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  • 1.  Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Cvent Staff
    Posted 06-17-2019 12:56
    Edited by Jodi Meier 09-05-2019 14:36

    Welcome to the New Cvent Community – I am excited you are here! The Cvent Community is a space curated for and by your peers who use the Cvent platform.

    Online communities thrive when likeminded users connect, help, and learn from each other. So, jump in regardless of your level of experience – everyone's voice adds value to our dialogue. There are no bad questions.

    In the spirit of connecting with others, an "introduce yourself" thread is a great way to start. This will help you familiarize yourself with the 
    Open Forum and get to know others within the Community. 

    I'll go first:  

    • Company and location of where you work?  work for Cvent and am based at Cvent Headquarters, just outside of Washington, D.C. 
    • What is your favorite part of your work? My favorite part of being a Community Manager is connecting professionals to resources and people to help them succeed in their goals.  
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  While it wasn't based on attendee feedback, the best piece of professional advice was to expect the unexpected with live events.   

    Now, it's your turn. Copy these bullets below, click the "Reply Inline" button, paste, and respond.  

    • Company and location of where you work?  
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted 

    Those who respond to this thread by August 31, 2019, will be entered in the Welcome to the Cvent Community Contest to win one of four gift packs that include a pair of Bose headphones, a Google Home, and miscellaneous Cvent-branded items.  

    I look forward to seeing everyone's responses and questions! 


    #Miscellaneous

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    Jodi Meier
    Online Community Manager
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  • 2.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 13:20
    • Company and location of where you work?  - Halliburton - Houston, Texas
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  - Being onsite at my events and seeing everything come together
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Best event ever!


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    Melissa Thuston
    Sr. Corporate Meeting and Event Planner
    Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
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  • 3.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 17:56
    Company and location of where you work?  I work for the Gardner Institute and we are located in Brevard, NC. 
    What is your favorite part of your work? Planning events
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  That we have the best meals ever.

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    Angela Whiteside
    VP, Finance, HR and Events
    John N. Gardner Institute
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  • 4.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-03-2019 13:23
    • Company and location of where you work?  McGraw Hill Education - I work remotely out of our Chicago office in Golden, CO
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Working with like minded individuals who are creative and care about tailoring a curated customer experience at our events.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Mistakes happen. Boxes go unchecked. You're human. Don't beat yourself up if something goes wrong at your event - adapting and making critical thinking decisions on the fly are your best weapons against failure. Don't overanalyze the why - focus on the solution.


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    Megan Gates
    Sr Partnership Development And Events Manager
    McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC
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  • 5.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Community MVP
    Posted 06-17-2019 13:20
    Excited to see the new community up-and-running.

    Let me introduce myself:
    • Company and location of where you work?  work for Visit Fort Worth, Texas and I'm the CRM Administrator and Lead Catcher, working under the Meeting Sales umbrella
    • What is your favorite part of your work? Managing the system (my 2nd baby) and teaching internal and external staff best practices  
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  I'm usually not involved in hosting meetings, but our total team does a great job, and we have a large board with great comments from our Annual Meeting where all attendees signed and posted comments.   


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    Andrea Timbes
    CRM Administrator
    Visit Fort Worth
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  • 6.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-23-2019 22:21
    Welcome!

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    Kelly O'Brien
    Marketing Assistant
    XL Catlin
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  • 7.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 13:26
    Let me introduce myself:
    Company and location of where you work?  I work for ACGME in Chicago, IL. I am the registration specialist for our educational activities and annual conference.
    What is your favorite part of your work? The flexibility it allows, I really get to flex my creative muscle.
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  I'm primarily on the registration end of all of our events, so the advice I've taken to heart is test something, and then test it again. If you can have a kid test it, do that. People will break what you build no matter what so testing everything is key!

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    Jay Gillett
    Registration specialist
    ACGME
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  • 8.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 13:39
    Company and location of where you work?  I work for the International Baccalaureate Organization in our "Washington DC Office" ... which is located in Bethesda, MD.
    What is your favorite part of your work? Traveling and interacting with student and educators from around the world.
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? Be very flexible in working with vendors and venues outside of the traditional US meeting landscape. Keep your standards, but adjust your expectations.

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    Geoffrey Seiler
    Registrar and Travel Coordinator
    International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) .
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  • 9.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 13:47
    Let me introduce myself:

    Company and location of where you work? The Windy City-Chicago, IL - Motorola Solutions World Headquarters.   Events, Trade Shows & Customer Visits/Experiences (mostly Americas, but with global incentive program activations

    What is your favorite part of your work? 
    The people who work for our company and our company culture. It's amazing. I've been here 30 years and still loving every minute of it.
      
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?   You always find new ways of getting to the next level with a reduced budget.

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    Dave Carlson
    Director Customer Experiences And Events
    Motorola Solutions, Inc.
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  • 10.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 13:52
    Edited by Waleed Al-Alami 06-17-2019 16:29
    Let me introduce myself:

    Company and location of where you work? Meridian Loyalty in St Louis, MO

    What is your favorite part of your work?
    Building websites with Cvent Flex. Gives me some creative freedoms and I enjoy seeing the finished product. 

    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?   That a program was flawless, even though I believe there is always rooms for improvement. 

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    Kelly Ohmes
    Client Services Supervisor
    Meridian Enterprises Corporation
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  • 11.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 13:58
    Company and location of where you work?   -- AIG in New York, NY
    What is your favorite part of your work?  -- having the position of Event Technologist, being the expert on Cvent for an important part of the company
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  -- you'll get to your goal, but it might not look like what you originally expected. also - the participants have no idea the insanity of what you're involved with to make it great: they're just immensely appreciative! (and almost never like the food....)

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    Cecilia Golombek
    AIG Procurement Services, Inc.
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  • 12.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 06-17-2019 14:09
    Company and location of where you work? 
    I work for Tata Consultancy Services. We have offices in NY and NJ, though I mostly work from home.

    What is your favorite part of your work? 
    Diversity of tasks, it's not the same work day in and day out.

    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?
    Help with networking. We've always assumed we just needed to host a reception and people would talk/connect/ get something out of it. But sometimes people are shy or do not know who to approach or how so we've started ice breaking sessions, zones dedicated to specific topics where we put a SME from our company in, used badge flag so people could highlight what they're interested in talking about.

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    Rachel Sigley-Cantalupo
    Branding
    Tata America International Corporation
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  • 13.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 14:11
    Company and location of where you work?  Atlas Tavel & Technology Group in Marlborough Mass.
    What is your favorite part of your work? I love producing events from start to finish. It's awesome to see the final product.
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? Always plan for something to go wrong! No event is flawless. Just make it appear flawless to the client :)

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    Amanda Lukowski
    Meeting And Event Coordinator
    Atlas Travel Meetings & Incentives
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  • 14.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 06-17-2019 14:14
    Hi, I'm Jennifer. I am tech support for our Cvent/CrowdCompass/OnArrival users. I help my team connect their events to our App and make sure it follows our branding guidelines.

