Go Red for Women Luncheon 2011
One of All About Presentation’s flagship giving efforts is done with our partnership with American Heart Association and the Go Red for Women Luncheon. Everything we do for this event from planning, design, labor, and materials is a 100% donation from our company. Heart disease is the number one cause of death in women, and as a woman owned business that has a majority women on its staff, this issue is very important to us. As with last year, the luncheon [...]
VBOF 2011 – Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council
The 2011 Virginia Business Opportunity Fair, billed the best business ticket in the region, is hosted by the Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council (VMSDC). The two day program began with an early morning breakfast sign in at The Dominion Club and kicked off with a shot gun start for the annual Diversity Golf Tournament. The golf competition, a key matchmaking event, teams top corporations with complementary certified minority firms. The golf event features a PGA golf clinic taught by the Dominion [...]
Join our Backyard BBQ!
During the Richmond Home Show, March 4-6, we helped OrganiCare design an interactive 8×10 tradeshow booth and provided all of the staffing and installation to create one heck of a Backyard BBQ. The owner of OrganiCare strongly believes that having a great lawn is important not only because it is beautiful but because it helps people enjoy outdoor living and entertaining. As a competitive BBQ enthusiast, the owner approved of our creative Backyard BBQ themed booth. Complete with delicious BBQ samples as [...]
Rat Pack Inspired 40th Birthday Celebration
Recently we had an opportunity to plan a 40th Birthday party with a 1950′s Rat Pack meets 2011 theme. So we wanted to create an environment that had elements of the Rat Pack era with a very modern finish. To add to the challenge, we had to accomplish this feel in a restaurant. Starting with very simple, basic white tablecloths, we created a hounds tooth table runner from a fabulous bolt of era-inspired hounds tooth printed fabric discovered at our neighborhood [...]
Fundraiser: Go Red for Women Luncheon
As part of our philantropic efforts, we annually adopt a non-profit to support and help them with any event planning services that are needed. For 2010, that organization is Go Red for Women. Our role for the luncheon was to design the ballroom. To design the tables, we wanted to use centerpieces that were fun and represented the audience. So, we designed the entire theme around women’s shoes from Taryn Rose, Cole Haan, and so many others. Nearly every shoe [...]
Customer Appreciation: OrganiCare
It’s no secret, we LOVE planning events! And, one of the most fun events that we are privileged and entrusted to plan is a client/customer appreciation event. An appreciation event is one way that many companies will thank their current customers for their continued business and support. OrganiCare, a Richmond region organic-based lawn care company, asked All About Presentation to help plan its customer appreciation event in honor of (more than) 20 years in business. Our challenge was to merge [...]
Milestone: Casino Royale 50th Birthday Party
Our client asked us to help plan, design, and execute a surprise birthday party for someone special in her life. Immediately after the first meeting, we knew this was going to be an black-tie event full of elegance and joy. Her direction to us was to ensure that it had a high-end feel and she wanted it to be fun. All About Presentation proposed a Casino Royale themed event. Our job was to create gorgeous custom invitations, secure the amazing [...]
Recognition Event: Girl Scout Commonwealth Council of Virginia
What a wonderful event and such an honor to work with the Girl Scout Commonwealth Council of Virginia. The CEO of the organization came to All About Presentation and requested our help with a creative way to show the staff how much they are appreciated. Enlisting the help of our creative team, we developed an idea fit for any Girl Scout. Throughout the event, guests would have the opportunity to earn “badges” for their sash. Badges could be earned if [...]
Grand Opening: First Citizens Bank
First Citizens Bank, a branch located in Midlothian, VA, asked All About Presentation to help plan its grand opening event. The only request was to ensure that the event was family focused. With that in mind, All About Presentation included bouncers, carnival games, a football toss, BBQ smoked on-site, a DJ, live entertainment, and pumpkin painting! We’d say more, but the client says it best (below). Testimonial from the Client “It was my pleasure to work with Andrea and her [...]
