Aisha Smith

About Aisha Smith

Hello! I am a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) specializing in creating strategies to meet organizational needs and producing measurable outcomes. I excel in strategic planning, logistics, Agile project management, and decision making. I am happiest when I am cultivating successful partnerships, demonstrating leadership qualities to others, maintaining positive stakeholder relationships, and aligning projects and events with organizational goals and objectives. Other people will describe me as enthusiastic, strong-willed, independent, and generous. Throughout my career I have referenced a quote from one of my favorite authors, Jen Sincero,\"faith is the muscle you use when you decide to blast outside of your comfort zone and transform your life into something that\'s practically unrecognizable to you in your present reality. Faith smothers your fear of the unknown. Faith allows you to take risks.\" Please connect with me as I am always looking to expand my network and meet great people.

Experience

1. Conference and Events Planner

   RTI International

   Mar 2022 — Present · Durham, NC, US

   Manage exhibit calendar and schedule, tracking deadlines and milestonesFrequently communicate with institute/unit communication and marketing staff, clients, participants, vendors, manager, etc. Assist institute/unit communication and marketing staff with all pre-conference/event planning and logistics services as directed, which may include leading planning meetings/calls and client calls, manage facility site selection and site visit(s), manage registration and sponsorship procurement, and work with conference organizer to select and procure exhibit space Plan for and procure show services (e.g, furniture, electricity, carpet, etc.)Coordinate and oversee shipping and return shipping, both domestic and international, of tradeshow assets and collateral Serve as point of contact with exhibit warehouse Work with selected meeting facility on meeting room setupCoordinate food and beverage services and plan event catering, including menu selection and budgetingCoordinate AV equipment and services and meeting-related technologiesDetermine graphic design needs for websites, meeting signage, name badges, and other items.Track budget expensesProvide onsite support throughout the event as neededProvide post-event support, which may include the submission and processing of event-related invoices and payments, preparing final meeting documents which may include the final participant list and budget, conduct debriefing meeting, re-inventory exhibit assets and return collateral to units, and prepare any final or closeout reports as required Manage and track exhibit assetsEvent registration: CVENT (creating registration pages, project manage CVENT deliverables with MCS, managing attendees, pulling reports, etc.) Eventbrite, Microsoft Forms

Education

• Appalachian State University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Teaching
• Presidency
• Classroom
• Email Newsletter Design
• Event Planning and Logistics
• Programming
• Office Administration
• Education
• Customer Service
• Organization and Leadership
• Early Childhood Education
• Child Development
• Event Planning
• Networking
• Public Speaking
• Organization Skills
• Preschool
• Scheduling
• Community Outreach