    Company and location of where you work?  NEIL - Wilmington, DE
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Designing and helping others trouble shoot.
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? I have only attended one event so far and it was last week. No feedback yet.

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    Jennifer Wenger
    Business Technology Specialist
    Nuclear Electric Insurance
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  • 15.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 14:50
    Company and location of where you work? Travel and Transport Inc., Omaha, NE
    What is your favorite part of your work? - Seeing the finished product
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? No event hosting, strictly handle online registration & mobile apps

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    Hallie Loeb
    Meeting Technology Specialist
    Travel and Transport, Inc.
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  • 16.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 14:24
    • Company and location of where you work?  Scheduling Institute - Alpharetta, GA
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  That it's never boring
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted For room blocks - "you need to have your hotel blocks at places with deeper bathtubs."


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    kristin porter
    Event Data Analystevents Assistant
    Scheduling Institute
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  • 17.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 14:31
    • Company and location of where you work?  - The Culinary Institute of America - Napa, CA
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  - Meeting people that are passionate about their work
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted I don't know about craziest, but we have gotten very enthusiastic responses. 


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    Katie Cincotta
    Manager of Planning and Logistics
    Culinary Institute of America - CA
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  • 18.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 14:37
    Welcome to the new community everyone! I am so excited to be a part of this!

    Here is a little information about me: 

    • Company and location of where you work?  work for One10 and am based at in Dayton, Ohio.
    • What is your favorite part of your work? My favorite part of my work is the ability to support many clients and events allowing for an ever changing agenda with very little monotony.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  The best feedback I ever got was to hope for the best but plan for the worst. 


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    Marissa Wagoner
    Senior Registration Solutions Analyst
    One10 LLC
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  • 19.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 14:40
    Company and location of where you work?  Travel Leaders Network, Alexandria VA
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Creative aspect of event planning, taking something from nothing
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Not sure!

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    Karin Beswick
    Meeting Planner
    Travel Leaders Group
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  • 20.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 14:48
    Hello!
    • Company and location of where you work?  Church's Chicken, Atlanta
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  The people! From the corporate office to the field, I get the opportunity to interact with people with diverse backgrounds and experiences as part of my role in training and development. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hostedOur events are internal, and focused on ops/leadership development. So the best feedback I receive is when attendees tell us how the event as a whole (or particular sessions/speakers,etc.) had such an impact on that they took back the learning to their teams. To me, that accomplishes the main event goal of providing a platform to build stronger, more passionate leaders


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    Bouran Qaddumi
    Training & Development
    Cajun Operating Company d/b/a Church's Chicken
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  • 21.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 14:54
    Company and location of where you work? William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Being onsite at my events and seeing everything come together
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  You can't please everyone :)

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    Kathleen Mazzitti
    Director, Advancement Events
    The College of William & Mary Foundation
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  • 22.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 15:09
    Company and location of where you work? University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    What is your favorite part of your work? Being creative, trying new things!

    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? The communication and marketing pieces that continue to improve over the years of a National Conference. Attendees were more involved and motivated to become brand ambassadors.

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    Laura Cheek
    Conference and Special Events Coordinator
    UNC School of Law
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  • 23.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 15:22
    • Company and location of where you work?  - Performance Foodservice, Richmond, Virginia
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  - Traveling to and seeing all our corporate events come together. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted I'm usually always behind scenes at registration - but its fun to hear people talk and learn how they want you to take your event to the next level next go around. 


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    Jessica Nunnally
    Project Manager
    Performance Food Group Company
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  • 24.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 15:41
    Company and location of where you work?  PerkinElmer, Waltham MA

    What is your favorite part of your work?  Planning events for internal customers and seeing the program come together as we get closer to the date.

    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  If something goes differently than planned on-site, chance are the attendees will never know as they were not involved in the behind the scenes, they will think that's what was meant to happen.

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    Michelle Curtis
    Associate Travel and Events Specialist
    Perkinelmer, Inc.
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  • 25.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 06-20-2019 00:18
    • Company and location of where you work?  AJC - NYC
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Watching it all come together
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Best – how impressed they were by the program and how smoothly everything ran (thank goodness they don't see behind the curtain).  Craziest feedback – attendee will not come back to the hotel because it's too cold and lack of amenities in room - "they don't even have cotton balls".


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    Bonnie Gluck
    Associate Director, Special Projects
    American Jewish Committee
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  • 26.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 16:41
    • Company and location of where you work?  work for YPO and am based at in Dallas, Texas.
    • What is your favorite part of your work? My favorite part of my work is the ability to be creative yet strategic.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Ofcourse I always get the best feedback at my programs ;) 


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    James Godfrey
    Project Manager
    YPO
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  • 27.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 17:40
    Company and location of where you work?  - Encore Live, Fort Worth, TX
    What is your favorite part of your work?  - Getting to work with awesome clients and help create something unique to tell their story. 
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Always be prepared for things to change, and always have a weather plan!

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    Haley Kilar
    Junior Operations Coordinator
    Encore Live Productions
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  • 28.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 17:53
    • Company and location of where you work?  EQIS- San Rafael, CA
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Finding new and exciting things to do during our events
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted One of our newer clients emailed my CEO after the event and told him his goal was to be the most improved client of ours after attending our annual conference


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    Shannon Harrison
    Event Manager
    EQIS
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  • 29.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 06-17-2019 18:24
    Edited by Jacqueline Ward, CMP 06-22-2019 01:06
    • Company and location of where you work?  
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's - Carolina Law Office of CLE

    • What is your favorite part of your work?        
    Collaborating with our faculty to showcase their IP as high-end CLE and CPE conferences.

    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  
    When entertaining, it’s the first impression and the last impression that matters. 

    JC Ward
    Director, Continuing Education & Special Events
    UNC-CH
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  • 30.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-17-2019 19:25
    Company and location of where you work?  
    EDI - Milwaukee, WI
    What is your favorite part of your work?  
    Nonprofit work is rewarding
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?
    they like our swag!

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    Kim Schechter
    Program and Administrative Manager
    Executive Director Inc.
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  • 31.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Community MVP
    Posted 06-17-2019 21:24
    Great seeing so many people participating!
    • Company and location of where you work?  BMW Car Club of America, Greer, SC
    • What is your favorite part of your work? Planning to death and making the registration easier and easier.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Our events, everyone is a critic. :) But they do love when we moved away from meal tickets for a few of the sessions to laminated name badges with QR codes. I was surprised how well it was received.


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    Steven Schlossman
    Chapter Services
    BMW Car Club of America
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  • 32.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-18-2019 08:11
    Company and location of where you work?  American Legion Auxiliary National Headquarters
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Giving back to an organization that's bigger than myself
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? I just started, so I don't have any crazy stories yet!

