Chatting with Perfect Wedding Guide in Greensboro, North Carolina

  
 
Images courtesy of Stesha Warren, Seed Sower Images.

 

Recently I was asked by Gail Golloway and Jaime Gilliam of Perfect Wedding Guide Triad/Triangle to speak with one of their networking groups on a topic near and dear to my heart: "Bridal Shows and Bad Behavior". We shared some laughs, as well as some looks of pure wonder as we talked about the different ways that exhibitors sabotage their brands and their marketing investments by doing bizarre and unholy things at bridal shows.

Pure fun.

 

You could ask me to speak in a delivery bay at a warehouse and I would be delighted to oblige. But that's not Gail and Jaime's style. I knew this because their bridal show that I visited late last year in Greensboro was awesome. But truly, they blew this one away. Most people are happy when their networking meetings have some decent food and places to sit. This went WAY beyond.

 

On what turned out to be a kind of cloudy, gloomy day, the team turned an "ordinary" tented event into a "Welcome to Spring Garden Party", complete with (harmless, pretend) bees. They hauled in grass, fountains, live plants, pretty florals, gorgeous tables and a group of fantastic, warm and friendly wedding professionals. Totally worth the drive from Williamsburg (and the twins had a superb time at the Children's Museum while I spoke...thank goodness for babysitters).

 

Thank you SO much to Stesha Warren of Seed Sower Images for sharing these photos. Also, to all of the wonderful Triad/Triangle professionals who contributed to the event including:

Caterer: Culinary Visions Catering, Edie Lutz

Dessert: Create A Cake Catering, Roberta Pearson

Host/Linens: Happy Rentz, Teri Hodgin

Lighting: Firefly Events Lighting, John Haskins

Designer/Coordinator: Sharpe Pursuits, Shayla Sharpe

Flowers: Green's Flowers, Beulah Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Jaime Gilliam]

Thank you for the nice comments! It was a pleasure to have you visit the Triad Professional Wedding Guild. We found your talk about bad behavior at bridal shows very engaging, informative and funny. We look forward to your visit to the Triangle Guild in April.