Donor Appreciation: Schwarzschild Jewelers Tabletop Friendly Competition
A few weeks ago, we consulted on a friendly tablescape design competition held at Schwarzschild Jewelers in Carytown. The event, co-sponsored by the American Heart Association, Schwarzschild Jewelers, All About Presentation, and Classic Party Rentals was an opportunity for Circle of Red members to create tablescapes using designer merchandise available at Schwarzschild Jewelers. Using diamond bracelets as napkin rings and jeweled pendants as table decor, these are likely the most expensive tables we’ve ever created (for one place setting). The [...]
Fundraiser: Sip with Skirt! Magazine
Sip with Skirt! is a charitable event hosted by Skirt! Magazine. This event raised money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. All About Presentation’s role was to help coordinate the facility in preparation for the event, manage and coordinate vendors, staff the event, and ensure that the event ran smoothly.
Milestone: Tiffany Inspired Lunch at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
What a privilege to plan an experience for one of our clients at the VMFA using the Tiffany: Color and Light exhibit as our inspiration. The celebratory 60th birthday event started with stained glass gift bags filled with goodies and car service picking up our clients and providing them with curbside service at the front door of the museum. From there, the ladies had lunch at Amuse restaurant in the museum. Our inspiration for the table design was the Tiffany: [...]
Booth Design: Four Seasons – All About Presentation
Isn’t it wild, for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, to fathom the fact that Australia is currently experiencing spring right now? It’s one of those things that I understand conceptually (because of the earth, and the sun, and the axis, and the rotating situation), but unless I fly there tomorrow, it’s hard for me to actually GET it. Anyway, I love this example for what we do in our business. The last seven days have been immensely busy [...]
Milestone: Happy 3rd Birthday All About Presentation
To celebrate All About Presentation’s 3rd birthday party, which took place at Macy’s and featured styling tips from corporate style consultant Meghan Gutcher (and in cunjunction with Chanel) also included fall make-up trends and make-overs. The theme of our party was all about hot trends for the fall season from a party, fashion, and make-up perspective. It was such a blast! Take a look at a few of the event pictures below.
Client Appreciation: All About Presentation and Morton’s
Last week we celebrated our clients at a joint appreciation event with Mortons The Steakhouse. Both companies invited our clients to join us for a fun evening of great food and inspiring party tips which included Sophisticated Jell-O shots, Father’s Day Inspiration, and the hit of the party — chalkboard fabric table linens. With a steady stream of traffic all evening long, our clients were treated to crab cakes, Mortons famous steak sandwiches, tuna tartare, caprese bruschetta and THE BEST [...]
Client Appreciation: You’re the Ace Up Our Sleeve
When was the last time your mechanic took you to dinner? Well, the fantastic folks at Express Auto Center, Inc. took their clients out for a fun poker themed appreciation dinner. All About Presentation’s responsibility was to create fun invitations, design a themed table, select the perfect menu options, and set-up and clean-up for the event. We thought it would be fun to share how we pulled this look together in a matter of minutes*. *Disclaimer: “Matter of minutes” is [...]
Networking: Hood-Hargett Breakfast Club
We had the pleasure of helping the Charlotte, NC location of the Charles Luck Stone Center host the Hood-Hargett Breakfast Club. By incorporating our client’s marketing perspective using foods the are representative of the design attributes, guests had an opportunity to try interesting foods. Also, we were able to showcase our exceptional customer service. When an unexpected afternoon thunderstorm arose our team offered to walk people to their vehicles with our umbrella’s. Here are some photo’s from the event.
Booth Design: Gundlach Event Booth
Don’t Gamble With Your Health Gundlach is a family owned and operated plumbing and heating company that asked All About Presentation to help them with their upcoming tradeshow. Our role for this event was to come up with a booth design and theme that was geared towards families. Once we learned more about Gundlach and the value that the company adds to its clients, the process was simple. One of the services the company offers is an air quality inspection [...]
