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to the online version of the ISES Main Event Newsletter.
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August
Meeting
Speed
Networking!
Practice
your one-minute commercial and bring 50 business cards and
other promotional materials to share with attendees. Guest
speaker and professional business coach, Deborah Christlieb,
will offer helpful advice on how to network and successfully
promote yourself and your business. Each attendee will also
receive a gift certificate from Deborah for a free business
evaluation.
When
you register, you will see a box to fill out a 50 word description
of your business. We will collect those for the networking
part of the meeting.
When:
August 16, 2006
Registration Deadline:
August 11, 2006
Time: 11:30-12pm Picnic lunch outdoors
under tent (dress comfortably); 12pm-1:15pm Networking (see
instructions below); Registration begins at 11am.
Where: Coxhall Gardens - 116th and Hoover
Rd. (just east of Townshipline Rd).
Download a Map
2000
West 116th Street Carmel, IN 46032
www.coxhallgardens.com
Speaker: Deborah Christlieb, Action International
Business Coach
http://www.actioncoaching.com/djchristlieb/
Sponsors:
Coxhall Gardens, Ritz Charles, Chair Covers and
Linens, Party Time, Perfect Wedding Guide
Register
Now!
Speed
Networking instructions: When you check-in, you
will be given a sheet with your table rotation assignments.
Go to the first table on the sheet where you will be greeted
by the table monitor. Each participant will have two minutes
to introduce themselves and their business, pass out materials,
and take questions. At the end of each session, everyone,
excluding table monitors, will move to their next table
assignment and repeat the process. The idea is to meet as
many different people as possible and receive information
to follow up later with those whom you might be able to
do business with. So it is imperative that you pre-register
and arrive on time for this event.
Speaker
Bio
 Deb's
business experience of over twenty-five years of as a successful
change agent and creative results oriented leader is backed
by successfully coaching business owners and teams to bring
results of 30% increases in market share, 220% increases
in revenues, and 200% increases in profits.
Deb’s range of business experience includes key areas
critical to small business development.
• Sales/Marketing/Advertising
• Process/Systems/Operations Development
• Team building/Talent Recruitment/Human Resources
• Financial Analysis/Accounting/Financial Management
Her career has provided a platform for continuous education
and Deb supplemented this by receiving her BSBA in Management
and MBA with a double major in Management and Human Resources.
Register
Now!
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Get
a Member!
Know of someone who might want to learn more about ISES?
Are you interested in getting information on the event planning
industry?
Please send their contact information to ISES VP of Membership
Anne-Marie Dezelan at annemarie@annieos-events.com.
Member
Moment
"I planned an entire wedding reception for a high profile
client in Washington DC in about 15 minutes." Members
of the Washington DC chapter of ISES were in attendance
at EventWorld in Los Angeles, and I got recommendations
for a florist, caterer and valet parking by networking at
an EventWorld cocktail party. It made it so easy to do a
spectacular event." -- C. Anne Coulter, CSEP
Upcoming
Meetings
September
20, 2006
At Trader’s Pointe Creamery (topic/presenter TBD)
October
18, 2006
“Nightmare on Event Street,” at Crowne Hill
Cemetery
November
16, 2006
“Education Conference,” at Laurel Hall - Ruth
Lilly Conference Center
December
14, 2006
“Culinary Expertise,” at Hilton Indianapolis
Downtown
Joint Meeting with Meeting Professionals International
January
17, 2007
“Wedding with Wow,” at The Indianapolis Museum
of Art
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SAVE
THE DATE!
ISES
Indiana Education Conference: “School of Event Wizardry”
November 16, 2006 - 8am-5pm
Laurel Hall –
The Ruth Lilly Conference Center
Event planners create magic everyday. Dust off your wands
and fly your Nimbus 2000 broomsticks to the ISES Indiana
“School of Event Wizardry,” a continuing education
event sponsored by Laurel Hall – The Ruth Lilly Conference
Center.
Hone
your professional skills in classes such as Transfiguration
(event design), Potions (creating signature drinks), Dark
Arts (dealing with unruly clients, guests & volunteers),
Conjuring (how to get more business), CSEP, and much more.
Tuition
Fees:
$75 Students
$100 Members
$125 Non-members
$150 Exhibitors (one free registration and a display booth)
Includes: Breakfast with Keynote Speaker, themed lunch and
closing session cocktail reception.
Sponsors/Exhibitors.
This is a great opportunity to show off your products and/or
services. Trade value is accepted for designers, florists,
AV providers, linen suppliers, caterer, printers, and others.
