STERLING EVENTS NAMED PARTNER OF THE YEAR FOR SERVICES BY VISIT CHARLOTTE 

(Pictured L to R) Alyse Meyers, Managing Director - Charlotte; Brooke Johnson, Director of Sales - Charlotte; Helen Apple, Program Coordinator - Charlotte; Kristen Prestwood, Director of Event Design - Sterling By Design

Charlotte, NC (August 19, 2010) -Sterling Events, headquartered in Clemmons, N.C. with offices in Charlotte and the Triangle, is proud to announce that we have been named Partner of the Year - Services by Visit Charlotte, a division of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority.  Sterling Events was selected following the nomination by Visit Charlotte employees for outstanding performance and partnership collaboration to grow the Charlotte region as a thriving visitor destination. 

"We are honored to receive such tremendous recognition from our partners at Visit Charlotte," said Wayne Thomas, president of Sterling Events Group.  

Alyse Meyers, managing director of Sterling Events - Charlotte added, "We truly look forward to furthering our shared mission and elevating Charlotte as a premier meeting & travel destination." 

According to Visit Charlotte, this award signifies the gratitude and appreciation every member of the Visit Charlotte team has for the partners who work with them to extend the vision of Southern hospitality and world-class customer service.  

"Our partners deserve recognition and praise for all the hard work they do," said Jerry Thornton, Visit Charlotte Partnership Development Sales Manager. "We wouldn't be able to promote the region and inject billions of dollars into our local economy without the help of outstanding partners and assets like these." 

About Sterling Events Group
Since 1985, Sterling Events Group, headquartered in Clemmons, North Carolina with offices in Charlotte and Raleigh, has provided travel, meeting planning and event production services for corporate clients nationwide.  Sterling Events Group consists of Sterling Events (meetings, incentive travel and destination management services); Sterling By Design (event décor and design for weddings and events); Sterling Network Solutions (data and voice networks, indoor/outdoor wireless technology, meetings technologies) and WinMock at Kinderton (historic dairy barn turned special events venue), all offering clients a one stop shop for all their meeting & event planning needs.  Learn more at www.sterlingevents.com  

 Food & Beverage Director: Leroy Springs

The Food & Beverage Director will direct and oversee all aspects of the Leroy Springs facility rentals and catering sales.  Duties will include selling, marketing, planning and managing catering operations, venue rentals, and meetings and events at Leroy Springs facilities in Fort Mill, Lancaster and Chester. 

Responsibilities will include food and beverage planning and service, menu planning and costing, preparation and presentation of food and beverages, and adherence to quality and safety standards.  Director will oversee planning and coordination of special events and activities that are held on the ASC Greenway and other company venues.

The Food & Beverage Director will identify marketing opportunities to promote food and beverage services.  This person will be responsible for achieving top line revenue, expense ratio and net operating income goals.

Requires a bachelor's degree and 5 to 7 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Previous catering sales and operations management experience in required.  Familiar with catering and event trends and industry standards.  Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. Leads and directs the work of others. Must be able to use a variety of software applications (Reserve, ADP ezLabor, MS Excel & Word, Greenhouse, etc.) to complete tasks.

Visit our website at www.leroysprings.com for more information about the Company.

Interested candidates should email their cover letter, resume and salary history to HRInfo@leroysprings.com with "F&B Director " in the subject line.  Background check is required.  

NACE Charlotte
Newsletter article
August 2010

It's the Live Music capital of the world and guests are encouraged to "keep it weird" - that's right, the Charlotte Chapter of NACE is returning to you from the great city of Austin, Texas, the host of this year's NACE National Experience Conference! Each year, the NACE conference gathers leaders from across the country to discuss and experience trends in catering and events, now and for the year to come. It is an opportunity to learn from masters of their craft - sales leaders, culinary experts, business people, designers and myriad event professionals. The four-day program featured an Industry Summit, forecasting the future of our industry from business, economics, food production and off-premise catering perspectives; a Culinary Experience about "green-ing" your menus; a Design Experience, featuring a battle between two renowned designers; and our Closing Keynote Speaker, Nadia Bilchik, who gave a motivating workshop on enhancing career relationships.

