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Meeting Pros: Kelly Treadway with EventCurious, Lindsay Pitt with TOAST Events, and Tracy Stuckrath with Thrive! Meetings and Events

March 6, 2013 by angishields

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Meeting Pros: Kelly Treadway with EventCurious, Lindsay Pitt with TOAST Events, and Tracy Stuckrath with Thrive! Meetings and Events

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Kelly Treadway with EventCurious

With 15 years in the special events industry Kelly Treadway has seen her career curiously come full circle. Her experiences in sales and marketing led her into the areas of events entertainment, venue management, catering sales and equipment rentals. In early 2013, after a year of ghost writing, concept building and strengthening connections, Kelly took the leap and launched EventCurious – a micro agency specializing in online marketing and public relations for special events and hospitality companies.

EventCurious balances a corporate image with grass-roots style efforts as they service clients by being their online listeners. Kelly is currently VP Elect for the International Special Event Society (ISES) Greater Atlanta chapter. She has a natural passion for connecting event profs and the dots that build a stronger industry. You can connect with her online via Facebook, LinkedIn and Pinterest @Kelly Treadway and on Twitter @EventCurious.

Lindsay Pitt with TOAST Events

Lindsay is the owner and lead planner of TOAST, a wedding and event company based in Atlanta. Lindsay has been a prominent figure in the Atlanta event industry for over twelve years. She holds the esteemed Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP) designation, the hallmark of achievement in the special events industry, which she obtained at just 27. She also spent three terms on the Board of Directors on the International Special Events Society and is Regional Director for Wedding Industry Professionals Association. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University.

Tracy Stuckrath with Thrive! Meetings and Events

Tracy Stuckrath, CSEP, CMM, CHC, founder and chief connecting officer of Thrive! Meetings & Events, is an event planner who is one of just 295 people in the world to hold a designation as a Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP). She’s also one of 15 million people in the U.S. with food allergies. Combining her more than 20 years of event planning experience, her food allergies, and her education from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (2009),Tracy helps clients successfully and safely feed guests with special dietary needs through menu design, kitchen assessments, hands-on training and workshops. When planning events, she believes delicious, healthy food and environmentally friendly meeting practices should be a part of every event and work in unison to deliver the biggest return on the client’s investment. With her niche market, Tracy has been able to create a name for herself and her company, and was named a “Meeting Pros to Watch in 2012″ by Convention South Magazine and speaks regularly at events nationwide on how to accommodate guests with special dietary needs.

Meeting Pros: Elizabeth Hogan with Juice Studios

March 6, 2013 by angishields

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Meeting Pros: Elizabeth Hogan with Juice Studios

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Elizabeth Hogan with Juice Studios

Elizabeth is a forth generation Atlantan with a passion for her city and special events. That coupled with over nine years of extensive experience in the hospitality industry. More specifically in destination management. Elizabeth is an expert in both sales management and event logistics. Elizabeth is one of our destination management gurus and specializes in on-site and off-site events,dine-a-rounds, VIP tours and VIP transportation services. She has worked with hundreds of Fortune500 companies with groups ranging in size from 10 to over 4,000 attendees.

Meeting Pros: Alisha Nesbitt with Enchanted Events, Patrick Williams with PWP Studio

February 14, 2013 by angishields

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Meeting Pros: Alisha Nesbitt with Enchanted Events, Patrick Williams with PWP Studio

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Alisha Nesbitt with Enchanted Events

Alisha Nesbitt, owner of Enchanted Events of Atlanta began planning weddings, dinner parties, and birthday celebrations for her friends and family in 2005. After continuing to receive an overwhelming amount of request for her services, Alisha decided to officially launch Enchanted Events of Atlanta. In addition to being an expert in the field event coordination & interior design, she is a licensed Occupational Therapist.

Alisha maintains a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Masters in Occupational Therapy from Temple University. She is also the co- owner of Enchanted Blu Events. Enchanted Blu Events is a full service event planning, fundraiser organizing, and corporate meeting/team building planning company all in one.

Enchanted Blu Events is dedicated to assisting non- profit organizations and or charities in their fundraising efforts. Through these events, Enchanted Blu has been able to donate over $6000 to the community in 2012 alone.

The events include the Atlanta Chef’s Expo (Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Greater Atlanta) and the Atlanta Street Food Festival (Atlanta Community Food Bank).Her events have been featured on; CBS Better Mornings, in Jezebel Magazine, Southern Living Magazine, Daily Candy, Deep South Magazine, Uptown Magazine, Upscale Magazine, MSN.com, The Atlanta Journal Constitution,Thrillist, Creative Loafing, Atlanta Home Improvement Magazine, Crave Atlanta and Essence.com.

Patrick Williams with PWP Studio

Patrick Williams, owns PWP Studio – a corporate event photography company based in Atlanta that specializes in providing creative content to the top end of the events industry! Whether his clients are creating an amazing event that needs a story, booking an event space that needs a portfolio, promoting a brand that needs fans, or selling an event service – PWP has become the go-to source for the images needed for their success!

Meeting Pros: Event Specialist Jessica Park with JPark Events, Toni Moceri with Moceri Management , Tim Berkesch with Vector Displays

February 6, 2013 by angishields

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Meeting Pros: Event Specialist Jessica Park with JPark Events, Toni Moceri with Moceri Management , Tim Berkesch with Vector Displays

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Toni Moceri with Moceri Management

Toni Moceri started Moceri Management with $1,000.00 and grew it to a $3.8 Million dollar a year company over 12 years. Working with her team of 11 employees they produced National Medical Sales Meetings and Events all over the US. Including working with the American College of Cardiology in Washington DC over 3 years in a consulting capacity.

She is experienced in securing over 25 million dollars of medical grant funding over 12 years, that helped support these Continuing Educational Meetings, budgeting, negotiation, strategic planning, agenda content and development, room block management, food and beverage, event production and social media, seamless execution.

Toni is currently the Chair of the Alzheimer’s Association annual event “Dancing Stars of Atlanta” being held on June 15, 2013. She is a member of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and continues to be involved on various charitable committees.

She was named Top 15 to watch in 2005
Her company was named one of the best places to work in 2006
She was named one of the top 30 under 30 prior to moving to Atlanta in 1994.
Has appeared in over 25 national publications to date.

Tim Berkesch with Vector Displays

Tim Berkesch Director of Sales at Vector Displays. Has a Bachelor’s degree from Wayne State Univ in Detroit, and a Master’s from Univ of Illinois. Tim develops sales and insures the quality delivery of trade show related products and services.