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    Laura Peterson
    Event Logistics Coordinator
    American Legion Auxiliary
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  • 33.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-18-2019 08:23
    ​I am a sales manager at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club in Durham, NC.  Mostly, I enjoy interacting with clients and nurturing relationships with outside sales calls.  The most impactful piece of feedback I've received is to over prepare and go with the flow.

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    Hanna Garner
    Group Sales Manager
    Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club
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  • 34.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-18-2019 09:31
    Company and location of where you work?  Renaissance - Wisconsin 
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Creativity and challenges
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Loved the mixed seating, meals accommodated all allergies/restrictions, and they learned a lot with the collaboration vs the standard sit-and-get.

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    Angela Knoll
    Senior Event Planner
    Renaissance Learning
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  • 35.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Community MVP
    Posted 06-18-2019 12:46
    Company and location of where you work?  Travelink, American Express Travel - Nashville, TN (We also represent a few other clients with their own Cvent accounts)
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Being creative with what I can do in Cvent.
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  I will never forget the time I learned the importance and difference of different gluten intolerance and allergies. We had a participant that asked the server if an component of the breakfast contained specific and common gluten items, and the server checked and informed her that it did not. However, a few hours later this individual was collapsed on the floor and was being rushed to the ER because of a gluten attack. From that point forward, I am hyper aware and super diligent to communicate with the hotel staff our expectations as well as watch the serving staff set out items for any function. You will be shocked or mortified by how many do not understand the concept or the importance of separation. :-(

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    Lindsay Buchanan
    Manager, Meetings, Association Management, and Groups
    Travelink
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  • 36.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-18-2019 13:50
    Company and location of where you work?  MCI USA, Dallas, TX
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Onsite, working with the attendees and clients to make their event the best event ever. It is the culmination of all of the hard pre-reg work.
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  This process has been so seamless

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    Stephanie Stribling
    Registration Account Manager
    MCI USA
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  • 37.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-18-2019 14:01
    Company and location of where you work?  RegEd in Morrisville, NC!
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Wearing many different hats and working on different projects, always something new going on!
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  That we've hosted our clients favorite event every year!

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    Jennifer Ricciuti
    Marketing Coordinator And Graphic Specialist
    Reged
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  • 38.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-18-2019 14:02
    Company and location of where you work?  I work for 1st Global and am based in Dallas, Texas.  
    What is your favorite part of your work? My favorite part of my job is getting to work on new projects everyday. No two days are the same.
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? Expect the unexpected.

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    Jordan Harness
    Senior Meeting and Event Planner
    1st Global, Inc.(1st Partners Inc.)
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  • 39.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 06-18-2019 21:37
    Company and location of where you work?  S&P Global in Virginia
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Getting to travel to new offices all the time for our events
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  How they love OnArrival for event registration as it is so easy and "high tech"! :)

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    Megan Ridgway
    Sr. Specialist, Event Operations
    S&P Global Market Intelligence(PreviouslySNL Financial LC)
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  • 40.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-19-2019 07:39
    • Company and location of where you work?  
      • I work at the College Board and my office is located in Duluth, GA outside of Atlanta.
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  
      • After 18 years of employment here, the best thing are the challenges and new work projects that come along each year.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted 
      • Always have water available - bottled, stations, fountains. 


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    Ginger Garner
    Associate Director Meeting Planning and Management
    College Board
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  • 41.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-19-2019 10:12
    Company and location of where you work?  Galderma Laboratories; Fort Worth, TX 
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Contributing to great patient outcomes that advance the standard of care. 
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Not specific to an event, but just general advice is to always do your best, and your best is good enough!

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    Stacy Wright
    Event Manager, Commercial Excellence
    Galderma Laboratories, L.P..
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  • 42.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-19-2019 11:32
    Company and location of where you work?   Key2Act - a software company in Milwaukee, WI.
    What is your favorite part of your work?  I love working the reg desk at our annual event!
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  That we probably shouldn't do live animals anymore... :)

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    Alexandra Mierow
    Sales Operations Specialist
    KEY2ACT
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  • 43.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-19-2019 12:45
    Company and location of where you work?   River West Meeting Associates - Chicago, IL
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Finding creative and efficient solutions to problems
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Expect the unexpected!

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    Jessa Kohlhaas
    Program Coordinator, Cvent Specialist
    River West Meeting Associates, Inc.
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  • 44.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-19-2019 15:06
    Company and location of where you work?  RIEGL USA- Orlando, Florida
    What is your favorite part of your work?   I like that it constantly changes. I never have the same day!
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  The weirdest feedback we ever received was that we needed to make the weather better,

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    Susan Licari
    Marketing Director
    Riegl Usa
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  • 45.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-20-2019 11:20
    Company and location of where you work?  International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), New York, NY
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Gaining experience in so many different aspects of event planning such as marketing, data analysis, AV and event production, event technology, etc. 
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  'Best conference I've ever attended'

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    Katherine Whitehead
    Conference Manager
    ISDA - International Swaps and Derivatives Association
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  • 46.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-20-2019 12:11
    Company and location of where you work?  
    EY; Cleveland, Ohio 

    What is your favorite part of your work? 
     
    Travelling to events & getting to interact with our attendees.


    What is the best, 
    most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted 
    I was once told, "Never act like you're in a hurry or run down the hallways during an event, people will think something is wrong. Even if something is wrong, walk calmly and freak out later behind closed doors!"


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    Angela Le
    Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • 47.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-20-2019 12:52
    • Company and location of where you work?  work for Corindus Vascular Robotics and am based remotely in Upstate NY but my company is located outside of Boston. 
    • What is your favorite part of your work? My favorite part of being a Senior Meetings Professional is helping our sales force achieve quality interactions with engaged customers from around the world using professionally organized F2F events as the tool.   
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  (not verbatim) success is the marriage of confidence and experience


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    Megan Higgins
    Senior Meeting Planner
    Corindus Vascular Robotics
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  • 48.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Community MVP
    Posted 06-20-2019 14:43
    Company and location of where you work?  - DMA - DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
    What is your favorite part of your work?  The variety! In marketing, we wear many hats!
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  I used to manage an annual Halloween event, which included appearances from some Colts players. The event planning itself was of course very stressful, but on the night of the event, my favorite part was standing near the door as people were leaving to overhear their comments and get feedback. People loved it, and it made me feel very valued and appreciated, even though none of those people knew that I had put so much blood, sweat and tears into making such a great event for them.

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    Lori Wildman
    Senior Marketing Manager
    DuCharme McMilllen & Associates
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  • 49.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 06-20-2019 15:01
    Loving the new Community!

    Location of where you work?  I work outside of Orlando, FL.
    What is your favorite part of your work? Learning something new in Cvent, teaching / training others in the tool, sharing tips/tricks, and sharing best practices and more about the tool.   
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  So much, but the most useful that comes to mind is having the OnArrival QR code for the primary registrant and their guests in one email attendee and staff simplicity and efficiency.    

