May 19, 2021 • 12:00pm

Lunch & Learn with Brittany

Join us for a Members Only Zoom Meeting

Our monthly educational series for Members Only. This month, grab your lunch and join Brittany for our monthly Lunch & Learn. We start with 15 minutes of networking, followed by 45min-1hour of education, ending with discussion and more networking.

REGISTER HERE

Members Only $0

March 17, 2021 • 11:30am

Lunch & Learn with Brittany

Join us for a Members Only Zoom Meeting

Our monthly educational series for Members Only. This month, grab your favorite Irish lunch and join Brittany for our monthly Lunch & Learn. We start with 15 minutes of networking, followed by 45min-1hour of education, ending with discussion and more networking.
Slainté!

View the education here

requires your NACE.net login to view

February 17 2021 • 11:30a

Lunch & Learn with Brittany

Join us for a Members only Zoom Meeting

Starting out Strong in 2021. Join Brittany for our monthly Lunch & Learn. We start with 15 minutes of networking, followed by 45min-1hour of education, ending with discussion and more networking.

View the education Here

requires your NACE.net login to view

December 16, 2020 • 6:30pm

NACE Annual Meeting

Join us for our Annual meeting, check in for 2021 & Ugly Sweater/Mask Contest via Zoom

Join for our Annual Meeting where we will make a final approval of our 2021 Board Members to start in January 2021, Go over progress of our meeting with the DECD facilitated by Maine Street Solutions, our Lobbyist and have a check in out on struggles & triumphs from 2020 and what we are carrying forward into 2021. We will also have a Ugly Sweater/Mask Contest with prizes!

Online Recording Unavailable

November 12, 2020 • 5:30pm

NACE Maine and MaineStreet Solutions Lobbying Update

The NACE Board will provide an update on the lobbying efforts we are making with MaineStreet Solutions.

Join us this Thursday, November 12th, at 5:30 PM. The NACE Board will provide an update on the lobbying efforts we are making with MaineStreet Solutions. NACE is fighting to make our voices heard at the local, state, and national level. We are working with state officials and the media to tell your story: the story of the people and small businesses that make up the Maine wedding and events industry.
Micki Fratianne, NACE Vice President, and Fausto Pifferrer, NACE Fundraising Chair, will provide an overview of the efforts, an update on what’s next, and answer your questions.
Join us for an information packed session!

View the Event Recording Here

October 21, 2020 • 6-9pm

Revamping Your Online Presence
with Rich Brooks of Flyte New Media

Join us for our Monthly Zoom Meeting

Join as we learn from Rich Brooks the best ways to optimize your online marketing and revamp your website to convert visitors into clients.

View the Event Recording Here

September 16, 2020 • 5:30-6:30pm

Storytime! With NACE Maine & NACE Boston

Calamities, catastrophes, disasters and mishaps that have happened and how you solved them

*Tickets are free

Join NACE Boston and NACE Maine on Wednesday, September 16th for a laughter inducing webinar where members share their funniest calamities, catastrophes, disasters and mishaps on the job. Grab a drink, settle in and listen to some stories OR if you’re feeling brave, share your own story with the group. Either way, you’ll meet some of our wonderful Maine NACErs, have some laughs and learn from others' mishaps. Tickets are free and anyone is welcome! (Please note that names and companies should be omitted from your story, as well as any disparaging details). Moderated by the incomparable JP Liz Gemelli.

Online Recording Unavailable

August 19, 2020 • 6-9pm

Future-Proof Your Business by Building Relationships and Growing Your Email

NACE Maine's monthly meeting! Join us and Aleya Harris of Flourish Marketing as we learn about Future-proofing our businesses

ALEYA HARRIS IS THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF FLOURISH MARKETING, an agency dedicated to helping wedding, catering, and event professionals reach their full potential through fresh, cutting-edge marketing strategies that get and keep a consistent stream of clients. She is a firm believer that business owners should make good money doing what they love and she spreads this message through her role as a thought leader in the industry.

Aleya has made it her personal mission to support catering and event businesses in their growth and help them to reach their definition of success. Her decade-plus long career as a chef and catering company owner, paired with her wealth of expertise in marketing, are matched with a remarkable work ethic, providing her clients with an engaging and interactive experience that inspires them to take action. As a professional speaker, she fosters valuable discussion about actionable marketing strategies and profit-driven storytelling in an effort to inspire her audience to take charge of their businesses’ financial futures.

Her in-depth knowledge about social media marketing, branding, sales conversions, and effective marketing tools have earned her spots and top rankings on stages across the nation, including The Special Event and Catersource. She also serves as the marketing committee chair for NACE National and is a StoryBrand Certified Guide.

VIEW THE RECORDING HERE

August 11, 2020
1:30pm • River Winds Farm & Estate
7:00pm • Zoom Meeting

Make Our Voices Heard! The Maine Wedding and Events Industry Needs You!

Come explore the options for lobbying to ensure we get the resources we need at the State level. Ideas, questions, comments, and donations welcome. So far we have over $4,400 committed by industry members to support this effort. The lobbying firm, Verill Law, will be there to give us an overview of what they can do to help us.

This event will be held outside under the tent at River Winds Farm. All COVID-19 safety practices will be adhered to. Please bring your mask and practice physical distancing. For those not able to make the trip, a second session will be held at 7:00 PM via Zoom recording and the NACE Board will be available live for a discussion and to take questions at both sessions.

VIEW THE RECORDING HERE

June 24, 2020 • 6-9pm

Do We Celebrate Diversity?

Discovering Systemic Racism in the Maine Wedding Industry
With Claire Winston-Wade and Fausto Pifferrer

The national spotlight on Black Lives Matter and systemic racism in America have us wondering…how are we doing in the Maine wedding industry? Claire Winston-Wade and Fausto Pifferrer will help us dig a little deeper into this important topic.

__________________________________________________________________

Claire Winston-Wade is a professional wedding Officiant based in Portland, Maine. Her company, Savoir Claire has been operating full-time & year-round for five years. Though a traditionalist at heart, Claire found a niche in officiating off-beat and off-the-beaten path weddings and elopements throughout the northeast. It’s her vast collection of sample ceremonies, vows, readings, prayers, poems and processionals that assure couples a memorably unique, loving and inclusive tone to each event.

Fausto Pifferrer is the co-Founder of Blue Elephant and Catering, BASH Wedding Marketplace, LA Blue Wedding Brokers, and Co-owner of Real Maine Weddings Magazine, Fausto began his career in catering and event planning more than 25 years ago in Philadelphia. He has an eye for detail and production and is passionate about creating high-quality memorable events for his wedding and corporate clients. Fausto is currently the President of the Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club, a member of the Leading Caterers of America, and is a member of the board of directors of the International Caterers Association. He is also a featured speaker at the Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC) and Catersource annual conferences in 2020.

Online Recording Unavailable

April 15, 2020 • 6-9pm

Funding your Business During Covid-19

Maine specific resources and small business experts share funding programs with you. Questions welcome!

Join NACE, The Maine Chapter, as we bring you the people, organizations, and resources you need to keep your business running during this crisis. We will bring in Maine specific experts, who will guide us through the various programs available and answer your questions. This session is open to all in the Maine event industry. 

Please share and encourage everyone you know to attend, so we can help as many people as possible.

Online Recording Unavailable