Danielle Winchester Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• Develop custom client event websites and mobile apps using Cvent
• Manage event rooming lists and travel for client events
• Maintain and enhance customer relationships with pharmaceutical clients
• Support the RFP process with the events team to ensure a smooth and satisfactory event for attendees and clients alike

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• Heavily research and develop content for weekly deep-dive podcast episodes with cohost
• Produce and edit hour-long podcast episodes each week
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Kansas City, Missouri, United States

During the COVID-19 pandemic, my in-person events with Endeavor Business Media had been temporarily moved to virtual. This gave me much more time in Kansas City. As someone who is at my best when busy, I wanted to dive more into the community and make the most of my extra time at home, while I have it! In 2022, while still working my full time job, I was.

• Site selection and sourcing for events
• Promoted to being event operations lead onsite at more events, attending around 10 per year
• Tasked with training new event coordinators on onsite event operations and management

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• (Acquired while with Informa)
• Manage event operations, including building BEOs and helping negotiate contracts
• Handle suppliers and attendees of our hosted buyer summits, spanning across many industries
• Assist in tracking travel and accommodations for all summit attendees
• Onsite management and planning for summits nationwide
• Track event logistics and operations, especially concerning the building of relationships between suppliers and attendees

• Reaching out to professionals in various industries to invite them to attend events
• Actively working to build rapport and relationships
• Constantly building communication skills, from cold calling to keeping up many email chains and call logs

Overland Park, Kansas

• Was brought on and working this role under Informa PLC; was acquired by and began working for Endeavor Business Media in 2020.
• Develop and deliver on sponsorship fulfillment packages and deliverable timelines
• Track, handle, and debrief speakers for business intelligence/building and industry events
• Assist in hospitality and operational details concerning various roadshows, conventions, summits, and industry-centered meetings
• Handle sponsor, speaker, and attendee registration… Show more Was brought on and working this role under Informa PLC; was acquired by and began working for Endeavor Business Media in 2020.
• Handle sponsor, speaker, and attendee registration using Cvent

Washington, D.C.

• Created Requests for Proposals, Payment Request Forms, and various other contracts
• Negotiated contracts with venues, caterers, and other vendors
• Planned events, from conception to execution, entertaining anywhere from 10 persons to over 2,000 persons
• Assisted in managing budgets in the tens of thousands of dollars
• Worked through all event details, from florals and linens to handling security at the United Nations HQ

Manhattan, Kansas

• Assisted management in designing floor plans and delegating staff for events
• Served both food and beverages to members all while building strong relationships with the membership

• Events focused; planned and managed the annual Education Abroad Fair in 2018, garnering hundreds of attendees
• Advised students who desired to go abroad and students from around the world who came to KSU
• Planned, organized, and presented classroom presentations across campus, and facilitated campus outreach
• Designed marketing and promotional materials for various events

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Managed a staff of over thirty bartenders and servers
• Designed, set up, and executed member events and club sponsored events
• Perform facility walk throughs to ensure that everything was kept up to company and industry regulations and standards

Manhattan, Kansas

• Identified, prospected, and secured special events for the overall event
• Managed a team of five towards a common goal
• Personally managed a budget of over $2,000

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Gained extensive, hands-on knowledge of all departments of the country club and events from the venue side
• Created liquor analysis breaking down alcohol sales by event, thus decreasing future alcohol expenses
• Utilized knowledge of mixed beverages, specialty liquors, wines, and beers

Manhattan, Kansas

• Reached out to Kansas State alumni for donations to the university and scholarships
• Built rapport with K-State graduates and families

Mission Hills, Kansas

• Assisted in creating Banquet Event Order forms and planning events for members, as well as executing said events
• Managed a staff, assisted in creating schedules, and delegated responsibility

Hospitality Management, Event, Meeting, And Convention Planning

Activities and Societies: Hospitality Management Society, Professional Event Management Society, College of Human Ecology Ambassador.

Study Abroad

Minor, Business Administration

Minor, Mass Communication, Public Relations