    ~
    Jo Anna Chapin

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    JoAnna Chapin
    Regular Contractor
    Proquire LLC
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  • 50.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-21-2019 00:21
    Hi Everyone! So excited to be part of this community!

    Company and location of where you work?  McGraw-Hill Education, Chicago suburbs
    What is your favorite part of your work?  Meeting our customers face-to-face after months of planning our events
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Any time an attendee tells me that we host the best events in the industry, I give myself a little pat on the back.

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    Jaime Halteman
    Associate Partnership Development And Events Manager
    McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC
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  • 51.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-21-2019 14:31
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    Company and location of where you work?  Wingate by Wyndham Charlotte Airport South & Greensboro, NC

    What is your favorite part of your work? The best part of my job is working with a large variety of clients to plan events for business & leisure, and being part of an outstanding team!

    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Our team received accommodations from the 108th Army Training Command & the Office of Vice President U.S. - Joe Biden, it was exciting to be involved in the DNC 2012!

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    Tim Jones
    DOS
    Wingate by Wyndham Charlotte Airport South/ I-77 Tyvola
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  • 52.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Community MVP
    Posted 06-21-2019 15:13
    Hi everyone!

    I am so excited that the new Community has launched! So much useful info all in one place, and so much helpful input by Cvent users who struggle with the same event execution challenges I do!

    • Company and location of where you work?  I work for Siemens PLM Software, soon to be known as Siemens Digital Industries Software, and I work from a home office just northwest of the Atlanta perimeter.
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  My team! I love my team, as well as my supervisor. So collaborative and talented! I also love the events team I've worked with for the past several years. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Once I implemented Cvent as an event registration tool (replacing a static Eloqua form managed by a different team), I got a LOT of positive feedback. Attendees were delighted with the easy registration process. My stakeholders loved the in-depth reports I could pull (session registration, session roster, event registration report).


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    Brenda Ainsburg
    Channel Program Manager
    Siemens PLM Software (Siemens Digital Industries Software)
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  • 53.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-21-2019 15:24
    • Company and location of where you work?  Meridian Loyalty
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Something different to do each day
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Best event they've ever attended even though we had to put out a lot of fires


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    Karen Chikuku
    PM
    Meridian Enterprises Corporation
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  • 54.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-22-2019 18:17
    Company and location of where you work?  I work at Poly (formerly Polycom & Plantronics) and I work out of my home in Castle Rock, CO/
    What is your favorite part of your work? Making other people's lives easier
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? From a VP to another VP, "We got this amazing deal by booking our 300 person meeting only 6 weeks out, because another group cancelled. Next year instead of booking so early, we should just wait and see what happens--it worked for us this time!" Ummmm.....NO.

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    Amy Drotar
    Global Meeting Manager
    Plantronics
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  • 55.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Community MVP
    Posted 07-02-2019 08:52
    LOL "Ummmm.... NO". They have no idea how much work goes into planning an event!!! :)

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    Lori Wildman
    Senior Marketing Manager
    DuCharme McMilllen & Associates
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  • 56.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-24-2019 10:24
    Company and location of where you work?  - Sourcing Industry Group, I work remotely. www.sig.org
    What is your favorite part of your work?  - People, both the professionals I serve and the team members I work with
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? The best is that we make meaningful connections and support corporate responsibility - people find better communities and make lasting relationships at our events. The craziest piece of feedback is from a post-event survey in which the respondent assumed we, as the association organization hosting the event, were somehow responsible for a clogged bathtub drain in a sleeping room on a different hotel property. That solidified the adage, "you can't make people 100% happy, 100% of the time." 

    Contact me for:
    - Event Management
    - Flex
    - Speaker Resource Center
    - Abstract Management 
    - Appointments
    - Lead Capture
    - Self-training

    And in general: knowledge management, sourcing & procurement & contracts, Office, Tableau, Hubspot, Salesforce

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    Mary Zampino
    Senior Director, Global Sourcing Intelligence
    Sourcing Industry Group
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  • 57.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-24-2019 14:02
    Company and location of where you work?  - Cornell University, in Ithaca, NY
    What is your favorite part of your work?  - Doing a bit of everything: graphic design, advertising, project management, I even make our bouquets. 
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? - Craziest: that the flower arrangements we had were in poor taste because they contained Peruvian lilies, which are toxic to cats. Granted, it was a veterinary conference, but it's not like there were any cats present!

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    Beline Falzon
    Event Manager
    Cornell Veterinary Continuing Education
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  • 58.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-24-2019 14:16
    Company and location of where you work?  - Olympus Corporations of the Americas, Center Valley, PA
    What is your favorite part of your work?  - Embracing the madness.  I thrive on the craziness of multi-tasking and managing  a large trade show program. 
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? - "Keep doing what you are doing"

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    Louis LaRiviere
    Trade Show Manager, Surgical
    Olympus Corporation of the Americas
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  • 59.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-24-2019 14:24
    Company and location of where you work?  Midwest Financial Group
    What is your favorite part of your work?  I get to work on a number of different items each day...graphic design, event planning, website maintenance, networking, social media, etc. 
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted How different it was from the events they had gone to in the past. The personalization that went into it made it that more special. 

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    Kristen Salewski
    Marketing Director
    Midwest Financial Group Inc
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  • 60.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-25-2019 16:31
    • Company and location of where you work?  I work for CertaPro Painters Corporate Office in Audubon, PA
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Getting to setup and handle the registration portion of our Annual Conference...  and work with Cvent to do it.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted We always get lots of feedback on the registration process and last year (using Cvent of course) it went up quite a bit.  Although it's not crazy, it's always very useful so we can get it near perfection!


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    Donna Gearhart
    Executive Assistant
    Certa Pro Painters, Ltd.
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  • 61.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-25-2019 16:54
    Company and location of where you work?  EMTS - Indiana
    What is your favorite part of your work?  The people!
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Best memories ever made!

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    Joelle Orem
    Marketing Communications
    Enigma Marketing
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  • 62.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 06-25-2019 19:22
    Company and location of where you work?  MFactor - San Carlos, CA
    What is your favorite part of your work?  When websites are finalized and pushed live.
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  I'm not really involved with the event hosting side.

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    Rica Rillo
    Web Developer
    MFactor
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  • 63.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-01-2019 08:32
    • Company and location of where you work?  I work for the University of Texas at Austin, in Austin Texas.
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  
      My fav is the variety of the work as well as the uniqueness of the people who make the work interesting. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted You are always smiling, EVEN under pressure!  


