Hello! I am Ashley Bower. I'm 30 years old and currently teaching theatre at Choctaw Jr. High School. I've always wanted to go into the Public Relations field, but with bills and life it just seemed to be a distant dream. I finally decided to take the chance and was excepted into the OU program.
My undergraduate degree is in Acting and Directing a Texas Woman's University. I've been in several stage productions but ultimately fell in love with the directing side of the art. I have directed many producations and have also written several plays and one musical. I feel this background will help me to excel in my goal of becoming a large scale event coordinator. I don't just want to be perceived as a "party planner" but rather a coordinator of conferences and grand events such as festivals.
As for my personal life, I'm single and have a mut, Houdini, a basset hound, Huckleberry, and a long hair tuxedo cat,Mucha. I'm an avivid world traveler. I spent the past summer backpacking in Europe and I plan to roam around Eygpt this coming summer. So far I've traveled throughout the States, Central America, Brazil, Australia, England, the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Austria, New Zealand, Brussels and many points in between. I hope to one [day] experience the Great Wall of China.
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Ashley,
Are you still planning the firefighters association's events? I remember you telling me that this is how you started enjoying event planning. Is there a future career there or do they just need someone for one-time events? Do you see yourself as working for a company or starting your own? I work with a man whose wife is an event planner. She just started her own company and is doing really well. However, she does small-scale social events like weddings, etc. Do you have interest in that kind of thing? Do you know Lee Alan Smith? He plans a lot of major events in Oklahoma City and the city of Oklahoma City. He could be an interesting person for you to talk to and get some insight.
Kenna
Also, Nicole Thomas, with Epic Events is a good point of contact for OKC Event Planning. She is active in the Greater OKC Chamber which is how I know her. Her e-mail address is nicole@epiceventsok.com and phone number is 405-706-7484. Hope this helps. Also first PRSSA meeting is Wed. night at 9 PM -- Hope to see you there. Christina
Ashley -
Do you know about MPI? They are a group of professional meeting planners. They have an OK chapter. Their members do a lot of great events.
Karen
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