Elizabeth Dackson Email & Phone Number

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

• Oversee all aspects of event execution and manage events registration• Manage and maintain all budgets and financial components of events • Develop and manage relationships with faculty, convention & visitors’ bureaus, hotels, and all other external contractors providing event services• Proactively stay up-to-date on current industry practices and standards in event planning• Aim for ongoing integration of technological advancements in all aspects of events.• Manage event staffing and customer service for events• Work with other senior staff to establish strategy, themes, approaches, and topics to make events successful• Identify and mitigate risks that may directly impact events• Manage faculty submissions, contracting and relationships• Work with other senior staff to select faculty• Oversee and produce all aspects of onsite yearly convention/education event QuiltCon, with over 8,000 attendees annually and over 120 education sessions annually.• Manage customer service communications with all event attendees, ranging from questions about registration, education components, event app, and many other concerns.

Plan, coordinate and execute events of The Modern Quilt Guild, including budgeting, working with vendors, planning logistics, contract negotiation, site selection, faculty management, and so forth. Primary event - QuiltCon, yearly convention that hosts around 5K-7K modern quilters that combines education with a quilt show and convention style show floor.

Instructor for "Start Free-Motion Quilting", a beginner level free motion quilting class designed to help quilters get over their fear of free-motion quilting and to dispel many free-motion quilting myths. Three patterns are included in the class, designed by me, as well as nine different free-motion quilting designs, perfect for getting started with free-motion quilting and building confidence. Class available here: www.craftsy.com/ext/ElizabethDackson_3584_HAlso instructor for "Start Foundation Paper Piecing," a beginner level foundation paper quilting technique class, designed to get quilters over the commonly held fear of foundation paper piecing to building an obsession with the perfect points it can yield. Class includes seven different foundation paper pieced block patterns, designed by me, as well as templates to go with each block. Class available here: www.craftsy.com/ext/ElizabethDackson_4857_HAlso working on developing additional classes with Craftsy in other quilting areas.

For my blog, I write regular blog posts sharing my quilting journey. I've also written a book on quilting, published in September 2013 by Martingale & Co, Becoming a Confident Quilter. I also regularly teach quilting classes at my local quilt shop, and am expanding to travel and teach around the country over the next year. My second book, The Quilter's Paper Piecing Workbook, will be released by Interweave in May 2016.

Tampa, Fl

Plan, coordinate, and execute educational conferences, seminars, and special events, ranging in size from 10-300 people.Write requests for proposal for various vendors as well as grant requests from various medical companies.Manage fiscal operations of both departments; ensure that revenues are met or exceeded in Conference PlanningCoordinate the activities and supervise the actions of the Continuing Education CommitteeSupervise and approve all promotional materials generated by both departmentsEnsure that each conference is produced and executed to the best of the department’s ability and that each accredited conference follows all accreditation guidelines (i.e. CME, CEUs, Social Work, etc.)Work closely with clients of both departments to ensure client satisfaction

Responsible for configuring, operating, and maintaining all Cancer Center videoconferencing systems. This includes thoroughly testing all videoconference endpoints and bridge on a daily basis.Provided videoconferencing bridge technical support to end users and technical staff at various videoconferencing endpoints.Administrated and coordinated the use of the Moffitt Videoconferencing BridgeAssisted in the development of the OR Integrated Media Suites and conducted over 70 videoconferences at the Cancer Center, including international videoconferences.Worked closely with Moffitt affiliates to develop videoconferencing programs at each location.Designed four new videoconferencing rooms to ensure the best videoconferencing experience possible.

Planned, developed, managed and coordinated audiovisual services that support the mission of the Moffitt Cancer Center.Ensured that most requests from Moffitt can be fulfilled without undue hardship on current resources, and contracting extra personnel and equipment when the need arose.Created an institution-wide audiovisual education program, inclusive of overseeing all aspects of writing, creating, teaching, and designing said program.Assisted in the design and coordination of extensive audiovisual systems for each conference room the new Stabile Research Building and Clinic Expansion Building.Maintained a comprehensive, intensive, and practical knowledge of the audio-visual information profession and skills and can apply this knowledge to the development of new methods, approaches, or procedures.Coordinated and set up an AV schedule of approximately 120 setups per month and 3-4 videoconferences a month.

Division Of Infectious Diseases

Coordinated a subspecialty fellowship program in the Infectious Disease Division of the USF College of Medicine, inclusive of overseeing all aspects of attaining and maintaining accreditation for fellowship program.Coordinated all educational meetings and conferences for ID Center.Responsible for all electronic media, audiovisual equipment, and Power Point presentations for department faculty.Designed, implemented, and maintained www.idcenter.net and www.idfellowship.com.

Bachelor Of Arts, Communication

Certificate In Meeting Planning, Event Mangement