Our speaker, Lisa Hopkins will help us understand the importance of company culture in how you build your brand. She will help give us skills to learn how to find the right people to work for you and create a culture of trust, recognition, celebration, teamwork, and reinvention. She will also teach us to begin to leave a legacy with your employer and your employees that will last long after you are gone.
A little background on Lisa; she is currently the Director of Catering and Conferences at The Houstonian Hotel, Club and Spa, where she recently celebrated 11 years of service. She joined NACE in 1999 and served as a Houston Chapter President in 2003 until July 2007. She served as the Region 4 Vice President from 2007 and 2008, and is currently serving on the National Board as the Chair of the Chapter Presidents’ Council for 2008/2009 year.
Lisa earned the Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE) designation in July of 2002, and the Certified Meeting Planner (CMP) designation in July of 2006, and is a frequent lecturer at the University of Houston’s Hotel Restaurant Managements Hotel Sales Class and Hall of Honor’s Think Tank Sessions. She was a featured speaker at the 2009 NACE Leadership Summits, as well as the 2009 Catersource and Event Solutions Conference and Trade Show, and is looking forward to presenting two breakout sessions at the NACE Experience! 2009 with fellow NACE 1st Vice President Stacy Ziegler.
While Lisa is here to provide us with this valuable insight, she will provide our chapter with a NACE National update.
Register for this event, online, with CVENT
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Barbra Leipper, Director of Sales & Marketing and her staff welcome Pacific NW NACE to visit the newly remodeled Marriott SpringHill Suites on June 8th, 2009. Discover the boutique charm of the Marriott SpringHill Suites, located within walking distance of Westlake Mall and the Convention Center with the Space Needle, Waterfront, Pike's Place Market, and Lake Union only minutes away.
The hotel is designed for guests who want spacious and functional accommodations when on the road. Each suite offers a separate area for eating, sleeping, working, and relaxing. Special amenities include a kitchenette with mini-refrigerator, microwave, sink and coffee maker, a well-lit work area featuring complimentary High-Speed Internet access, a 2 line speaker phone and an ergonomic chair, pull-out sofa bed, and lounge chair with an ottoman. Guests enjoy free local phone calls, swimming pool, spa, an exercise room, and a free hotel shuttle to some of Seattle's greatest attractions.
The Bistro on Yale opened recently under the leadership of Executive Chef Tom O’Brien and brings a refreshing change to the neighborhood fare. Located on the lobby level of downtown Seattle’s Marriott SpringHill Suites, the Bistro on Yale offers urban dwellers and hotel guests a wide selection of fresh northwest seafood, meats, and produce that are integrated into an authentic fusion of Asian and Mexican street fare. Everything on the menu, from the Green Chile Abodo sauce to the moist and flavorful tropical carrot cake, is hand made from scratch on site. The menu of regional, in-season ingredients prepared with an innovative ethnic flare is accompanied by an extensive beverage menu that features celebrated wines impeccably tailored to complement the cuisine, hand-crafted beer, and a selection of specialty cocktails.
The “Bistro on Yale isn’t a ‘hotel’ restaurant. It’s a destination place for our downtown regulars and hotel guests to get together, have a good time, and eat the kind of great, authentic street fare I learned to love in my travels,” said Chef Tom O’Brien.
Let the Marriott SpringHill Suites show you how to experience Downtown Seattle in comfort and style.
AFFILIATE DONATIONS:
Thank you to Kristi Covert with Pedersen’s Event Rentals for the linens that are sure to compliment the room.
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MENU
BUTLER PASSED HORS D'OEUVRES
Avocado Goat Cheese Crostini
Dungeness Crab and Chorizo Empanadas
Hawaiian Poki Bites
BEVERAGE
Sparkling Prosecco, Zardetto Veneto Italy
SIT DOWN DINNER
Soup
Chipotle Crab Bisque
Salad Appetizer
Organic Live Cress with Heirloom Tomatoes & Grilled Organic Corn. Choice of Green Chili or Blue Cheese Vinaigrette Dressing
Entree
Braised Lamb Shank in Guajillo Ox Tail Stock on Green Chile and Cotija Polenta
Wines
Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough New Zealand
Bridlewood Syrah, Columbia Valley Washington
Dessert
Nutty Eskimo Pie, Tropical Carrot Cake, Kahlua Mocha Brulee & Sorbet Pie
PARKING:
Complimentary Valet Parking
DIRECTIONS:
I-5 North toward Seattle:
Take exit 167 on the left towards Mercer Street. Keep left at the fork; follow signs for Fairview Ave N/Denny Way. Turn left at Denny Way. Take a slight right at Yale Avenue. The Hotel entrance is on the left side.
I-5 South toward Seattle:
Take exit 166 (Denny - Stewart) bear left onto Eastlake Ave / Howell St. Turn right at Yale Avenue. The Hotel entrance is on the right side.
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Meeting Rate:
Members - $35.00
Non-Members - $40.00
Late Registration - $55.00
Note: All RSVPs after 4:00pm on June 5th are considered Late Registration.
CVENT Link will be posted, on or before 4/30/09
In addition, when you RSVP for our monthly meetings, we get charged for your meal. We have to charge for no-shows and late cancellations (including your guests) to these meetings.
Please give us as much notice as possible if you need to cancel your RSVP, but know that if you wait until Monday, the day of the meeting, despite your unfortunate circumstances; we have no choice but to bill you for the meeting. Additionally, if you made a reservation for a guest who did not show, you will be responsible for payment of that person’s reservation.
Thanks for your attention and consideration to this matter.
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