Fundraiser: The Caritas Chair Affair
The Chair Affair is the sole fund raising event for the CARITAS Furniture Bank where local artists donate their time and talent to transform ordinary chairs from the furniture bank into extraordinary works of art to be auctioned off at the event. It incorporates a brief awareness component with live and silent auctions. All About Presentation’s role was to help coordinate the facility in preparation for the event, obtain vendors, and ensure that the event ran smoothly. Testimonial from a [...]
Photo Shoot: Capt. Rob Pigalicious BBQ
Award Winning BBQ artist, Rob Wilhoite, was creating a new website and asked All About Presentation to help showcase his amazing food. Captain Rob’s Pigalicious also offers seafood options, which was the subject of this shoot. Here’s the best part…after the pictures were finished, we ate everything he cooked!!
Meeting: Chick-fil-A Leadercast
On May 7, 2010 we had the fortunate experience of being at (and helping to organize) the Chick-fil-A Leadercast at Hope Church to benefit FeedMore Inc. What a great experience…and not just because of the Chick-fil-A lunch. The event, hosted by Business Owners Institute, local Chick-fil-A operators, and sponsored by Luck Stone Corporation, was an amazing success. The event started off with Connie Podesta, an expert in psychology and leadership. And, can I say, she was a riot! She was the perfect [...]
Photo Shoot: Holiday Table Ideas
Here are a few staged set-up’s that we designed for a holiday decor seminar. These are super fun and easy to imitate for your own holiday table decor.
Milestone: Diamonds and Pearls
This was a highschool graduation party for our client, Samantha. We converted a sterile recreation center into an amazing well lit pink palace. Complete with a VIP lounge area, this event was a sensation. We created activity areas (other than the dance floor) to keep the party fun, modern, and entertaining. There were 5 major elements to the party: The Bar – where guests could order non-alcoholic mixed drinks The VIP Room – where guests with special wristbands could sit [...]
Fundraiser: Hot Pink Nights
This co-sponsored fundraising event was the brain-child of QTInventory and All About Presentation to help raise money for Susan G Komen of Richmond. The theme of the event was hot pink nights since it was August (hot) and it was raising money for breast cancer (pink). From the invitations to the drinks, everything had a touch of hot pink. All About Presentation and QT Inventory solicited sponsors for the event that donated items for our raffle-auction. In case you’re wondering, [...]
Networking: The Big Dance at Express Auto
Express Auto Center, a mechanical repair auto shop located in Chester, VA asked All About Presentation to help plan a networking event in early March at its shop. Of course, we were excited about the opportunity. All About Presentation developed an event that fit into the company’s current marketing campaign called “March Madness”. Our primary goal was to make the shop fun and inviting so that local business owners would feel comfortable networking. Our secondary goal was to ensure that [...]
Fundraiser: LEAF FOUNDATION CAKEWALK
The LEAF Foundation called All About Presentation to help plan its annual fundraiser. The foundation helps to raise money to allow deserving families receive tutoring, occupational therapy and speech therapy for their children with special needs. So of course, we we wanted to plan and coordinate the event. All About Presentation was brought in to do full service event management from planning sponsorship packages to having onsite event staff. Some of the highlights of the event were to coordinate: * [...]
Booth Design: Venti Non-Fat QTInventory with Whip
QTInventory.com hired All About Presentation to come up with a creative event marketing strategy for a MaryKay Conference held in Virginia Beach. The inventory management company wanted to highlight on its competitive advantage (which is being a web-based service) and separate it from its competition. So for the MaryKay Conference, All About Presentation proposed the idea that instead of having a regular tradeshow style booth, the company should sponsor an internet cafe so that MaryKay consultants would subconsciously connect internet [...]
Milestone: Pink and Black Party Decor
Preston Bailey said once (and I’m paraphrasing here) “don’t focus on what is trendy, focus on good design”. One of the colors that I absolutely love together are pink and black. It is always fun and always a great contrast. It will always be chic…kinda like red, black, and white is always chic. Anyway, here are a couple pics from an event we designed in black and pink.