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    Eva L. Keidel
    Event Producer
    The Commons Learning Center at The University of Texas at Austin
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  • 64.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 07-02-2019 12:01
    • Company and location of where you work?  I work for the Association for Community Living, Inc. and we are located in Clifton Park, NY (half-way between Albany and Saratoga Springs.)
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  I love being on-site running an event. It's tiring but exhilarating at the same time. Our members work with people who have a severe mental illness, so they are a very open and accepting group – I have fun being able to support them in the work they do.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  My favorite story really describes what it's like to be an event planner. I am very specific about asking for dietary issues during registration, so I can make sure I've planned for everything. One time I had THREE people check the box next to "Other" and physically type the word "Vegan". That would have been fine, except when it came time to select their entrée for our banquet – ALL THREE CHOSE SALMON! That's when I decided to have dictionaries as our next giveaway. 😊  


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    Pamela O'Connor
    Director Of Education & Events
    Association For Community Living, New York
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  • 65.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-02-2019 12:28
    • Company and location of where you work?  ADTRAN - Huntsville, AL
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Just watching the whole event come together, and checking the attendees in on our OnArrival.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted We've had several comment on how wonderful the mobile app is. I'm in charge of it, so it makes me feel great!


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    Paula Bertke
    Digital Media Specialist
    Adtran
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  • 66.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-02-2019 12:36
    • Company and location of where you work?  Fox World Travel - Oshkosh, WI
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Doing the research to source venues for clients 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted N/A


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    Wade Derby
    Program Manager - Meetings
    Fox World Travel
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  • 67.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-02-2019 13:20
    Edited by Camila Macnally 07-02-2019 13:23
    • Company and location of where you work?  MotivAction, LLC - Plymouth, MN
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Being onsite and seeing everything come together and the attendees excitement! 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted"Best event we've ever had!"


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    Camila Macnally
    Account Coordinator
    MotivAction, LLC
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  • 68.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-02-2019 15:01
    • Company and location of where you work?  I work for Renaissance an educational technology company and I am based in Madison, WI 
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Working with educators all over the country 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted I brought Sharpies to an event for attendees to write their names on sticky badges and was told the pens were stinky! 


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    Lindsay Jenson
    Event Coordinator
    Renaissance Learning
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  • 69.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-03-2019 09:10
    • Company and location of where you work?  New Jersey Dental Association, North Brunswick NJ
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Creating event promotions and marketing materials
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? Great event that makes membership dues well worth it.


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    samantha bove
    Marketing Specialist
    New Jersey Dental Association
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  • 70.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-03-2019 15:01
    • Company and location of where you work?  - NAFA Fleet Management Assn in Princeton, NJ
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  - I love being able to see a physical product of my work when I go onsite.  And knowing if I screw it up, it eventually ends and I can start all over again a new event!
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted We shortened our show to 3 days from 5 to help people get out of the office and introduced more networking.  We got a response of "You screwed it up!  I like the old way where I didn't have to talk to people". 


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    Tina Mercardo
    Director Meetings And Events
    NAFA Fleet management Association
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  • 71.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-03-2019 15:26
    • Company and location of where you work?  - Leading Real Estate Companies of the World - Chicago, IL
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  - Being on site for events and working with our speakers
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Every year after our Annual Conference we hear 'best one  yet'!  


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    Linda Triphahn
    Events specialist
    Leading Real Estate Companies of the World
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  • 72.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-03-2019 17:08
    • Company and location of where you work?  - Fox World Travel - Oshkosh, WI
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  - Being onsite at the events and seeing everything come together. Building websites and seeing the thrill of my clients.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Can't wait to see how you top this off next year.. 


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    Jonathan Carmona
    Program Coordinator
    Fox World Travel
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  • 73.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 07-05-2019 12:22
    • Company and location of where you work?  BMO Financial Group - Toronto, ON
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  - Troubleshooting quickly and being able to help out my colleagues
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted I don't run/execute any of the events myself, I run all of the "backend" side of things within Cvent.


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    Nicole Giardino
    SMMS Adminstrator
    Bank of Montreal
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  • 74.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-05-2019 13:05
    • Company and location of where you work?  Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation in Denver, CO 
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  I love being busy and I love seeing my events come to fruition!
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Customer service is key, treat everyone with respect!


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    Megan Vivier
    Senior Programs & Advancement Specialist
    Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation
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  • 75.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-08-2019 10:44
    • Company and location of where you work?  - Alabama Center for Real Estate, Tuscaloosa, AL
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  - Planning my events and being onsite at my events
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Test something and then test it again and then again and then again!


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    Kayla Cowans
    Program Assistant
    Alabama Center for Real Estate
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  • 76.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-08-2019 12:03
    • Company and location of where you work? Travel Leaders COS in Colorado Springs, CO
    • What is your favorite part of your work? My favorite part of being a Travel Advisor is helping people make the most of their vacations.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Nothing particularly stands out. I typically just set up the registration pages for our group tours, but am not as involved in the tours themselves.


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    Darlene Odenwald
    travel advisor
    High Plains Travel
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  • 77.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-08-2019 13:36
    Hi all! :) Happy to be here! 

    • Company and location of where you work? PNC in Pittsburgh, PA 
    • What is your favorite part of your work? I love seeing events come together and clients wow'ed at some aspect of what I pulled together for them. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? NEVER offer oatmeal raisin cookies at an event ... people think they're chocolate chip and they pick it up, bite into it and are ALWAYS disappointed! I'll let YOU decide if it was the "best, useful or craziest"!!

    Have a good day and a great rest of your summer! 
    Kelly

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    Kelly Kindlin Pujia
    AVP, C&IB Marketing Events Manager
    PNC
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  • 78.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-09-2019 13:12
    • Company and location of where you work?  
      • I am the Director of Sales for Visit Lubbock (located in West Texas, 5 hours west of D/FW, 5 hours east of ABQ, NM)
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  
      • Changing peoples minds about my destination!
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted 
      • Never let them see you sweat.  Chances are the attendees most likely won't know that anything went wrong. 


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    Amy Zientek
    Dos
    Visit Lubbock The Convention and Visitors Bureau
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  • 79.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-09-2019 15:21
    • Company and location of where you work?  FIS, headquarters located in Jacksonville, Florida. I work in the Milwaukee, WI campus.
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Creating the event website and registration within Cvent from the very beginning and then being onsite and utilizing the Cvent OnArrival 360, LeadCapture and RFID Session Tracking and seeing how all comes together for an excellent experience for our attendees.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted To take the event to the next level with a limited budget and then being able to do just that and seeing that with a great team we were able to that. 


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    Sandi Konietzka
    Event Project Manager II
    Fidelity Information Services, LLC (FIS)
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  • 80.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-09-2019 19:01
    • Company and location of where you work?  Pilates Method Alliance in Miami, FL
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Learning new things and implementing them! 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted  The best piece of feedback was about helping new attendees network by creating a space for them.


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    Tanya Neto-Winzey

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  • 81.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-10-2019 10:16
    Hi all! I am excited to see the new community is out as in the last weeks I have been the testing user for this. I am looking forward to see everybody cooperate in the community.

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    Samuel Liska
    HCP Coordinator for Benelux Region
    Medtronic, Inc.
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  • 82.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-10-2019 15:23
    Company and location of where you work? 
    JNR Corp, WFO
    What is your favorite part of your work?
    The creativity! 
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?
    The best feedback is how the event was so engaging and wish they can attend more events like this.

