Welcome Vanessa Heavens, Helping to Create the Ultimate Conference Experience!
I have the great pleasure of introducing to you our newest employee Vanessa Heavens. As a Conference Experience Specialist, Vanessa is responsible for assuring our conference participants receive exceptional service and communication in planning for each event. She brings professionalism, a caring attitude and willingness to work hard in addition Read more 
Are you in the box?
I love to read. More specifically I love to read fiction. But I recently read a non-fiction book that I truly enjoyed and found extremely helpful both personally and professionally. This book is called Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute and explains a fundamental concept of all relationships. In a nutshell, this book highlights how mistaken views of people cause us to misread situations and react in a way that makes it difficult Read more
App Happy – 8 Staff Favorites
I love my iPhone, though I was reluctant to get one at first. My kids were so excited to get them but I was a holdout. I thought my old cell phone was fine. But when my daughter, Makenna, left in August to study abroad for fall quarter in Spain (because of the carrier we use, her cellphone wouldn’t work in Europe), I inherited her iPhone. Now it’s mine and I’m not giving it back when she gets home! (Sorry Makenna J) It’s only been 4 months, but I have already developed my own list of favorite apps. Read more
Why a W-9?
Why do I have to fill out all these forms when I work with another companies accounting department? What is a W-9 anyway? Do you ever ask yourself these questions when you are trying to get your customer to pay membership dues, registration fees, or sponsorship deposits?
Every company requires unique information when processing payments, but one standard piece of information requested is a W-9 or a Substitute W-9 form, which includes the standard W-9 requested information plus requested information that is unique to the individual requesting company. The “Form W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification” communicates necessary information between payors and payees. Think of it as an introduction from one company to another. The information on the W-9 serves two basic purposes: Read more
