ISES Indiana August Meeting
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Define Your Personal Brand: Like Nike or Levi's your personal brand is never, ever stable - it is always going up or going down! Join in this session to take a personal brand equity inventory that will help increase the value of your personal brand and differentiate yourself in an ever-changing, competitive market.

About the Speaker:

Kathleen McDonald, President & CEO, Career Investments LLC

Prior to founding Career Investments LLC, Kathleen was Vice President of Professional Placement for Personnel Management, Inc. (PMI), a light industrial staffing firm with several branches throughout the Midwest and Southeast US. Kathleen joined PMI in January 1997 as Director of Recruiting and during her eleven year tenure served in several roles where she was responsible for key account sales support, leading corporate merger and acquisition activity, managing PMI's National Recruiting & Marketing Division in addition to the Professional & Executive Placement Division. Prior to joining PMI, Kathleen was Program Coordinator for the Indiana University Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation’s Growth 100 program. She has also served as Executive Director of the Huntingburg, Indiana Chamber of Commerce. Kathleen earned her B.S. in Public Affairs from Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs and MBA from the University of Chicago. She currently serves as Past President of the Indy Reads Board of Directors, Immediate Past President for the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Alumni Club of Indianapolis, Graduate of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series - Class 31 and Member of the Development Committee for the Athenaeum Foundation.

Career Investments LLC is a job placement and career management firm with offices in Indianapolis and Chicago. During its team’s 12 years in the industry, hundreds of talented individuals have been helped to advance their career progression through job placement and direct career consulting services.

Sponsored by:

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Host a Monthly Luncheon...

Would you like to host a monthly luncheon at your venue? Please click the link below for the RFP and email them to Kate Hursh at katehursh@gmail.com.

Click here to download a 2009 ISES Luncheon RFP

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ISES Indiana Education Conference: Planning Events Can be Murder
The Columbia Club, Monument Circle, Downtown Indianapolis
November 11, 2009
8am - 4:30pm

One day educational conference with various topics geared toward event planning professionals. Breakfast, lunch and closing session cocktail reception included in cost of registration. Bonus this year is add-on educational sessions on Tuesday afternoon with speakers Sylvia Weinstock and Peggy Post as part of the ABC “Business of Brides” National Conference.

Love, Murder and Intrigue. Fun murder mystery format with interactive opportunities throughout the day for attendees to use their event planning experience and problem solving abilities to solve the crime. Will your super-sleuthing skills yield the answer?

Keynote Speaker: Allison Melangton, President & CEO of the 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee.

Thank you to our generous sponsors

Presenting Conference Sponsor

Sponsorship & Speaker Opportunities
Market yourself, your company, and/or your products to event professionals from all over the Midwest. Participating as a sponsor or speaker is a great way to promote your business, make new contacts, reward employees and mingle with peers. There are many different opportunities for you to become involved. Contact one of the following committee representatives today:

General Information and Volunteering - Jennifer McKinney-Seet, CSEP - Event Chair

Sponsorships - Lee Johnson

Speakers - Sarah Hines

Silent Auction Donations - Sarah Bean

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July Luncheon Recap

The July meeting taught members ISES doesn't cost: It pays. After swearing in the new board and Monica Richard as president, all members were given the tools to really make ISES "work" for them. Members were taught how to use the website, gain ISES member discounts, join committees and become a CSEP. We also learned after surveying a handful of active ISES-Indiana members, that in 2008 more then $375,000 in ISES member to ISES member business. That's impressive!

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Duplicate PACE Awards

Anyone looking to purchase duplicate PACE awards, from the 2009 Winners, needs to notify Mark Records at mark@mprecords.com by August 20th, 2009. They are $40 each.

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Welcome New Members!
Please welcome our newest members of ISES Indiana:

Jennifer Parshley, Sales Manager, Hilton Indianapolis
jennifer.parshley@hilton.com

Meghan Lyons, Event Planner, Detail+Design
meghan@detailanddesign.com

Mallory Loftus, Student
mallory.loftus@gmail.com

Christina Kane, Student
ckane223@yahoo.com

Please feel free to send an email to our new members to introduce yourself and welcome them to ISES!

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Member Spotlight
Scott Evans, Owner
Evans Audio Visual

What does your company do?
Full service, high impact event production, rental, staging and more.

How is it different than others like it?
Service and Commitment. We deliver consistent high impact events, exceptional execution and the best service. We are committed to bringing new event technologies to our market and clients to enhance their events.

How many years have you been in the industry?
32 if I start at the beginning of my career.

What led you into the event industry?
I was building nightclubs, and people wanted lighting and special effects we were providing them for parties and weddings.

What was your very first job?
1977 (17 year old) I got a gig DJing at a nightclub on Indy’s south side, the owner wanted me to install some disco lights, after that everyone wanted me to install lights and sound systems, then they had me design and build clubs. Great gig for a college freshmen.

Is there a specific person who guided you to your career path or has inspired you to work as you do today?
My father and my brothers, Gary Bravard, David Page and lots of wonderful clients.

Why did you decide to join ISES?
What do you hope to get out of it? To network with the best most creative people in the event industry, and to expand or create new opportunities for my company and associates.

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Download your ISES Member Logo

To download your ISES Member logo and the official logo usage policy, please click here . You will need your member ID number and password to access this section of the web site. (http://www.ises.com/source/security/member-logon.cfm)

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