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    Grace Mezher
    Director, Registration Services
    BJ's Restaurants
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  • 83.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 07-11-2019 17:09
    • Company and location of where you work?  Harvard Business School - Boston, MA
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Building relationships and connections.  I also love creating enabling environments that promote passion and innovation.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted I managed the technology for a team that hosted a technology makerspace conference, and the funnest feedback we got was to bring in more cardboard for soldering.  The Marriott did an amazing job as these makers filled their spaces with lights, motors, Legos and soo much fun.


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    Marco Viera
    Associate Director, Alumni Technology, External Relations
    Harvard Business School
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  • 84.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 07-11-2019 22:44
    • Company and location of where you work?  Motorola Solutions, Chicago IL 
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Helping the team increase their Cvent knowledge and watching their confidence grow as they continue to learn the platform.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted "It is going to be hard to top this next year"


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    Susan Smith
    Event Technology Administrator
    Motorola Solutions, Inc.
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  • 85.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-12-2019 04:45
    Hello & thanks for this platform :-)

    About me in a nutshell:

    Company and location of where you work? 
     - NH Hotel Group, myself located in Berlin, Germany 
    What is your favorite part of your work?  - networking with peers, exchanging experiences, supporting guests, reaching goals 
    What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted - "See you next year, same time, same place"; most useful learning though: always expect the unexpected and keep smiling :-)

    I look forward to the interaction with you all & in case you have any RfPs for us, we're happy to assist :-)

    Have a good day & a lovely summertime

    Annamaria

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    Annamaria Farkas
    B2b Digital Sales Executive
    NH Hotel Group S. A.
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  • 86.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Community MVP
    Posted 07-13-2019 21:42
    Hello everyone,

    • Company and location of where you work?  - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  - Being able to simplify registrations for the end user, when the client gives us too many if statements for admission items and/or sessions
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Best feed back from our event planners using OnArrival for the first time, "We didn't have to spend seven hours making name tags  before the event and we actually got to spend time at the pool instead."

    James Rose
    Senior Web Developer and Content Manger
    University of Michigan

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    James Rose
    Senior Web Developer and Content Manager
    University of Michigan (Office of Development)
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  • 87.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-14-2019 18:49
    • Company and location of where you work?  I work for William Blair - a Global Investment Banking & Asset Management Company. I am based out of our Chicago Headquarters! 
    • What is your favorite part of your work? My favorite part about work is taking an event from conceptualization all the way up to execution and seeing it evolve into something spectacular, and of course, being the Cvent Project Lead :) 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  One of my favorite responses to a guest registering with On-Arrival was, "This is by far the best registration process if ever seen in my life!". 



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    Lee Charles
    Meeting Planning And Hospitality Associate
    William Blair & Company
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  • 88.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-15-2019 11:04
    • Company and location of where you work?  Texas Society of Architects in Austin, Texas
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Working with our leadership and seeing events and programs come together (That's also my least favourite part, go figure!)
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted We provided boxed lunches instead of a lunch coupon for our Advocacy Day at the Texas State Capitol this year and we received more than 80 feedback forms complementing the lunch alone! We usually struggle to get ANY feedback and in this case we almost ran out of forms because people wanted to rave about their boring sandwich, simply because it was so much more convenient that having them stand in line at the cafeteria with their coupon. 


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    Sharna Pascolo
    Program Director
    Texas Society of Architects
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  • 89.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-16-2019 09:26
    • Company and location of where you work?  I work at Forte Research Systems in Madison, WI
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  My co-workers! I work on a great team who cheers each other on in the highs and the lows.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted We send out feedback surveys for our internal company events. Last year at our company Holiday Party that is for our employees and a guest to attend, we received feedback that the lights weren't dim enough in the event space. Keeping in mind that this event is free for attendees but cost about $150 per person. The food was incredible and it was an open bar yet attendees always seem to find something to complain about like the lighting. :) 


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    Christie Gravesen
    Forte Research Systems
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  • 90.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-16-2019 11:23
    • Company and location of where you work?  Navitaire, Minneapolis, MN
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Variety!
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hostedCraziest: "I don't like dangly things" (referring to the gondola that took people to the top of the mountain for our evening event).


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    Pam Deml
    Exhibitor Coordinator
    Navitaire LLC
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  • 91.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-16-2019 13:26
    • Company and location of where you work?  Acton Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  I like engaging with attendees onsite about event material and the post-event reporting.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hostedSomeone once told me that I was aggressively hospitable, haha. 


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    Cali Beyer
    Programs and Education Intern
    Acton Institute
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  • 92.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-16-2019 13:48
    • Company and location of where you work?  Montana Hospital Association, Helena MT
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Seeing an event come together
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Add more interactive education


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    Kim Wiens
    Administrative Professional III
    Montana Hospital Association
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  • 93.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-16-2019 16:26
    • Company and location of where you work?  Impact XM - Dayton, New Jersey
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  - The people I get to meet and work with
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted  I am more on the registration side of things, but I love to get positive feedback on our sites!


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    Kayla Sisco
    Convention Coordinator
    Impact XM
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  • 94.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-16-2019 17:16
    • Company and location of where you work?  - I work for Corwin Press and am based at our headquarters in Thousand Oaks, CA.
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  - Seeing all the logistics of the event come together onsite.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted They had never seen onsite badge printing at an event before and how seamless and quick it was.


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    Amara Gwyn
    Product Specialist, Events
    Corwin Press
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  • 95.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Community MVP
    Posted 07-17-2019 13:28

    • Company and location of where you work?  BCD Travel - Stryker Account - East Lansing, MI
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Problem solving, coming up with new ideas, and implementing new technology
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted When I was in college, I planned my co-ed Fraternity's bi-sectional conference. It was the first large event I ever planned, and one of the board members said it was the most well organized bi-sectional they'd ever been to. I felt really proud, with it being my first event, and it gave me the confidence to keep going in the industry, something that i questioned, because our hotel called me to close it's doors only weeks before the conference took place, and being parents weekend almost every other hotel in the area was sold out. It was a big nightmare and I wasn't sure if I could do it!


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    Kelly Ohlert
    Supervisor Operations, Groups
    Stryker
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  • 96.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-17-2019 13:48
    • Company and location of where you work?  National Network for Oral Health Access - we are based in Denver, CO, but I work remotely in St. Louis, MO.
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  As a very small organization, I love that I get to wear many hats and have a hand in just about every aspect of meeting planning. I love being onsite and problem-solving!
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Most useful: solicit and use feedback often. For some of my smaller events, we look at feedback from the end of the first day and then try to make changes for the second day. We make a point to mention to attendees that we took their feedback seriously and made changes based on that. Keep in mind, you just can't please everyone!
      Craziest: The number of demands I received for chocolate and sugary snacks. Our event attendees are public health dentists and hygienists (who spend a lot of time talking preventing cavities), so it's always interesting when they want us to provide soda and candy. 


