5. Sales and Events

Deb Tewell
Sales/Events Manager

NIW.
• Made site visit to Las Vegas to look at Riviera Hotel and Convention Center as potential NIW ‘10 host site
• Sent requests for best and final proposal to Palm Springs and Long Beach
• Put together president’s reception guest list for Evie
• Sent email message of condolence to Mobile contacts
• Initiated conference call for NIW 06 and NIW 05
• Fielded questions from members re: NIW 05 and Hurricane Katrina
• Contacted Mobile hotels re: problems with reservations
• Developed hurricane FAQ for staff for NIW 05
• Revised web site hurricane updates for NIW 05
• Wrote hurricane blanket email for members
• Contacted AL and FL park sites re: work project day in conjunction with NIW

Planning/Logistics.
• Contracted meeting facilities for Definitions Project meeting (to be held in Jan.)
• Contacted caterer and restaurant for Definitions Project
• Contacted meeting space for CIP in December in Phoenix and hotels for CIHT afterward near Sedona, AZ

Training Room/Certification.
• Training Room Use:
• Brown Bag lunch 8/16
• NorCo Collaborative 8/17/05
• RMBO (8/24; 8/25; 8/29; 8/31; 9/7; 9/8; 9/12)

Ad Sales.
• Called potential members and advertisers to solicit membership and advertising
• Renewed expiring ad contracts
• Called advertisers for program guide ads and wrote contracts for ads

Commercial Members.
• Sent membership expiration letters to commercial members
• Sent welcome packets and table tents to new commercial members
• Sent exhibitor packets to exhibitors
• Sent blanket fax to commercial members about exhibiting at NIW

Library & Archives.
• Worked with volunteer, Judy Brudfort, to implement system for organizing books, me-dia, and archival material
• Received publications from members who donated to Heritage Library
• Listed donations from John Hanna for thank you letter and put book plates into donated books, curricula, and theses/dissertations
• Trained new student worker, Kelsey Birdsey
• Brought archived media awards to library from storage unit

Media Awards.
• Participated in conference calls
• Met with Cheryl Hazlitt, judging coordinator
• Copied judges forms for each entrant
• Sent letters of congratulations/sorry to media competition entrants
• Reviewed plaque inscriptions and called those entrants whose requested information looked strange
• Fielded calls from media award finalists