Working Away...

Three months ago I would have laughed at the idea of me becoming a 'somewhat' professional Event Planner. I'm really not the most organized person, alright let me clarify that, I have no organization skills whatsoever. I usually procrastinate, forget important things, and stress out really bad when I am left to put something together. Well truth be told, I have become one, and with lots of hard work, I am actually doing really well at it. I do have to give credit where credit is due, and that goes to my friend, Shelley, for guiding me in the beginning and holding me accountable. She has been a great teacher. I also have to give big props to the Apple I-phone. With that handy tool, I am always aware of upcoming events on the calendar. I stay on top of emails, and it has helped me become more organized. I highly recommend one if anyone else struggles with disorganization like I did.

My job is a two part position. I plan seminars, and then I market to all those I would like to attend our seminar. The entire goal of why we hold seminars is to let others know about our company and to convince them to use our services. The planning stage is fairly easy. I invite a Title Rep to join in the process, in which I promise them free advertising. That is obviously good for them, but it also helps us tremendously because they reserve a conference room and pay for it. In the beginning, I was worried about getting Title Reps to want to work with me. I have never been in a sales position before, and it's unnerving trying to sell yourself if you haven't. But I was proven wrong, it has been really easy. Our original vision was to hold 2 seminars a month, but as it turns out, we are slammed, doing sometimes 2 seminars a week. Marketing for the seminars is fun. I spend an entire day driving from office to office with Shelley passing out invitations to the event. Most of the people I interact with are really nice. The most work is usually the day before a seminar when we have to do food preparations. We feed the attendees lunch and it's my job to plan and coordinate that small detail. I am definitely more busy then I thought I would be, but our success rate has sky rocketed. I really do believe in the company I work for and I am just really grateful that I got in during the early stages.

Here is a picture of our team. Starting from left to right is; Myself, Greg, Shelley, Andrew and JB. Andrew is our President and I recently found out he is LDS as well. He and JB started the company not quite a year ago. Andrew is also our speaker at most of the seminars. He is truly a great speaker, maybe church has helped him in that area? Next to me is Greg. We call him a Mini-JB. We are still trying to pin down exactly what his role will be. Shelley has taken on the role of Business Manager. She is the one who really got us where we are today. I think her best attribute has been keeping the communication between all of us open. JB, our Vice President, is phenomenal at working one on one with clients. He is the best at making you feel of value and is so good at expressing his thanks. I feel lucky that I work with such a great team. The time we all spend together is fun, it almost doesn't feel like work.