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    Rachel Johnston
    Program Manager
    National Network For Oral Health Access
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  • 97.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-18-2019 06:45
    • Company and location of where you work?  Corinthia St Petersburg, Russia
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  The whole world comes to visit us!
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? Guests getting real Czar welcome   


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    Anastasia Minaeva Mrs
    E-commerce manager
    Corinthia St-Petersburg
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  • 98.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-18-2019 12:30
    • Company and location of where you work?  Cadence Travel - La Jolla, CA
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Working with a team that supports each others growth!
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Adapt, adapt, adapt!


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    Christy LoCastro
    Event and Registration Manager
    Cadence
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  • 99.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-18-2019 12:46
    Hi everyone!

    • Company and location of where you work?  I work for Kappa Delta Sorority Headquarters in Memphis, TN!
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  As the event planner for KDHQ, my favorite part of my work is seeing an event that I planned come full circle. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted The best piece of advice that I have received would have to be when someone told me that this was the best event she has attended in 18 years! 


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    Alison Hardison
    Events and Retail Coordinator
    Kappa Delta
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  • 100.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-19-2019 10:36
    Hi - 

    • Company and location of where you work?  Event Travel Management, headquartered in Denver, CO
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  I like the variation in challenges and being able to see our hard work come together at an event.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted "You should have a mobile app."  We did have a mobile app with 90% adoption rate.  Someone was not paying attention that day. ;-)


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    Mollie Rusher
    Event Technology Manager
    Event Travel Management
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  • 101.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-23-2019 07:28
    Slow my to introduce myself...
    • Company and location of where you work? I work for a great National nonprofit based out of NYC: ADL. We've used Cvent for 10 years! I have personally used it for 2.5-3
    • What is your favorite part of your work? Working from home and I'm never bored. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback, you've gotten about an event you hosted? This would be much better with cats. 🤷‍♀️


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    Jillianna Richcrick
    Technical Lead and Developer, Web Systems
    Anti-Defamation League
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  • 102.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-23-2019 17:39
    • Company and location of where you work? InComm InCentives, formerly known as Meridian Loyalty
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Designing interesting websites!
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Always be willing to adapt and make it work.


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    Thu Nguyen
    Client Services Coordinator
    Meridian Enterprises Corporation
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  • 103.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-23-2019 22:20
    First I have to say WOW, what a great idea! I have been on this community for about a week (so happy I learned more about it at the Connect conference) and have already gotten questions answered and learned some new tips and tricks. 

    • Company and location of where you work?  AXA XL located in the lovely suburbs of Philadelphia (Exton, PA)
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  My team! We are an all-woman team, with each of us full of creativity and innovative thinking
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted At our biggest event, each year our execs tell us that we've outdone ourselves (it is a GREAT feeling, but also means we need to try even harder next year!)

    So excited to connect with you all!

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    Kelly O'Brien
    Marketing Assistant
    XL Catlin
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  • 104.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 07-25-2019 09:07
    • Company and location of where you work?  Ohio Veterinary Medical Association - Columbus, Ohio
    • What is your favorite part of your work? The variety of projects I work on - graphic design, social media, writing, technology, websites, etc.  
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted I love the one-word responses: "Wow!" or "Awesome!"


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    Krysten Bennett
    Communications Director
    Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
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  • 105.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-25-2019 09:34
    Oh, a fellow veterinary world event planner! Cheers!

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    Béline Falzon
    Event Manager and Marketing Specialist
    Cornell Veterinary Continuing Education
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  • 106.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-25-2019 11:06
    • Company and location of where you work?  Ohio Veterinary Medical Association, Columbus, OH
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Everything I do for the OVMA I handle finances, help with event planning and our membership module.  I get the chance to utilize my knowledge that I have for CVENT which I love.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted What a great Conference would recomend to anyone.


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    Cindi Rains
    Exhibit Manager
    Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
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  • 107.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-25-2019 14:21
    • Company and location of where you work?  I work for Trio, which is apart of FCB Health. My office is located in Parsippany, NJ. 
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  I enjoy interacting with the different clients. It keeps things different and allows me to challenge myself. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted We host HCP based events so there is always feedback on events. Recently we hosted some larger events and many of the attendee's said it was one of the best meetings we've ever had. It was nice to hear this feedback!
    Looking forwarding to utilizing the community more!


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    Courtney Rivera
    Program Manager
    FCB Health
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  • 108.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-25-2019 16:53
    • Company and location of where you work?  CNC Software, Inc. based in Tolland, Connecticut
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  I love meeting with our customers to see how they use our computer software.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted The rice wasn't good. 


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    Courtney Riley
    Digital Media Supervisor
    CNC Software, Inc.
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  • 109.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-26-2019 14:48
    • Company and location of where you work?  CHG Healthcare Fort Lauderdale, FL
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Planning events for our people
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? I know how to get creative! 
    Gabriela Corrado
    Corporate Event Planner
    CHG Healthcare

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    Gaby Corrado
    Corporate Event Coordinator
    CHG Healthcare Services
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  • 110.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-29-2019 09:14
    • Company and location of where you work?  I work at Ferguson Enterprises, headquartered in Newport News
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  I love the team we work with, the people I've gotten to meet, and the places I've gotten to travel to
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted I'm blessed to get a lot of really positive feedback about the events I've planned


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    Fagel Baer
    Corporate Meeting and Event Planner
    Ferguson Enterprises
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  • 111.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 07-31-2019 13:33
    • Company and location of where you work?  Aon Corporation, out of our Chicago office
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Improving processes to make it easier for my team to do their jobs easily and efficiently. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted In my last position, we got attendee feedback which referred to a Make-Your-Own Trail Mix Bar as "ice cream toppings without ice cream." I think they missed the point :) 


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    Alexandria Johnson
    Operations Coordinator Meetings and Events
    Aon Service Corporation
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  • 112.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-01-2019 10:07
    • Company and location of where you work?  Information Security Media Group (ISMG) in Princeton, NJ.
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  I love creating and designing things that generate engagement and resonate with either customers or attendees of our events.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted After a series of events, an individual from our sponsor team created a post on LinkedIn (complete with pictures from the events!) talking about how much he enjoyed the events and got great value from them.
    - - - - - - -
    Danielle Novotny
    Event Marketing Manager
    Information Security Media Group
    - - - - - - -

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    Danielle Novotny
    Event Marketing Manager
    ISMG
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  • 113.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-01-2019 10:37
    Excited to participate!

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    Julie Schnepp
    Conference Coordinator
    Acton Institute
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  • 114.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-01-2019 15:29
    • Company and location of where you work? CNC Software in Tolland CT. 
    • What is your favorite part of your work? I work with our Sales & Marketing Team. I absolutely love how every day is different and am thankful every day to be part of such a great company with an amazing culture.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted?  Craziest - that the attendee wished there was more things to do at the casino! Most of the other feedback was self imposed after we meet post event. 



