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Jodi Collen quoted on event planning

Ryan Nichols — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:53:09 +0000

Jodi Collen, director of event and conference planning at Augsburg College, recently was quoted by the Associated Press in an article that also was published by ABC News and the Boston Herald. Collen’s input and expertise was sought due to her role as the president of the International Special Events Society, a professional organization for event planners. The article discusses the trend of using live animals at holiday events, an initiative that makes sense from an event planning perspective, according to Collen.

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Jodi Collen writes quick-tips column for Twin Cities Business

Laura Swanson Lindahl '15 MBA — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:56:57 +0000

Jodi Collen, Augsburg College’s director of Event and Conference Planning, wrote a quick-tips column for event planners that was published by Twin Cities Business. Collen offered suggestions for people who will host a tailgating event for teams, customers, or clients this fall. Her advice ranged from venue considerations to food safety.

Collen is the current international president of the International Special Events Society and is a past president of the ISES Minneapolis-St. Paul chapter. Visit the Twin Cities Business website to read, “.”

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Jodi Collen elected event society’s new international president

Laura Swanson Lindahl '15 MBA — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 20:00:09 +0000

The International Special Events Society has elected Jodi Collen as its new international president for the 2015-16 year.

Collen, director of Event & Conference Planning at Augsburg, is a previous president of the International Special Events Society’s Minneapolis-St. Paul chapter and has been a member of the International Board of Governors for the past five years. She was inaugurated at the association’s Annual General Meeting, which took place in New Orleans.

Collen’s achievement was recognized by the following organizations:

Incentive Travel & Corporate Meetings
Exhibition World
Conference News
BizBash
Event Planner Spain

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Jodi Collen Achieves International Excellence with ISES

Augsburg University — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:40:27 +0000

Jodi Collen, CSEP, Augsburg’s Director of Events and Conferences, was part of the team that helped the Minneapolis-St. Paul Chapter of the International Special Events Society (ISES) earn the “Spirit of Excellence – Chapter of the Year” award for the second year in a row. None of the 40 other ISES chapters has ever won this award two years running.

Jodi, who is now the Midwest Regional Vice President for ISES after serving as president of the local chapter in 2005, spoke at the ISES International Education Conference in Montreal, Quebec, in August of this year. She represented seven chapters in the Midwest, including Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Columbus.

The Spirit of Excellence award recognizes chapters that are excelling in the areas of communications, membership, programming and education, and special projects. Jodi also won an “ISES Esprit” award for “Best Team Effort” with a team of 11 other event professionals from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The award was given for the “ISES Minnesota Star Awards,” a local awards ceremony Jodi started three years ago for ISES members.

“The awards are the evidence that we’re doing great things in the Twin Cities,” says Jodi, “and I look forward to bringing the events that are being done at Augsburg to the national scene!”

ISES is a professional organization for people in the events industry with 5,600 members worldwide. Once a year, ISES members participate in 3 days of world-class education and networking opportunities at the conference.

“My involvement with ISES and with the ISES Conference has been the best professional development experience that I’ve ever taken part in for my career,” says Jodi. “The fact that I’ve been able to collaborate with other event professionals from the Twin Cities area, and from the around the world for ISES projects, makes me better at my job at Augsburg – and has provided me with a great network of people to utilize for ideas and resources when needed.”

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