Drumroll please....

Today started off with an interesting little situation... which I was all prepared to write about as it involved a fellow coordinator who found pictures from her website on another (newer) coordinator's website. My mind ran wild with the editorial possibilities - but that was at 10 am.

At 11:30 I was scrambling to make it to a meeting with our ABC State Coordinator. We had an appointment to 'catch up' - as she is quite a busy lady and I always enjoy the opportunity to fill her in on a things I've been working on and hear about her latest projects.

Following that, I rush back to the office, pull email and start catching up on my to-do list... At least I tried. On the to-do list today: Make programs for Wedding #1 this weekend, prepare sales tax, return phone calls and email... Oh, the rental company can't find my cc authorization so I need to re-fax... And, in the midst of all of this, I'm working on a special project for ISES which involves my typing a few pages of information for our Programs & Education binder (part of our "Chapter of the Year" submission). And so it went... and then something really fabulous happened...

About 5 pm I received an email from ISES Headquarters with information regarding the annual Esprit Awards. The email started off like this:

The 2008 ISES Esprit Awards Committee would like to thank the exceptional ISES Members who submitted an entry for the 2008 ISES Esprit Awards. Each and every entry represented the high level of professionalism practiced by ISES Members world-wide. You are all truly the best and brightest in the Special Events Industry!

Flashback (I may have to use this term a lot since my blog is new): A few months ago, with the help and support of a few colleagues and members of the event team, I submitted an event for an Esprit Award. Aside from sitting for the CSEP exam, it was literally one of the most challenging things I've ever done (from a professional standpoint). It took 3 of us about 80 hours to put this binder together - I mean, it was a very involved process - and all this going on right in the middle of prime-time wedding season. Somehow, we finished project, and it was actually quite impressive; we felt good about it and hoped it would do well in the judging....

So, the email says: Click here for the 2008 ISES Esprit Nominees - and I did....my heart was pounding as I scrolled through a long list of categories and names and then on page 11 I found my name! - and our event! - and my ISES Orlando team members!!! Oh my gosh- that was exciting! I took a few minutes to email our team with the news and and then it was back to work... another meeting from 6 - 9...

What an exhausting and exhilarating day!

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