? Do you know how to drive traffic to your website for potential business leads via Pinterest? You will after this session! This is a can’t-miss tutorial on some of the top marketing opportunities with this budding social media platform. Come pin with us!
Anne Steinberg, Director of Events and Retail Services, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Events 101 – How to Avoid Pitfalls in your Planning, Industry Career, and Diversification of Your Young BusinessSession Description:
Session #1 will include an in depth panel description of their event industry career, as well as some of the top rookie mistakes that are made from those new, or newer, to the industry.Session #2 will focus more on Q&A opportunities involving business diversification, career commitment, and maintaining an ethical perspective in the industry.Panel will include: Roe Wright, Markey’s Rental and Staging, Jack Scafide, CORT,
Jen McKaig, Indianapolis Marriott Downtown
Jamar Cobb-Dennard, Principal, Outsourced Sales Force
The Market Has Changed: Now What with MarketingSession Description:
Join sales and marketing expert Jamar Cobb-Dennard as he walk you through creating a step by step plan to attack the event industry in 2013. During this dynamic session, you will learn the secrets of choosing your best customer, creating a marketing budget and tracking system that makes you MONEY, and taking action on a plan that will make 2013 your best year yet.
Jodi M. Collen, CSEP, Director of Event & Conference Planning, Augsburg College
Reaching Generation Y: What you Can’t Afford NOT to KnowSession Description:
Spending too much time figuring out how to work with your new, recently graduated staff? Confused about how to motivate your team---because the tried and true ways aren’t working? Can’t get your staff to respond to emails?
• Learn who makes up Gen Y and what drives their decision making process
• Learn what you need to know about effectively reaching members of Gen Y
• Learn how to be prepared for the new type of employee entering the workforce
Kim Romano, Event Manager, Penton Media/ The Special Event Tradeshow and Conference
Kari Strolberg, Owner, Eventful Marketing Solutions, Inc. & Partner at Detail + Design
The Special Event Show… an inside look!Session Description:
An overview of the show and all it can offer. Hear how it all comes together and get the inside scoop. This conference is about getting motivated and inspiring your business. It’s also a wonderful networking tool. We’ll provide all the information on how to get the most out of a few days in Chicago.
Sasha Souza, Author, Event Planner, and Founding President of Wish Upon a Wedding,
Sasha Souza Events
Attention to DetailSession Description:
Details are defined as a small elaborated element of a work of art, craft, or design. But when we look stringently at our work, are we really showing our clients the best details? This seminar will teach you how to view your work from your client’s perspective.
Vince Early, CSEP, Event Designer, Thomas Caterers of Distinction
Selling to AnyoneSession Description:
When conducting a client interview I often hear a client say that they don’t know what they want. However the opposite tends to be true; they know exactly what they want, they just have trouble expressing their vision in words. When the client cannot articulate that vision I have found it helpful to refer to another chapter of my life when I was a teacher. Studying Educational Psychology taught me techniques to use when communicating with individuals whose minds work in different ways. Once, I began drawing parallels between teaching and sales, these principals have had a major impact on my sales career.The education al objectives of this session are:
• To illustrate how Event Professionals sell best by educating clients
• To outline the 3 basic “learning Styles” or ways different people learn and process information
• To draw parallels between those Learning Styles and what that person looks for in a successful eventI will convey these education objectives through lecture, interactive activities and case studies, which no coincidentally, hits on all three Learning Styles. Interaction will take place as we conduct mock client interviews in order to illustrate different ways of communication and identifying the learning styles people possess.
ISES Getting Married – Bridal Panel
Getting in the Mind of Brides (Continued from our hugely successful June Luncheon)Session Description:
Today’s bride is strong, independent, and most likely chipping in on the wedding fund herself. These characteristics, along with dozens of wedding shows, Pinterest, and blogs, makes a modern-day bride harder to sell to than ever before. Long gone are the days of waving our magic wand to show a future bride-to-be her fairytale…now she thinks she can do it herself and/or has many alternative options than you, Fairy Godmother.NEW BRIDAL PANEL! Ask current bride’s first-hand all those questions you have been too afraid to ask your clients!
