Staff liaison to the Seminar Program Planning Co-Chair volunteers in the legal practice developing continuing legal education programs for trial lawyers barred in New Jersey. Accountable for program development for more than 800 plaintiff attorney attendees with over 400 presenters, participating in 29 seminars over a two-and-a-half-day event period. Program development includes program development assistance, speaker invitations, confirmations, consent forms, and introductions. Program management includes collecting written materials as required by the New Jersey Supreme Court for Continuing Legal Education Credits and visual presentations.Actively planned and produced two significant annual educational seminar events with NJAJ staff, venue, and vendors in the role. In charge of creating the marketing brochure with the designer and printer. Managed mail campaigns for interested parties and contributed to successful governance meetings and social events. Created conference attendee evaluations using Survey Monkey and managed the distribution of results back to the program Co-Chairs. Also developed an inaugural Seminar Speaker Satisfaction Survey. Financial tasks, including budget development, invoice processing, expenditure tracking, and statistical information gathering, are all critical components of the position.

Independent planner, available for event planning consultant for short or long-term assignments. Services include but are not limited to, site selection, contracting, event budgeting, catering and event planning, and on-site production. Fully capable of working independently or within a team environment.

Instrumental in increasing meeting standards within the Association. Assisted the executive director in changing the management structure from volunteer management to professional association staff management. Focused on increasing customer satisfaction and event quality by implementing meeting standards within the Association. Managed the volunteer-led education committee functions and planned educational content for drinking water operators. Introduced learning objectives to the committee to select the best presentations. Annually planned and produced multiple training seminars, the Annual Conference and Exhibits, and Joint Expo, managed 310 exhibit booths and educational programs. Continually met yearly revenue goals through correct budgeting, forecasting, and negotiations.

Responsible for providing strategic account management to scientific, medical, and business trade associations in conference and trade show development on behalf of the association's volunteer leadership for domestic and international programs. Additional responsibilities included supporting the association's strategic plan and growth initiatives while contributing to SmithBucklin's revenue. Continually met or exceeded the conference return on the event by twenty percent or more. Day-to-day duties included managing multiple teams of event and trade show specialists in all areas of event management. Specialties include site selection, contracting venues and third-party service providers, budgeting, program development, marketing, registration, on-site management, and ongoing process improvement for each event. SmithBucklin duties included training and developing event teams and departmental budgets, raising customer satisfaction, and supporting department and corporate initiatives.

Accountable for the daily operation of the meeting department, focusing on planning and producing several educational events, including annual conferences and tradeshows. Planned and produced several international educational and special events. Worked closely with strategic partners and sponsors to ensure the enhancement of the association's programs, products, and member experiences. The strategic partners included the airline industry, convention and visitors bureaus, hotel corporations, audiovisual providers, exhibit and tradeshow companies, and other hospitality organizations.

Planned and executed the association's annual meeting.

Hired as the sixth general manager of a new Marriott product, Courtyard by Marriott, Two-time winner of "Hotel of the Year" honors for customer service, employee satisfaction, and exceeding revenue goals.

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