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Volume 2 • Summer 2008

 

Q Center Receives

2008 Pinnacle Award

Thank you to the readers of Successful Meetings magazine who named Q Center a winner of the Pinnacle Award for the 3rd consecutive year! "With all the choices meeting and event planners have these days, receiving this award is a tremendous honor," says Q Center's general manager, Tom Donahue. Now in its 24th year, the Pinnacle Award recognizes top meeting venues across the U.S. and internationally.

 



DEPARTMENT SPOTLIGHT

Conference Planning Managers

Your peace of mind is top of mind to us. 

 

 

From small details to the big picture, Q's conference planning managers have your peace of mind at the top of their minds at all times. Long before your event begins they dive deep into the details of your event and become a virtual extension of your team...READ MORE

 


 

PLANNER'S CORNER

Tech Tips for the Busy Meeting Planner

There are some things duct tape can't fix.

 

 

The meeting room is full...the audience is engaged...your presenter is on a roll...and then it happens. The projector goes out. And so does the momentum of the presentation depending on how long it takes to resolve the problem. Sound familiar? If so, here are some ways to make sure technology issues don't halt or delay the start of your next next meeting...TECH TIPS FOR PLANNERS AND PRESENTERS


 

ASSOCIATE SPOTLIGHT

Michelle Fruzyna

Director of Catering

 

 

 

Feeling stuck within in the confines of traditional hotel banquet menus? Get insider tips in Michelle Fruzyna's, "8 Steps To Transform Your Next Event"A veteran in catering and events, Michelle has 18+ years experience of just saying no to ho-hum banquets. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, Michelle is a trained chef. But her real passion is to delight Q Center guests by creating extraordinary themed events...READ MORE 

 

8 STEPS TO TRANSFORM YOUR NEXT EVENT



FEATURE TOPIC

Q Center featured

in T+D magazine

Q Center was featured in a special section of the July 2008 issue of T+D magazine, published by the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). Read how technology has raised client expectations at training locations in this special section called: "Niceties Have Become 'Must Haves' in Training Spaces". 

 

 


  

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Q Center to host

7th Annual Chicagoland

Learning Leaders Conference

Friday, November 7, 2008

 

Keynote & Featured Speakers

Nick van Dam, PhD

Deloitte

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 Don Vanthournout

Accenture

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Bill Wiggenhorn

Formerly of Motorola U

 

Top workplace performance executives share their strategies for improving people performance and business results. Tap into a wide base of knowledge, share your experiences, ask questions, and come away with new ideas and fresh vision on how to improve your business results...

READ MORE 

 

 

2008 CONFERENCE FLYER

 

Hear what past participants say

about the advantages of

attending in this

SHORT VIDEO CLIP

with

Don Vanthournout

Accenture CLO

and

Tom Reilly, Trifus CEO

and

Dirk Tussing

Executive Director

Executive Learning Exchange

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Q Center Client Testimonials

Hear what our clients say!

 

Our clients best express how Q is different from any other conference center or hotel. 

Hear what they have to say. Just press Play!

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Have planning tips to share? Challenges you'd like help with? Let us know! We'll include them in our next e-Newsletter and enter your name in a drawing for a $100 American Express gift card.

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