As I approach my mid-forties, I have been pondering recently on the purpose of my life--why am I here, where am I headed, what have I accomplished, how do I know if I even have a purpose? Unlike most, I haven’t followed the path of marriage and p...
As we quickly gain momentum heading into midyear, it’s important to revisit and reflect on the wedding trends shaping this season.
It’s a shared notion among experts that Mason jars are officially on the way out. Rustic is being replaced with ...
The dust has settled, the warehouse is back in order, and the blur of what happened almost a month ago is a mere memory, but a memory that will last me a lifetime.
To the 280-plus guests who showed up on April 30, 2015, to celebrate 25 years i...
We live in a time when oversharing is welcome--even asked for at times--and it’s easy to think you can’t go wrong on social media. In the event industry, social networks provide a platform for event organizers and their attendees to interact, sha...
As a little girl, if someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I probably would have responded with a dream typical of any child: a princess, a super hero, maybe even an astronaut. Fast forward to today and I’m none of these things...
I recently relocated to Sao Paulo Brazil following my marriage and embarked on an international business experience in the hospitality and events industry while completing my graduate program.
In one of the world’s most populous cities and wit...
The 2014 Corporate Learning Factbook, published in February of this year from Bersin by Deloitte, revealed that U.S. spending on corporate training grew by 15 percent last year, to more than $70 billion in the U.S., and more than $130 billion wor...
Conscientious event and meeting planners go to great lengths to ensure their functions are not cookie-cutter, one-size fits-all gatherings. Instead, they are looking for ways to stage beyond-the-norm sessions--the kind worthy of standing ovations...