Click here to
download sponsorship information.
For more information, please contact Jennifer McKinney-Seet
at jennifer@thomascaterers.com.
July
Meeting Recap
Rolling
Out the Red Carpet:
Making Your Guests Feel Like Celebrities
We all
work with celebrities-all of our guests should get the red
carpet treatment regardless of whether they are on TV. Celebrities
want to know what any guest will ask: “What time do
you need to have me at your event?” “How long?”
“What do I wear?” “Are you feeding me?”
“Who is going to be there?”
Being in control of your events is your greatest tool to
working with high profile or high maintenance guests:
• Be a bowling ball. It’s your job to break
up groups of people who already know each other. And to
get the celebs free from hangers-on, especially when they
need to be moving.
• Practice saying, “It’s raining outside.”
This should be your tone of voice when dealing with guests
and difficult situations. No emotion, no apology, just a
simple statement. If we sound apologetic then the guest
will feel like they can get what they want and they will
be disappointed if they don’t.
Download “The
ABC’s Of Working With Celebrities” here.
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 The
Scoop
•
Perfect Wedding Guide recently awarded
their national "Honeymoon of a Lifetime"
trip to Tahiti and Bora Bora. Amazingly, the winner of this
national giveaway (which literally had tens of thousands
of entries) was from Noblesville, Indiana! ISES members
from the Indianapolis/Central Indiana Perfect Wedding Guide
Leslie and Jason Swathwood, Tammy
Pisockyj and Jennifer Zorbas were thrilled to have
had the opportunity to surprise Mindi Anthon, the lucky
bride, at her home on Tuesday July 18th. This fantastic
prize package was valued at over $10,000!
The
next national PWG "Honeymoon of a Lifetime"
trip will be a 13 day honeymoon to Africa valued at over
$18,000! This incredible package will be awarded on February
14, 2007. Perhaps the Circle City will be fortunate to have
the winner come from our area again! For more information
on the next giveaway (or if you know a bride who would like
to enter the giveaway), be sure to visit www.PerfectWeddingGuide.com/indy/main.asp.
•
The Hoaglin Companies will be opening a
new Hoaglin To Go Café at the newly renovated Clarian
Health Partners Administration Building at 250 North Shadeland
on Monday, August 21st! Outside visitors are welcome!
•
Vince Early, CSEP and Kelly Early,
CSEP with Thomas Caterers of Distinction have been
selected to be speakers at the upcoming ISES Eventworld
conference for professional development in Hawaii August
24-26. Vince is teaching a CSEP preparatory course and a
course titled "What Do You Want? Designing Events with
Personality." Kelly is teaching a course titled "The
Mistakes We've Made and What We've Learned From Them."
Look for them both to speak at our own local ISES Indiana
Education Conference in Indianapolis on November 16 at Laurel
Hall.
Please
send interesting member news, achievements, job changes,
etc. to ISES VP of Communications, Dave Strantz/INNOVATIVE
dave@innovativei.com.
Board Meeting Recap
 At
the meeting the board discussed and approved the ISES Indiana
2006-2007 budget. Also, programs and education reported
having a great start in working on the monthly meetings
as well as the annual education conference. It was also
discussed that the PACE and Business Brilliance committees
have begun meeting and are working on some fun new ideas
for these upcoming events. Finally, the membership committee
is working hard on recruiting new members as well as retaining
past members.
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Member
Spotlight
 Celebration
Plan-It creates Classic Balloon Décor and Balloon
Deliveries for all occasions and events.
Family owned and operated by Jim and Melinda Updike,
Celebration Plan-it has roots that reach to many areas of
the event industry. Over the years, Jim and Melinda have
worked in the family amusement business (golf and games),
event planning and operating, DJ and A/V services, catering,
clowning, entertaining, and recently owned a party rental
business.
After years of offering balloon décor as an “add
on” to events, Celebration Plan-It sold its party
rental inventory in December of 2005 to focus full time
on providing high quality Classic Balloon Décor and
Deliveries.
 Jim
has a Business Degree from Indiana University, and Melinda
attended Oral Roberts University. Jim and Melinda have five
children (14 - 23), who were instrumental in the birth of
the balloon decorating business. Jim learned how to create
balloon hats and animals to entertain the children, who
all then learned the twisting skills better than dad! The
family added balloon twisting to their line of products
for events, which eventually led to the establishment of
Classic Balloon Décor for Celebration Plan-It.
