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Happy May everyone! With May comes summer Friday hours. Starting Monday, May 22 and ending Friday, September 1, hours will be Monday-Thursday 8:30am5:15pm and Friday 8:30am1:00pm. Keep your eyes out for more info and for Friday coverage schedules.
We‘re featuring three new employees this month. Welcome to the team Jen,
Mike, and Shannon! Read their fun facts on page 3.
Don‘t forget about the Employee Referral Program extension. If you refer someone in your professional network to CDS and they are hired, you‘ll receive a $1,500 bonus! Read more about the program here. Along with this, don‘t forget to like, share, and comment on the recruiting posts we share every week
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This month, Ian Twentey will be at the Lippman Connects Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum (ECEF) on May 31 for a day of non-stop networking opportunities.
We want YOU to virtually participate in our upcoming Advisory Board Retreat meeting. See page 4 to find out how.
April showers bring?... May Flowers 02 Celebrations 03 New Hire Fun Facts 05 Out & About 04 Advisory Board 2023 May 2023 The monthly employee newsletter of Convention Data Services, where we connect people and drive events.
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one of our lead retreival banners onsite, snap a picture with it, and send it to Sam (sperry@cdsreg.com), just like Nestor Olegario did, and we’ll put you on the cover!
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May Celebrations
Birthdays
May 4 - John Taggart
May 5 - Snow Trang
May 6 - Lincoln Crook
May 6 - Sean Daly
May 8 - Mike Douglas
May 8 - Nestor Olegario
May 11 - Terri Maxon
May 12 - Adam Lynch
May 23 - Matt Scales
May 29 - Jeremy Ruthvin
May 29 - Julio Cisneros
May 29 - Lydia Liburd
Work Anniversaries
Peter Engels - 1 Year
Nestor Olegario - 1 Year
Ellen Sabo-Rush - 1 Year
Terri Maxon - 2 Years
Jeramie Hammond - 13 Years
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New Employee Fun Facts
Jennifer Hingston
Registration Coordinator
Hometown: Brockton, MA & Bourne, MA
Favorite Movies: The Caine Mutiny, The Wizard of Oz, The Empire Strikes Back
Favorite Vacation Spot: Cinnamon Bay in St. John, USVI
Favorite Food: Soup
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Hidden Talent: Encyclopedic knowledge of music, but it’s not a hidden talent. Everyone knows.
First Concert: 1981 Texxas Jam (yes 2 x’s) Journey, Santana, Sammy Hagar, & Joan Jett.
Hobbies: Disc Golf, Backpacking/Camping
Dreams: Own a neighborhood bar
Favorite vacation spot: Creede, Colorado
Shannon Avery
Registration Manager
Hometown: Fullerton, CA, Birth to 30 years old
First Concert: The Darkness
Favorite Vacation Spot: My favorite places have a lot of history and cultural experiences. I love going on tours, seeing museums, and making reservations for the “food” that place has. I’m not a sitting on the beach vacationer.
Favorite Food: Medium Rare New York Steak
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Mike Douglas Onsite Services Manager
Events
Check out this month’s event schedules on CDS Engage.
To view the May travel schedule, please click here
For a master list of Show Pro events, please click here.
Check out the event calendar on the Show Pro communication page for highlights and summaries of upcoming events.
Say Hi and Welcome to Advisory Board Members ... and win a prize!
We want to feature YOU, our awesome CDS team members, in a video montage played for our top clients at this summer’s Advisory Board Retreat. What we need: take a quick video with your phone, preferably in landscape/horizontal orientation. Introduce yourself and what you do at CDS, and say hi and welcome to the 2023 Advisory Board Retreat. Submit your videos to Sam (sperry@cdsreg.com) or Melissa (mnazario@cdsreg.com). We will post these on Teams as well for everyone to like. The video with the most likes/engagements will win the same gift bag of swag that we hand out to Advisory Board members this year!
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Out & About
Mike Ecton said, “Sue did such a good job with the badge edits, we wanted to include her in the great onsite mood today, so this is what we decided on!” This was onsite at AANS Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 in Los Angeles, CA.
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From left to right: Mike Douglas, Julio Cisneros, Leo Yorkell, Samantha Gonzalez, and Charlene Vasquez onsite at ACS National Meeting in Indianapolis, IN.
Jeremy Ruthvin and Nestor Olegario enjoying some dessert while onsite at 2023 Global Force Symposium & Exposition in Huntsville, AL.
Devin Baxter, Meghan Ireland and temps with Ricky Bobby onsite at the WQA Convention & Exposition 2023 in Las Vegas, NV.
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From left to right: Anita Bertmeyer, Melanie Gillies, Julie Nelson, Mara Kolter, and Nicole Hutchison at the IAAPA Kickoff Meeting in Orlando, FL.
Jeremy Ruthvin with Mardi Gras performers onsite at the AAO 2023 Annual Session in Chicago, IL.
Deb Murphy captured some turkey friends hanging around the office in Bourne, MA.
From left to right: Francisco Guzman, Peter Falk, David Widder, Kathy Tracey, and Snow Trang onsite at Specialty Coffee Expo in Portland, OR.