Deb Smyth Hermann, Chairwoman and CEO, GhostLight Productions, LLC
Stay tuned for further information on SessionHermann is a creative and stylish, award winning event producer who specializes in elaborate fundraising galas, grand openings of theaters/corporate headquarters, conferences, anniversary celebrations, and wedding décor. Some of the fun she has had along the way in northeast Ohio includes the Grand Openings of Gucci, Nordstrom, The Idea Center at Playhouse Square, The Hanna Theater, The Allen Theater, The Monte Ahuja College of Business at Cleveland State, Günter Von Hagen’s Body Worlds 2, the Ride the Rainbow Galas for University Hospitals, The YWCA Women of Achievement Awards, The Federation of Gay Games and the 2008 United States Figure Skating Championships-- and hundreds of other large galas and events.
Adam W. Collins, Deputy Director, City of Indianapolis Department of Code Enforcement
Special Events in Indianapolis: A Post Super Bowl UpdateSession Description:
A review of the new laws, processes, and opportunities as a result of Indianapolis’ successful hosting of Super Bowl XLVI.
Jeremy Miner, Sommelier, Miner Consulting
The Pairing LoungeSession Description:
Enjoy an interactive wine pairing experience! You will learn the basics of how to pair wine, the dos and don’ts of pairings, and how to apply this to knowledge with any event. Come lounge and learn with Jeremy Miner, a Certified Specialist of Wine and Sommelier.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
We have arranged $119.00 room rate for those out-of-town guests who would love to join us!
Please call and refer to the 'ISES Indiana Educational Symposium Room Rate'
Renaissance Indianapolis North Hotel
11925 N. Meridian St.
Carmel, Indiana 46032
Please call and refer to the 'ISES Indiana Educational Symposium Room Rate'
Renaissance Indianapolis North Hotel
11925 N. Meridian St.
Carmel, Indiana 46032
PRICING:
(Includes Continental Breakfast, Lunch, Hors d'oeuvres and Wine Sampling Session)
(Includes Continental Breakfast, Lunch, Hors d'oeuvres and Wine Sampling Session)
ISES MEMBERS
$90 until October 4
$90 until October 4
NON-MEMBER
$125 until October 4
$125 until October 4
STUDENT MEMBER
$35
To receive this discounted pricing, students are required to
volunteer for the program. For volunteer information, please
contact Erica Wendling, ewendling@indianamuseum.org
$35
To receive this discounted pricing, students are required to
volunteer for the program. For volunteer information, please
contact Erica Wendling, ewendling@indianamuseum.org
*Registrations must be received by 5 p.m., Friday, October 5th.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
ISES Indiana is looking for any individual or company
interested in sponsoring a speaker for the Education
Symposium 2012. The cost of Sponsorship* is $500.00
and includes the following:
interested in sponsoring a speaker for the Education
Symposium 2012. The cost of Sponsorship* is $500.00
and includes the following:
- Logo printed in appropriate event collateral (signage, program, etc)
- Company name and link to company website on sponsored program/event electronic invitations, including website and newsletter
- Shout-out on Facebook and Twitter posts as an EdCon sponsor
- Verbal acknowledgement of your sponsorship at EdCon
- 1 pass/ticket to EdCon
- A quarter-page colored ad (ad supplied by company) in the 2013 Membership Directory
- Opportunity to pass out your “fun stuff” at the event to all guests
- Company logo printed on event questionnaire or displayed on web questionnaire
*Speaker Sponsorships are entirely separate from event sponsorship and will not be added to cumulative total. Airline Mileage credit may be applied to $500 cash sponsorship
Contact Chris LaMar, Chris.LaMar@LinenHero.
A Very Special Thank You to our Event Sponsors
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We look forward to hopefully seeing you there! Sincerely, your ISES Indiana Board of Directors!
Monday, September 17, 2012
TSE 2013 Scholarships Available to ISES Members from SEARCH Foundation!