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    Sarah Jordan Usher
    Market Administrator
    CNC Software, Inc.
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  • 115.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 08-06-2019 08:42
    • Company and location of where you work?  Cornell University - Department of Animal Science, Ithaca, NY
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Managing the logistics of conference planning.  It can be a lot and stressful at times, but coordinating all of the details keeps me motivated.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted "Too much food."  When an attendee recognizes the behind-the-scenes efforts, it reminds me of why we do what we do.


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    Heather Darrow
    Conference Coordinator
    Cornell University - Department Of Animal Science
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  • 116.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-12-2019 14:15
    • Company and location of where you work?  I work for Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity - in the program and events department! We are headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. 
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Seeing members, volunteers and constituents from across the country at our events. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Stay positive and never complain about what's going wrong behind the scenes. Many attendees won't ever find out there was something going on!


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    Laura Curzi
    Leadership Events Manager
    SigEp LEAD Fund
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  • 117.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-14-2019 14:44
    Hi!

    • Company and location of where you work?  Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity, Indianapolis IN
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Working with volunteers and helping them grow
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted "We love the event website and mobile app!"


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    Lisa Thibault
    Website Specialist
    Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity Inc
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  • 118.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-14-2019 15:47
    • Company and location of where you work?  The Annie E. Casey Foundation - Baltimore, Maryland
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Helping shape the events of our organization that have a direct impact on meeting attendees.  Doing so effectively helps influence and advance the work of the Foundation. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Kudos around my ability to work wonders with small budgets and my ability to negoiate the hell out of a contract during the RFP process.  

    Candace L. Little

    Operations Manager | Facilities & Operations

    Finance & Administration

    The Annie E. Casey Foundation



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    Candace Little
    Operations Manager
    The Annie E. Casey Foundation
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  • 119.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-15-2019 00:06
    • Company and location of where you work?  AnitaB.org, Headquarted in Belmont, CA, but I work remotely from Oro Valley, AZ.
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Our attendees are incredible! Our event is for technical women, so it is nice to see so many women so comfortable in the environment, networking, and learning from each other.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted I think we've heard it all! We usually get really postive feedback, but the most amusing is when attendees tell you that you should do something that you're already doing. So I guess we're always looking for new ways to communicate all of the opportunities with attendees.


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    Beth Roberts
    Sr Manager, GHC Content
    Anitab.Org
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  • 120.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-16-2019 14:18
    Edited by Jennifer Osborn 08-16-2019 14:20
    • Company and location of where you work?  I work for Arthrex, Inc. located in Naples, FL.
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Being a part of a great company and working on various projects that improve business processes. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted The best feedback I received was that the event was very successful and the technology we utilize is incredible!


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    Jennifer Osborn
    Business Analyst - Global Meetings & Events
    Arthrex, Inc.
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  • 121.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-16-2019 18:35
    • Company and location of where you work?  Oregon Head Start Association- Oregon, US
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Seeing the "aha" moments for attendees
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted "Why are we sometimes all together and sometimes in smaller groups?" This was a great reminder that many of my attendees have never attended a conference before. It reminded me to explain even the basics.


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    Tristin Blalack
    Executive Director
    Oregon Head Start Association
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  • 122.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-19-2019 11:51
    • Company and location of where you work?  LeadingRE in Chicago, IL
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  The problem solving and delivering solutions to make events the best we can offer
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted? When someone goes out of their way to thank the people (my team) who made the event a success.


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    Chelsea Benge
    Events Software Specialist
    Leading Real Estate Companies of the World
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  • 123.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-21-2019 11:49
    • Company and location of where you work?  - ADTRAN - Huntsville, AL
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  - I wear many hats, which add variety to my days!
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted That our event was very organized. I'm glad the attendee saw it that way! ; )


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    Paula Bertke
    Digital Designer
    ADTRAN
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  • 124.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-22-2019 09:39
    Hello~
    • Company and location of where you work?  I work for FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority). We have offices nationwide, but mine is based in Washington, DC.
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  My work offers me a good balance of travel, planning, WFH, meeting new people, being at events on site and eating well!
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Our attendees love the cvent in a box on-site check-in process. At every conference, we have people who are amazed at the technology.


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    Gergana Bobeva
    Meeting Planner
    FINRA - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly NASD)
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  • 125.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 08-26-2019 15:02
    Hi everyone!
    Nice to meet you all, fellow event planners!
    I have been using Cvent for about 3 years now and the forums and community have been very helpful on many occasions.

    • Company and location of where you work?  ETC, based just outside of Madison, WI
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  I get to work with a large variety of people, coworkers and customers from around the globe, on a pretty wide range of projects and events. 
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hostedHmmm... at our last event, we had to relocate 400 people (attendees and presenters) from the conference center to our factory due to a big explosion/fire that happened downtown and cut power on a large section of town. We had a lot of feedback to say that 1) we handled it amazingly :) 2) that there should be a fire every time because how we handled the situation was amazing... I guess that checks both the best and the craziest feedback! 
    Looking forward to interacting with you all!
    Sophie

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    Sophie Pierronnet
    Education and Training Manager
    Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
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  • 126.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    Posted 08-26-2019 15:09
    • Company and location of where you work?  Education Minnesota – St. Paul, Minnesota
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Something new everyday!
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted What may seem like a drastic mistake or mishap is oftentimes not even noticed by attendees.


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    SARA SCHUMACHER
    Public Affairs Communications Assistant
    Education Minnesota
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  • 127.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 08-28-2019 08:46
    Hi there,
    • Company and location of where you work?  Les Voyages Laurier Du Vallon, in Quebec, Canada!
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  Learning a completely new platform and working with people as passionate as me.
    • What is the best, most useful, or craziest piece of feedback you've gotten about an event you hosted Just any small feedback is always appreciated, whether it's useful or just nice to hear! From « Wow, this is awesome » and « Thank you so much for everything you've done » to « Next time, we'll do that instead and I'll be perfect! ».


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    Cassandre Therrien
    Project Manager Groups AND Incentives Technology
    Australian OpCo Pty Ltd trading as cievents
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  • 128.  RE: Starting a New – Introduce yourself

    User Group Member
    Posted 08-01-2023 12:20
    • Company and location of where you work.  I am the Director of Sales for Experience Prince George's in Prince George's County, Maryland 
    • What is your industry and profession? Experience Prince George's is the Official Destination Marketing Organization for Prince George's County, Maryland.  
    • What is your favorite part of your work?  I enjoy selling Prince George's as a premier convention & meetings destination within the National Capitol Region.  I also enjoy that my work directly impacts the local community.  
    • What do you expect from this community and how do you wish to contribute?  I hope to continue to ask for and to share best-practices within the CVENT community.


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    Kirsten SteMarie
    Director of Sales
    Experience Prince George'sUnited States
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