Business Trip

June 1-7, 2013

 I headed to West Virginia to a resort called Ogelbay for a business trip. I went to Venue Management School all week. I also went into 5 states, that I have never been to, this trip!

This was my schedule for the week:

Saturday, July 1, 2013

8:00 am Arrived at SLC airport

8:30 am Boarded plane

1st layover - Detroit, Michigan airport

4:30 pm Arrived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

drove into West Virginia.

I went with two co-workers. Melissa & Aaron

My view from the back seat.

6:00 pm Arrived at Oglebay Resort

Checked in

Melissa & I and two other girls stayed in a cabin. 

7-9:00 pm Speed networking

This is where everyone attending the school comes together and every few minutes you have to move around and meet new people. It was a little weird. But I did meet one other person out of 350 who does finance. We became friends and she was also in my class.

I had a hard time sleeping. It was one hour ahead of what I was use to. But that still did not stop me from waking up this early everyday!

Sunday, June 2, 2013

9 am Orientation

10-11:30 am -Class

11:30 am-1 pm- Lunch provided

1:15-5:45 pm -Class

Classes:

Tenant/Management Relations

In-House vs contracted services

Media Relations

6:15 pm Dinner with my mentor group at Undo's Benwood

Bus driver got lost and we ended up in Ohio (state 3). It was a sketchy place in a random location with only four items on the menu. Yes, four!

It was ok food. Let's just say I did not end up sick....others did from other restaurants in town.

Monday, June 3, 2013

8:30 am- Noon- Class

Noon-1:30 pm -Lunch provided

1:30-5pm- Class

Classes:

Customer Service

Booking & Scheduling

Planning Life Safety

Accessibility

Labor Relations

Event Producation

5:15-6:15 pm Guest Speaker- Carey Lohrenz

The first women fighter pilot. 

She actually was a great motivational speaker and her story of getting to where she is was even more amazing.  

Dinner was on our own. So we had a BBQ with some people at our cabin

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

8:30 am- Noon -Class

Classes:

Financial Management

Venue Operations

Marketing, Advertising & Public Relations

Noon to 7 pm was FREE TIME

so the three of us headed into Pittsburgh to check it out!

David L. Lawrence Convention Center

As you can see it is right by the Allegheny River

This is under the center

The many bridges of Pittsburgh

Heinz Stadium 

Home of the Pittsburgh Steelers & Panthers

A cool ride up to shopping and the duck tour boat

A rabbit just hanging out

Downtown high rises

PNC Park

Home of the Pittsburgh Pirates

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

8:30 am - Noon- Class

Noon-1 pm - Lunch provided

1 pm-4:30 pm - Class

Classes:

Crowd Management

Box Office

Stage Operations

Managing Human Resources

Dinner and Study group back at our place

Sorry- picture really bad, but wanted to show you the group of people I became friends with!

Thursday, June 6, 2013

8:30 am-Noon- Class

Classes: 

Stainability & Green Initiatives

Professional Ethics

Developing Employee Potential

Noon-2 pm lunch and study time

2-3 pm TEST

6 pm Graduation dinner for 2nd year students & GI

Party after that. I went to the bar with everyone just to hang out for the last night. 

The Rhododendron Study Group!

Eric Storrie- Home Depot Center California

Allison Fegley-Hoyt Sherman Place/VenuWorks Iowa

Katie Chenard- University of North Florida

Shwan Hebert- Infinity Park Event Center Colorado

Liz Jones- Cowboy Stadium

Jamie Rennie- Langley Events Centre Vancouver BC

Brian Polokoff- Maverick Center UT

Melissa Van Hien- Stadium & Arena UT

Me

Sacha Sigleman-Schwartz- Forum Theatre- 

Brandon Hamilton- Kansas City Chiefs

Aaron Schmitt- Met Life Stadium New York

Deer I saw every morning. These are no Utah deer, they are super skinny!

Friday, June 6, 2013

Headed back to SLC

Layover in Kentucky

I was soo excited to get home! I was sick of my co-workers and really wanted to see Adam. That was the longest we have been apart! I guess it will get us ready for the next year I have to leave for the week to attend my second year.