Steven Pettit is a Insurance Broker at IQ Financial Group. He possess expertise in strategic planning, leadership, marketing, sales, small business and 15 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Steve brought an immense amount of experience to the table in planning our two conferences. His experience and knowledge helped the event team and myself understand and implement best practices and he was instrumental in my learning the skills of becoming an event coordinator. He provided me with insights into negotiations with hotel, venue, and catering companies, taught me the importance of simple communication with the participants, and stressed that the participant experience is the number one priority. Steve was very important to keeping costs reasonable and meeting our budget for the conferences. He exhaustively searched for a caterer and tent for our event, and negotiated the terms down to save money. It was an absolute pleasure working with Steve, both professionally and personally. I had limited experience planning conferences, but because of his experience and patient teaching I feel equipped and confident planning conferences moving forward. Outside of bringing experience to the table and being a great teacher, Steve was a lot of fun to work with. His personality brought a lot of joy to our event team and made the difficult work of set up and tear down more enjoyable.", "My eight years in the corporate event industry, including three years as the General Manager of Staging Solutions, a premier event design and production management company, has shown that people who work effectively on the creative event aspects as well as the detailed logistics are a rare gem in a highly competitive talent pool. Steve went above and beyond our contractual arrangement by contributing in key ways to our event marketing and in designing the flow of the event. His input has absolutely made Paradisus Dei conferences better and higher quality event experiences. Steve has a “can-do” attitude that is infectious, and communicates extremely effectively and directly while remaining diplomatic. He is an absolute pleasure to work with and a real team player, with no duty too small or large. Please allow me to extend the highest recommendation for Mr. Pettit to any organization contemplating the need for professional assistance with their event planning and execution.", and "Steve Pettit has helped our organization plan and manage a large, daylong event with multiple formations over a nine-year stretch. He handles planning, details and follow-up with professionalism, precision and a heart to make the event better than imagined by all key players. I recommend his work highly."