Scholarships available to The Special Event 2013 from SEARCH for ISES MembersThe SEARCH Foundation is proud to offer a full Education Pass scholarship to The Special Event 2013 – to be held in Chicago January 15-18, 2013 to ISES members. There are twenty-five (25) available scholarships - they will be awarded on a first-come basis to the first 25 qualified ISES member applicants. Applications will be numbered as received.The process is simple. ISES members should download the scholarship application HERE and send it to SEARCH by November 1, 2012. Send to: Corinne@searchfoundation.orgWinners will be announced and notified by November 15, 2012. Note: Members of the ISES International Board are not eligible and past recipients of a SEARCH Foundation scholarship are also ineligible.If you have any questions, please contact Corinne Z. Dudine at SEARCH headquarters: emailcorinne@searchfoundation.org or call 480.538.7912 (California time)The criteria are that candidate must:
- Be a member in good standing of ISES.
- Have been employed in the special events industry for a minimum of two (2) years and be viewed as an outstanding candidate to be a leader in the industry
- Provide your ISES membership number
- You must submit a summary of what receiving this scholarship meant to you and about your experience at TSE 2013 to SEARCH no later than January 30, 2013.
- Candidate shall not be a member of the ISES International Board nor have received a previous scholarship from SEARCH.
- Candidate is responsible for their own expenses including transportation, lodging, meals, etc. (Package does not include social functions which are the responsibility of the recipient)
SEARCH Foundation is a not-for-profit 501C3 charity that provides assistance to event professionals during times of crisis. For more information visit www.searchfoundation.org
Friday, September 14, 2012
Upcoming Event :: Progressive Dinner-Registration Ends Soon!!
Registration
is ending soon!! Sign up today for the ISES Indiana Progressive
Dinner.
This event sold out last year and we are on track to do the
same soon!!!
Parking: Massachusetts
Avenue has metered street parking, so please find the most
convenient place for your walking feet.
Here
is a map of our locations. Click to see a larger Google Map.
Special Thank You to our Sponsor
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We hope to see you there! Sincerely, your ISES Indiana Board of Directors
Monday, September 10, 2012
Member Spotlight :: Laura Lim
Laura Lim
Managing Parnter | Eventfull Planning
- Office: 450 East 96th Street Suite 5060
- Indianapolis, Indiana 46240
- (317) 771-8949
Check out the website:
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- I drink my coffee black.
- I cannot remember what I did before I purchased my iPhone.
- I love Bravo TV - especially Top Chef, The Rachel Zoe Project and the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
- I am half Chinese.
- I wish that I spoke Chinese.
- I love celebrity gossip.
- My ideal Sunday morning includes coffee, yoga pants and an US Weekly.
- I carry huge handbags.
- I go camping twice a year. (A bottle of wine, a can of bug spray, an air mattress and I am good to go.)
- I used to work for Gucci.
- I need a bigger closet.
- I love to travel and am dying to go to Greece.
- I wear my flip flops until it snows.
- I will not watch scary movies.
- I don't like to cook for myself, but I love to entertain.
- I studied ballet, jazz and other forms of dance for 16 years.
- I was the editor of my high school year book.
- I almost majored in dance in college.
- I told my parents I wanted to be a lawyer when I was a child. I think my father still hopes that I will become one.
- I can argue the point of almost anything and might have made a good lawyer.
- I used to be a competitive swimmer.
- I love to be near the water.
- I wish I had more time to read.
- I love fashion and home decor magazines.
- I am thankful for my family and my friends that I consider family.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
ISES Indiana Members :: Indy's A-List Winners!
Arts and Entertainment
Congratulations to all of these Indy A-List Winners listed above!!! (If we missed any other winners that are current ISES members, please let us know as it wasn't intentional). Congrats also to all of the many ISES Indiana members who were in the top five and nominees! We are so proud to call you all ISES Indiana members!!!
Sincerely, your ISES Indiana board of directors
Renew your ISES Membership Now :: Name in Directory!
GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR ISES MEMBERSHIP!!!
Just a quick reminder to all of you thinking about joining or renewing your ISES Indiana Membership to do that soon! Please complete your ISES membership by September 28th, as we will be printing the ISES 2013 Membership Directory very soon.
You definitely want to ensure your name will be in the printed directory!! ISES Members love to use other ISES Members and the directory is a great way to ensure your name and contact information are out there.
Sincerely, your ISES Indiana Board of Directors
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