Special Events Staff

WHEN DESIGNER Julie Ford first told her co-workers at An Occasion to Remember about the site they would be using for a gala event, their reaction was swift: "Are you crazy? What a dump!" "They swore to have me...

LUCKILY, THE GUEST of honor had a sense of humor. The event was the 50th birthday of a prominent literary scholar in Raleigh, N.C. That's hardly old, but his stately home-replete with pools, statues and aqueducts...

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS "Our philosophy is to listen to the clients and give them their dreams without disrupting their personalities. It's not about us. We are not divas. We start at zero and try to understand who...

HOW FAST CAN you put together an upscale corporate press conference and reception for 250 guests? For Gary Baker, event specialist with Sausalito, Calif.-based Melons Events, the answer is 10 days. In fact, the client...

MOVING UP Susan Dunn has joined Ellen Michaels Presents as a producer. Laurie Sharp has been promoted to director of account management and marketing. She will also oversee marketing and public relations. Tim Lynk has...

ON SELLING "Everyone in my company is cross-utilized. My salespeople operate and my operators sell. This way everyone gets to see events through to the end. We are always trying to find new business. Once you stop...

Trained to Lift In March, new training standards set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration went into effect, stating that operators of fork lifts or powered industrial trucks used to push, pull, lift...

If it weren't for an Eastern Air Lines strike 10 years ago, Kathy Blount, CMP, might still be a flight attendant instead of the founder of Meeting Dynamics Inc., a full-service meeting and special event planning...