April Mcmorries, Cpsp Email & Phone Number

Bethesda, Maryland, US

As a dedicated Convention Services Manager, I specialize in planning and organizing large group events and conventions with a focus on maximizing room and meeting space, boosting revenue, and ensuring an exceptional guest experience. I collaborate with clients on every detail, from setup requirements to menu selections and decor, and communicate these.

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Networking for Growth: Identify and connect with prospective clients, building lasting relationships that enhance brand visibility and create new business opportunities. By attending industry events, leveraging market research, and fostering trust, I help expand the firm's client base and reputation.Project Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams.

• Led brand development projects with partners like Gnarly Mountain Cookies, Nina Wynn Jewelry, and Happy Belly Holdings to maximize brand development.
• Managed event coordination for conferences ranging from 200 to 15K attendees, ensuring seamless execution of things like registration, stage management, VIP/speaker coordination, and exhibit sales/management.
• Utilized software such as Pipedrive, Lightspeed, Cvent, Trello, Quickbooks, and Hubspot to streamline operations and enhance client relationships.

Conducted extensive market research and competitive intelligence to develop a strong Go-to-Market strategy. Pivoted into this role in the wake of the Covid pandemic, delivering a brand-new Go-to-Market strategy and business model. Helped innovate Homeslice Chip company in response to the Covid 19 pandemic when 100% of the organization’s $3M in annual.

Catering Concierge for Lunch Wired Corp. Catering Led the sales strategy for the organization which included competitive analysis, forecasting sales, identifying market share opportunities, and developing strategic partnerships. Personnel experience included recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluation, and developing team.

• Served as the right hand to the Owner & CEO and multiple entities that spanned landscaping, property management, commercial investments, and more. Assisted executive team, project coordination, managed multiple teams.
• Travelled extensively throughout the US conducting business on behalf of the CEO.
• Managed key projects or initiatives with budgets ranging from $50K to $10M. Gained extensive experience in budget management, cross-functional collaboration, resolving conflict, team accountability, and meeting.
• Extensive work in the cannabis industry including seed to sale experience, regulations, and compliance requirements during a time when medical marijuana had just become legal in Colorado.
• Worked with many Colorado dispensaries to establish SOPs for the grows, processing and budtending.
• Consulted with other agencies, including industry giants like Steve D'Angelo, Full Spectrum Labs, John Hickenlooper, and Sal Pace.