THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

Alisa Walsh had the honor of being on the Expert Panel at the MPI SCC and ASEP Cal Poly hosted "Future Leaders Forum 2017" at the Collins College Hospitality Management at Cal Poly Pomona on February 21st. The 10 panelists each brought a different set of skills and experience to share. Alisa proudly represented event production services. On the panel: Kheam Tang, Four Points San Diego Downtown, Anna Kim, LATCB,  Sacha Tani, Universal Studios Hollywood, Jamie Oakley, Revolution RFP, Alisa Walsh, EventWorks, Marc Berkowitz, California Association of Realtors, Kim Meltzer, KidKesty Productions, John Ehlenfeldt, Visit Huntington Beach, Ajit Acharya, The Waterfront Beach Resort, and Jon Baumgardner, Society of the Promotion of Japanese Animation. Alisa, the students wanted to know how you got to your professional position. What is your advice to aspiring event and hospitality pros? "My first piece of advice was to take advantage of opportunities when they...

The Event: 3 days of events supporting a high profile car reveal in the Automobile Industry Locations: Mana Wynwood and Fontainebleau, Miami, Florida Date: January 2017 Guest Count: 750 Our Challenge: Tailoring the look and feel the client's brand prefers into the overall design, and integrating the local art-infused atmosphere into decor settings for an international VIP group. Furthermore, we were tasked with creating all events surrounding a high-impact reveal of a new car model. Ted Bowers, Kristen Rensch, Rebecca Motus and our crew just returned from 10 days in Miami and Kristen confesses that they still have post-event blues. "We had the great fortune to be able to work with a very creative client in a wonderful environment. Despite some challenges - we had a tornado warning call waking us at 3:45am on the night AFTER our tent install, and some last minute changes - it all turned out perfectly! The client was happy. We were happy!" Our main tasks: creati...

Our Director of Sales, Alisa Walsh, is grateful to have had the opportunity to co-chair the MPISCC 2017 (WE)CON event this past weekend. "We had a 1:1 ratio of planners and suppliers, which was a great way to meet and connect with colleagues and build relationships, that will be really valuable to all of us. But besides the business aspects, we had a wonderful time mingling, learning and participating in great group activities. As co-chair, I was in charge of hotel logistics, which ties in so well with my previous professional life. It was an interesting experience to work with a hotel from the "other side". I know how hard it is to impress 130 meeting and event planners and suppliers. Our host hotel did a fabulous job." Looking swell under professional pressure! Alisa Walsh, Co-Chair, and Michelle Thornton, Chair of the Weekend Education Conference, got ready with a professional blow dry at Fashion Island. Alisa: "We had a truly outst...

We have seven days left to turn Valentine's Day into a personal success! We asked our Floral Artist, Rebecca Fernandez Motus, to  share easy-to-do, romantic and very personal design ideas that will amaze every Valentine! Instructions included! Question: What materials and flowers can our readers use that are 1) easy to find and 2) not outrageously expensive and 3) on trend and fresh ideas? Rebecca: "Roses are extremely expensive as early as a few weeks before Valentine's Day.  The wholesale vendors at the flower market in downtown L.A. usually triple the pricing for the roses to all the flower shops/ florists, so, as you can imagine, the consumers buy them for four times the normal price if they get them from the flower market (which is usually a very inconvenient trip because of traffic, parking and just walking around the flower market itself) and more if they buy roses at a flower shop. A very good substitute for roses are ranunculus . These are bec...