In addition to the intriguing and sensational educational and culinary experiences, I am also delighted to report that our very own Reverend Rebecca Nagy was inducted onto the NACE National President's List! The President's List recognizes and honors outstanding NACE members who go above and beyond to support their chapter and NACE.  Rebecca is known for her outstanding attitude and for her dedication to supporting our local chapter. CONGRATULATIONS, Rebecca!

Because of conference, Charlotte NACE did not host a meeting in July. We did, however, host our monthly meeting in June at the Extravaganza Depot with certified etiquette and corporate manners professional, Nadine Fox.

As we all know, projecting a professional image is critical in our industry. In every encounter with a client or colleague, your mannerisms, appearance and poise speak for you. Valuable and worthwhile relationships can be sacrificed with an unintended breach of manners.

Nadine addressed the topics of basic table manners, networking and introductions, appropriate attire and socializing tactics.  She invited guests to practice their etiquette techniques with each other and shared amusing etiquette horror stories about following clients into the restroom or calling a guest of honor by the wrong title. Ultimately, she taught, the goal of etiquette is to make others around you feel more comfortable. Be courteous and thoughtful of those around you and you will be remembered and regarded in a positive light.

I'd like to extend a special thank you, to the following vendors for their generous support and contribution to our "Etiquette - Rules We Should All Know....and Follow" June program and raffle:

Extravaganza Depot
Armin's Catering
Tommy McCart Photography
Connie Duglin Linen
East Coast Entertainment
Cheesecakes Etc
Palettes of Perfection

We invite you to join us at our next monthly meeting which will be held at the Peninsula Club (19101 Peninsula Club Drive, Cornelius, NC 28031) on Monday, August 16^th at 6pm.  Register online at www.charlotteNACE.com!

Wow!  What a fantastic evening!  Our August meeting at The Peninsula Club was a great success – hearing about the recap from our National Convention in Austin certainly brought back fond memories of not only of Convention last year, but my own Texas roots - yee haw!!!

Things ran smoothly at the door with the dynamic duo of Robin Hart and myself We had 38 Members, 14 Guests with a Total Attendance of 52.

First things first however.  I am happy (For her and for NACE) and sad (for me LOL) that my co-chair, Robin Hart, is now officially our new Treasurer and will not longer be sitting at the front table as part of Hospitality – but to take your money as Treasurer!!!  CONGRATULATIONS MS. ROBIN!!!  It has been a privilege to work with you, and I know I am a better person (certainly more organized) from getting to know you over the past year! 

Which leads me to also thank the membership for the totally unexpected honor of being inducted into the NACE National President's List! WOW – almost a movie moment when they called my name and I chocked on my food!!  I am so excited about this – and also want to acknowledge that Robin Hart should share in it too, as she helped me so very, very much with what our Committee accomplished this year.  Robin - you rock!!

So now, if any of you are having problems registering, please contact me directly and I will do my best to correct the situation or at least get you in touch with the person that can. The less complications we have at the door the better, so we can greet everyone and get you all registered in a timely manner and you can enjoy networking.  You may contact me at: nagy.rebecca@gmail.com.

I would also like to ask that when you register for the meeting, and plan on bringing guests, that you register your guest/s separately – and not just put them in your comments section, that way they are counted not only in the total, but they will have a name badge as well!  An entry on the comments field does not register your guest.  I really appreciate your cooperation in this.

Our next meeting will be at The City Club on September 20, 2010  – so please be sure to register as soon as you get the meeting announcement, so that we can insure your space!! Remember that the deadline is ALWAYS 5:00 pm the Wednesday before the event - or - when the seating limit has been met. (http://www.charlottenace.com/index.php)

We continue this year to have to charge last minute arrivals a late fee of $15, which means $45 for members and $65 for guests. I know you have other uses for that $15 – like buying raffle tickets!!  So be sure to register on time –and on line!

Please remember that even if you register and do not come, you still owe the fee.  If you pre-register and pay and do not come, you have lost that fee as well.

Robin and I want to thank each and every one of you for your support of the hospitality committee during registration. I look forward to the opportunity to continue to serve you and would love to have you join me, along with Art Zelenick of Shutterbooth, on the Hospitality Committee!

 
Rev. Rebecca Nagy

Hospitality Chair