October Event Highlights :: Midwest Education Symposium

The ISES Indiana Chapter enjoyed the Midwest Regional Education Symposium on October 10, 2012. We had many great national and local speakers throughout the day! We are very thankful to be able to reach out to other ISES Chapters for amazing speakers full of knowledge. The event was a huge success and we have so many people to thank for putting it all together and making it happen.  The Fountains in Carmel, Indiana hosted the symposium and Crystal Catering catered the breakfast, lunch and social gathering. Special thanks to A Classic Party Rental, and McNamara Florists-Carmel for their help in making our event beautiful and Evans Audio Visual for our speakers AV and meeting needs so all ran so smoothly. Nathaniel Edmunds Photography photographed so many special moments that captured the fun we enjoyed with each other! The day was full of learning, catching up with friends and making new ones. We are so thankful to our event speaker sponsors:  Accent on Indianapolis-a DMC Network Company, Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Detail + Design, Evans Audio Visual, Party Time Rental, Perfect Wedding Guide and Thomas Caterers of Distinction.  Thank you to all of our event sponsors, speakers sponsors, members and guests that attended and to everyone involved in making the Education Symposium such a successful and fun event!  Without everyone involved, the event would not have been such a huge success. 

A very special thank you to Nathaniel Edmunds Photography for the wonderful photographs of the 2012 Midwest Education Symposium.  Below are a few of the highlights they captured from the event . . .

To View a few more of the photographs, by Nathaniel Edmunds Photography, please visit our ISES Indiana Facebook Page.   

Special Thank You to our Event Sponsors

• A Classic Party Rental
• Crystal Catering
• Evans Audio Visual
• The Fountains
• McNamara Florists-Carmel
• Nathaniel Edmunds Photography

Special Thank You to our Speaker Sponsors

• Accent on Indianapolis, a DMC Network Company
• Children's Museum of Indianapolis
• Detail + Design
• Evans Audio Visual
• Party Time Rental
• Perfect Wedding Guide
• Thomas Caterers of Distinction

Special Thank You to our Speakers

• Lisa Hurley, Editor, Special Events Magazine: Keynote Presentation and ISES Indiana welcomed back Lisa Hurley
• Crystal Grave, President and CEO, Snappening.com: Your Growing Interest in Pinterest: Special event business solution or just another idea generator?
• 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 Business
• Jamar Cobb-Dennard, Principal, Outsourced Sales Force: The Market Has Changed: Now What with Marketing
• Jodi M. Collen, CSEP, Director of Event & Conference Planning, Augsburg College: Reaching Generation Y: What you Can’t Afford NOT to Know
• Kim Romano, Event Manager, Penton Media/ The Special Event Tradeshow and Conference and Kari Strolberg, Owner, Eventful Marketing Solutions, Inc. & Partner at Detail + Design: The Special Event Show… an inside look!
• Sasha Souza, Author, Event Planner, and Founding President of Wish Upon a Wedding, Sasha Souza Events: Attention to Detail
• Vince Early, CSEP, Event Designer, Thomas Caterers of Distinction: Selling to Anyone
• ISES Getting Married – Bridal Panel: Getting in the Mind of Brides (Continued from our hugely successful June Luncheon)
• Deb Smyth Hermann, Chairwoman and CEO, GhostLight Productions, LLC
• Adam W. Collins, Deputy Director, City of Indianapolis Department of Code Enforcement: Special Events in Indianapolis: A Post Super Bowl Update
• Jeremy Miner, Sommelier, Miner Consulting: The Pairing Lounge

Thank you to our speakers, event sponsors, all of our great speaker sponsors and ALL of you who attended the event!  The event was spectacular from start to finish and we can't wait for next year's event.  Thank you.

Sincerely, your ISES Indiana board of directors