Kelly Murphy

About Kelly Murphy

Certified Meeting planner with 20+ years of event management experience, founder of ConferenceSource, expert in meeting facility sourcing & contracting in North America, Europe, South America and Asia. Kelly will manage your budget as if they were her own, negotiating the best possible rate and hotel contract to benefit and protect every client and exceed all expectations for all planning aspects for sales meetings, educational meetings, product launches, incentive trips down to a small board of directors meeting. We make meetings easy understanding your meeting objectives and delivering meeting matched components. List of our expert services• sourcing, space planning, and contract negotiation (language creation for contract) for meeting space, guest rooms and meals• budget creation and tracking• management of invitation process, online registration and reporting (including follow up communications with attendees)• airline ticketing parternship with 24 hour customer service• management of rooming lists• mail or email confirmation of attendees• food and beverage planning, decor• management of on-site materials including signage and any printed meeting materials or gifts. • transportation coordination including arrival and departure travel management (air and ground)• on-site meeting support including meeting and breakout management and AV coordination• DMC Management• CDA and honoraria managemento liaise with Contracts/Legal group and advisor affiliation on requested revisions to contracto facilitate honoraria payment to advisors o maintain event spend reporting per advisor following meeting (Sunshine Act)• billing reconciliation and reporting• Online Registration/Customized websites per meeting/Real time reporting/satisfaction analysis• Expense report management• Convention attendee registration• Convention booth Hospitality Staffing

Experience

1. President and Founder

   Conferencesource, Llc

   Oct 2003 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   ConferenceSource is a full service event management company providing worldwide meeting and incentive management services. From the initial strategic concept and design, through logistics planning, execution, and accounting, we provide our customers with unmatched customer service and attention to detail.

Education

• Elon University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Event Planning
• Incentive Travel
• Hotel Management
• Hospitality
• Food
• Catering
• Hotels
• Restaurants
• Sales
• Hotel Booking
• Hospitality Industry
• Corporate Events
• Trade Shows
• Tourism
• Yield Management
• Incentives
• Travel Management
• Revenue Analysis
• Fundraising
• Front Office
• Management
• Team Building
• Training
• Hospitality Management
• Event Management
• Meeting Planning
• Budgets
• Food
• Resorts
• Contract Negotiation