Middlef ieldPOST Volume 9 ~ Issue 15
March 4, 2015
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Neighborly News from Middlefield, Parkman, Huntsburg and Surrounding Communities
Networking Star of the Year!
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Berkshire Schools Page 8 The Geauga Red Key Network members who attended the Connectors Choice Awards at the State Theater in Cleveland on Nov. 25.
Lynda Nemeth, director of Destination Geauga - Business Networking Star of the Year!
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Cleveland Business Connects Magazine has honored the local corporate events industry and the local business networking community in an ‘Academy Awards’ style Connectors Choice Awards event, for the past eight years. For the past two years, this glamorous event has been held the majestic State Theatre at Playhouse Square and includes hors d’oeuvres during a networking hour, outstanding award presentations and a decadent full-course meal served to 500 plus on the theater stage. Also, for the past two years, the Red Key Network, (RKN) a Geauga-based women’s net wor k ing organization, has been nominated. In 2014, the RKN won the Women’s Networking Business Organization of the Year. This year, the group was nominated again for this award, and was nominated also, for the Business Networking Organization of the Year award. Middlefield’s own Lynda Nemeth, director of Destination Geauga, formerly
Geauga County Tourism was nominated this year for the ‘Business Networking Star of the Year’. CBC publisher, Renee DeLuca Dolan introduced the presenters, one of whom was the well-known Monica Robins, an Emmy award-winning reporter for Channel 3, WKYC Cleveland. Twenty-six awards were handed out in categories ranging from Corporate Event Venues to awards for individual accomplishments in the networking theme. More than 20 Red Key members attended this event showing support for the group and for RKN member, Lynda Nemeth. The Red Key Network fell short of winning both awards but Nemeth came away with the Business Networking Star of the Year award! She was up against some great competition: Anne H. Doyle, marketing events/community coordinator, Lake Health; Lauren Rudman, manager of human resources, ERICO International;
Melissa Marik, director of business development, Executive Caterers; Nick Borelli, marketing and communications director, Rock The House; Paul Marnecheck, manager of small business solutions, Council of Smaller Enterprises and Vince Iannaggi, director of business development for L’Nique Linens. Several months ago, CBC notified Nemeth that an anonymous peer had nominated her. She was then asked to submit an essay discussing her qualifications for the nomination, networking experiences and advantages, and to include any interesting pertinent stories. Following the nomination, using an online voting system, Nemeth gained more votes then any of the other 83 nominees in her category. She was then chosen, along with six others, to compete as a finalist. This finalist group convened and was professionally photographed for the cover of the most recent CBC magazine. Continued on Page 2
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