 Although
new to ISES, it is clear the benefits of being members include
meeting people in the industry who are excited and energetic
about providing services that help create great events,
learning from others’ experiences working in Indianapolis,
and being able to refer customers to people we can trust
to take care of their other special event needs.
Classic Balloon Décor adds immediate impact, excitement,
color and motion to any event or venue. Décor may
be static, such as columns, arches, garlands and canopies;
active, such as balloon drops, balloon releases, exploding
walls and exploding giants; or sculptures, such as palm
trees, animals, logos, or any theme.
Balloon Décor is fun and unique, and adds value,
atmosphere and emotional lift to events. Celebration Plan-It
has created and supplied décor for graduations, company
picnics, golf outings, proms, grand openings, fairs, races,
birthdays, showers, weddings, receptions and even a funeral!
Visit their website at celebrationplan-it.com
to see amazing photos of awesome creations.
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ISES
Indiana Annual Book Drive
We are seeking donations of gently used, industry related,
books for the annual Book Fair at the ISES Indiana Education
Conference on November 16. For each book donated (and accepted)
you will receive an entry in a drawing to win one free monthly
chapter meeting lunch. Books can be dropped off between
9am-4:30pm Monday-Friday at the offices of Thomas Caterers
of Distinction, 4440 N. Keystone Ave, Indianapolis, or you
can bring them to one of the upcoming monthly ISES luncheons.
Please be sure to leave your contact information with the
books. If you have any questions, please email Jennifer
McKinney-Seet at jennifer@thomascaterers.com.
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Volunteer
Opportunities
New
ISES committees are being formed! Now is the perfect time
to expand your role in the organization. There are opportunities
for all levels of experience and commitment. Visit http://www.isesindiana.com/board.htm
to find an area that might interest you. Then contact the
corresponding board member or chapter president (Vince
Early, CSEP vince@thomascaterers.com)
for more information.
Business
Brilliance Committee
The Business Brilliance Committee is looking for a few more
volunteers to assist in creating an awesome event for our
fellow industry associates early next May. Exact date TBA.
Specifically, we are looking for someone with marketing/PR
skills to help make the event more visible to the community-at-large,
but we are interested in anyone who has the desire to get
involved. We need you to SYNERGIZE and VITALIZE. Call Larry
Sauer/Encore Entertainment at 917-8800 or email
larry@encoreentertainment.net.
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Board
Member Spotlight
Anne-Marie
Dezelan
ISES VP of Membership
Raised
in Florida by missionary parents, Anne-Marie Dezelan's
childhood was filled with warm meals and open doors. This
lifestyle eventually influenced her career direction. Her
parents, Charlie and Karen, had an uncompromised passion
for entertaining and graciousness, and were always looking
for a reason to bring people together. They lived their
lives in celebration of today, service to others, and hope
for tomorrow.
That
zest for hospitality was evident in Anne-Marie from the
beginning, in fact event planning is the only job she has
ever pursued. After planning events as an employee for various
corporations and non-profit organizations, she quickly realized
that the freedom to be creative and vibrant was more important
than a tidy cubical and a conservative dress code, thus
Annie-O’s was born.
The
name is a tribute. It is the nickname her parents gave to
her as a child, before they died much too young. Each time
someone calls her by that name, she is reminded of the people
who encouraged her to celebrate life and live it to its
fullest.
Don’t
be surprised if you hear an energetic “y’all”
as you get together with this southern sparkplug. Where
she comes from, they prefer to end a meeting with a hug
rather than a handshake, and somehow, it just seems better
that way.
Anne-Marie
was recently appointed to Vice President of Membership on
the ISES Indiana Board of Directors. Her main goal is to
recruit new members and once members have joined ISES it
is crucial to her that members feel welcomed and appreciated.
It is also important to her that members realize the value
of their ISES membership and are made aware of all of the
benefits that come with being an ISES member.
Community
Outreach
 This
year’s Community Outreach Program is under way. Horizon
House has scheduled their 2006 fundraiser, Tackling Homelessness
to take place Sunday, August 27 at 6:00 p.m. at the Colts
Practice Facility on 56th Street. The event will be hosted
by Indianapolis Colt’s player, Hunter Smith and his
wife, Jen.
If you
are interested in serving on the Community Outreach Program
committee to assist Horizon House with their event, or are
interested in donating good and/or services for this event,
please contact Lori Fields at ldfields@iupui.edu
or 278-2136.
If you
have a silent auction item you would like to donate to this
event, please download this
information sheet.
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