WE HAD FUN! 

ISES-NCC's March educational program: "Going Big....Fast!"  was a complete success. Guests laughed, they learned and they listened to some incredible educational points about putting together the World Series Champion San Francisco Giants parade and pre-parties leading up to their winning it all. 

Guests arrived at the Palace Hotel and gathered for an hour of networking while enjoying an incredible Soundscape revolving around the history of the San Francisco Giants ball club, composed by the Peter Rudolfi Music Agency. After hellos and handshakes were traded, the group made their way across the hall where our incredible panel of speakers was set in swanky talk show-style soft seating courtesy of Blueprint Studios and ready with their presentation. Some guests took advantage of the front row "stadium style" seats while others chose a chair at one of the beautiful tables, sparkling with fresh linens from Napa Valley Linens and blooming with gorgeous flowers donated by Nancy Liu Chin Florals. 

Sara Hunt of AT&T Park jumped right in and handed off the conversation to her fellow AT&T Park associate and presenter, Stephen Revetria. After hearing about the superstitions of talking about the big win and how carefully meetings had to be kept under wraps, Nikki Rege of Hartmann Studios described just how hard it was to track down thousands of orange lighting instruments smack dab in the middle of Halloween season. Lee Gregory of McCalls Catering led us through some of the finer points of keeping ballpark tradition in line with fine taste and dining expectations, and Gordon Thompson of Cappa & Graham was happy to share the lessons he learned when offering "a bus or two" to help out with transportation and quickly found himself tracking down over 75.  The presentation was absolutely wonderful. There was humor, there was education, and there were words of wisdom. 

As we wrapped up the panel of fun, guests were treated to a wonderful lunch from the Palace team. Our prize drawing was a hit,  everything from baskets of wine to rock walls to climb. We won't forget any of it as all the incredible memories were captured by Orange Photography. A big thanks to ALL OUR SPONSORS and to everyone that attended.