Angela QuisumbingPresident/Event Specialist

Wedding & Special Event Planning

Photos: Bauman Photographers

Personal Background

• Happily Married • Self-Employed• Student • Hobbies: Dancing, writing, photography, knife/stick

fighting, and traveling• Favorite Quote: “Your attitude almost always

determines your altitude in life.” Zig Ziglar

Educational Background

• University City High School– Associated Student Body

• National University– Bachelors in Business & Marketing – Masters in Strategic Communication

• University of San Diego – Event Management Certificate

• Penn Foster– Professional Wedding Consultant

A day in the life…

• Site Selection• Contract Negotiations• Invitations & RSVP• Design & Décor• Food & Beverage • Transportation • Logistics • Pre & Post Evaluation • Overall Coordination

Skills

• People Skills • Calm and personable under pressure • Verbal and written communications• Organization and time management • Project management and multi-tasking

Career Opportunities

• Corporate • Association/Non-Profit • Government • Vendors• Planning Firms• Event Production

• Self-Employed• Consultant • Destination

Management Companies (DMC)

• Hotels

Personal Mission Statement

"To love and be loved, to multiply, to educate and be educated, to have a strong will and to fear God, to unleash my full potential and that of others, to be confident in my decisions and stand tall, to live life to the fullest extent possible, joyfully and with no regrets, to have direction, to be a positive influence to those around me, to be respected and appreciated by family, friends and strangers, to be a reliable and responsible person...a giver of a great cause, to be my own boss doing what I do best, to be financially free, to be a great leader of something great...to keep going, never give up, and never be forgotten!"

-Angela Quisumbing

Exercise: What’s Your Mission?

• What is your definition of success?• What will success look like when you get

there?• Who will be there when you succeed?

Goals

1. Conceivable2. Believable3. Achievable4. Measureable5. Stated with NO alternative6. Something YOU want to do 7. Controllable8. Causes NO harm to othersFrom Jack Canfield’s How to Build High Self-Esteem

“Find something you love to do and you’ll never work a day in your life!”

-Harvey MacKay

I MY LIFE

Tips for Career Success

• Build Confidence & Build Relationships• Develop strengths & Improve weaknesses• Be Passionate, Be Patient, Be Persistent, Be Positive• Know where you’re going • Know your Market/Industry • Conduct Informational Interviews

– Quintessential Careers– Princeton Review

• Take Risks – “Feel the Fear & Do it Anyway!”

Lessons

• “I can do all thing’s through Christ who strengthens me.” – Phil. 4:13

• You don’t learn everything in school!• Take responsibility for YOU!• Take the HIGH road!• When you THINK it, INK it!

– Keep a journal

More Lessons

• Value and respect yourself, time & expertise. Remember… there is no “I” in team… but there is a “me!” – Annie Revel, Revel Productions, Inc.

• Your career is not your life nor, does it define who you are!

• “the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil”– 1 Timothy 6:10

• “You can lead the horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink.”

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

1. Be Proactive2. Begin with the End in Mind3. Put First Things First4. Think Win/Win5. Seek First to Understand, Then to be

Understood6. Synergize7. Sharpen the SawFrom Stephen R. Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Resources

• Business– Small Business Association (SBA)– Toastmasters – Entrepreneur– Visual CV

• Weddings & Special Events– International Special Event Society (ISES)– Meeting Planners International (MPI)– Wedding Industry Professionals Association (WIPA)– Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC)

Contact

• Angela Quisumbing• Phone: 619-519-1331• Web: www.eleganceiseasy.com• Blog: www.eleganceiseasy.net• Twit Me Up at “eleganceiseasy”• Connect with us on

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