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Interviews & Profiles
October, 2011
Meeting planner profile: Jane Davies, Vice president, ZedEvents
AW: About eight years ago, Robert Zed and I formed ZedEvents, a conference and events management firm in Halifax. We started off doing local fund raising events, and quickly grew to managing conferences and events throughout the region and into other parts of Canada. We enjoy working with non-profit organizations, government departments and businesses alike – and our focus is always to reveal and then support the hidden strategic purpose of each event we manage.
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October, 2011
Meeting planner profile: Andrea Wagner, Supervisor, Conference and Event Services for Health Canada – Pest Management Regulatory Agency
AW: My job has changed over the years I have been with Health Canada. My main function is to plan and facilitate large meetings and events for PMRA. My hospitality and client service background has served me well. I organise everything from meeting space to guest room blocks, AV requirements and hospitality, always keeping in mind that I have policies to follow and that I must remain fiscally responsible to the taxpayer. I’m always negotiating for a better deal.
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August, 2011
Meeting planner profile: Brent Taylor, CMP, CMM
BT: Every event brings with it a unique set of opportunities. It is always a thrill to work with a client who understands the potential of their event and understands what we bring to the table. We work with them to design strategies to develop and grow their event. As an industry, we have focused for too long on delivering efficiencies and have given little thought to ensuring effectiveness.
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July, 2011
Event Portfolio Alignment
The following is a question and answer session between Susan Radojevic, president of The Peregrine Agency, and Sandra Eagle, CM&E managing editor, about Event Portfolio Alignment, a strategy to help corporations achieve strategic business goals through the power of meetings and events.
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June, 2011
Meeting planner profile: Angela Zaltsman, CMP
AZ: My goal is to consistently apply everything I have learned over the past 15 years and to create a business of which I can be proud. Working towards that goal consists of ensuring that I am up to date on any developments and changes in my field, networking, making sales calls, preparing creative and innovative proposals, business development and planning events and meetings throughout the GTA.
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April, 2011
Meeting planner profile: Jonathan Buchwald
The year 2010 was big business for Vancouver-based meetings and events company Pr1me, which ran a significant amount of corporate business during the Games. Pr1me put together more than 100 events in total, carrying out a year’s worth of business in the month of February alone, said President and CEO Jonathan Buchwald.
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March, 2011
Meeting planner profile: Carole Saad
While receiving a nice compliment from a head of state might provide a little rush, nothing can compare to the feeling the Ottawa meeting planner experienced when Carole Saad peeked into the welcome reception she had organized for June’s G20 Summit in Toronto and saw 32 world leaders together under one roof.
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February, 2011
Meeting planner profile: Joe Nishi
JN: I’ve been part of Meeting Encore for just over 2 years. We’re a Meeting Site Sourcing company based in Toronto – the first site sourcing company in Canada.
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