Welcome to the Summer 2007 edition of Creative Impact Group's newsletter. Happy Summer to all! While we all celebrate the new season, we also embrace the series of events that are in full planning at this time, including annual incentive meetings, trade shows, sales meetings, and, of course, company picnics, which should be planned in full by now with the venue selected, etc.
It's important to book your inflatables early, too, as they go fast! CIG has many new inflatables this year, including our new H2O water splash. We also have brand new sumo wrestling suits!!
The first half of 2007 has been filled with a host of highly entertaining and successful corporate events including:
Murder mysteries, comedy impressionists, impersonators, walk-around magicians, jazz trios, caricature artists, and more...
... a holiday murder mystery at Raffi's in Naperville
... a Hollywood themed employee event for an insurance agency at Joe's Crab and Steak House where comedy impressionist Frank Pisani entertained guests with his celebrity impressions and even got guests to participate in a sing-along to Dean Martin's "That's Amore"
...a Mardi Gras themed event where we booked a "Cher" female impersonator and walk-around pickpocket/magician Tom Tremont for Duchossois Industries at Gibson's Restaurant in Rosemont, IL.
...a jazz band and two caricature artists at McCormick Place/Lakeside Center for the American Chemical Society on March 25th
One of our most recent successes involves two events we produced for PLMA (the Private Label Manufacturers Association). On two separate evenings, we transformed the ballroom where they were holding their meetings into two entirely different themed evenings of entertainment!
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| MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT is always a hit at any special event! | |
| ...We provided The New Invaders (a 60's band) at the Michigan Shores Country Club in Wilmette, IL at a fund-raising event February 24th for Literature for All of Us (an organization which funds books and other educational opportunities for underprivileged children). |  Click to enlarge |
"SOUPER BOWL" MEETING FOR UNILEVER:
Many of our corporate clients look for team-building activities and décor to enhance their meetings! ....We provided a banner, signage, mini stress football giveaways, balloons, a football toss game and football sports crowd scenic backdrop to enhance Unilever's March 1st "Souper Bowl" meeting at the Hilton Suites -- a team-building meeting for Unilever representatives which included a trivia game which reinforced marketing information on the new soup products being sold at their new franchise outlets in malls.
INTERACTIVE GAMES on trade show floor:
Why not consider interactive games on your trade show floor? ... For the Building Service Contractors' Association (BSCAI) trade show floor, we provided interactive games (Golf Putting Challenge, Baseball Speed Kick, Soccer Speed Kick) April 14 and 15 at McCormick Place/Lakeside Center.
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| Creative Impact Group books many different trade show booth attractions ... robots, lookalikes, costumed characters, magicians, interactive sports games, custom wheels, and live presentations introducing company products or delivering a corporate message to attendees. |  Click to enlarge |
We recently booked one of our fantastically talented presenter/gameshow hosts as "Howie" (complete with bald headpiece) - who appeared at the Johnson/Diversey booth at the BSCAI show hosting their version of "Deal or No Deal", called "Flush or No Flush" - a trivia gameshow about Johnson/Diversey products, where four contestants at a time got a chance to sit on one of the four toilets set up in the middle of the booth and decide to "flush or not flush" in order to win an iPod or other fun giveaways.
We also provided 4 hostesses at the Chicago Dental Show in February, two hostesses at the Thomas P. Hinman show in March in Atlanta, hostesses for the FMI show May 6-8, and narrators and hostesses at the NXTcomm show May 22-24 at McCormick Place.
FLORAL DÉCOR for Bahai House of Worship National Convention
...We provided the floral décor for the annual National Convention April 26-29 at Bahai House of Worship in Wilmette. Bahai House of Worship was among the Seven Wonders of Illinois revealed by Governor Rod Blagojevich and the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, Illinois Bureau of Tourism (DCEO/IBOT) on its website, www.enjoyillinois.com.
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| FASHION SHOWS! Consider a fashion show as a spouse program at a corporate meeting or fund-raising event! Last year Creative Impact Group produced a highly successful fashion show featuring holiday and ski wear from Oak Street designers as a spouse program for SIGMA (Society of Gasoline Marketers of America) at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. | |
| So far this year, our fashion show division produced ... the Opening Gala/Fashion Show Friday, February 23, 2007, with appearances by Hugh Hefner's girlfriend Bridget Marquardt, from the TV show, "The Girls Next Door," as well as hard rocker Dee Snider and a mini lingerie show at the Transworld Exhibits Halloween Costume & Party Show which featured many of the models/hostesses we also booked at some of the exhibitors' booths. |  Click to enlarge |
| Creative Impact Group also produced the high profile luxury fashion show featuring gorgeous Italian clothing and jewels from Razny Jewelers, Hana K, Hinsdale Clothiers and Frances Heffernan, for the opening of the new Lamborghini auto dealership in Westmont. Funds from this event benefited the Children's Memorial Hospital as well as commemorating the opening of Lamborghini Chicago. Dignitaries included Lamborghini Chicago owner Bill Nuccio Sr., his business partner Marc Iozzo, Thomas Castronovo, managing director and director of marketing for the Private Bank, Westmont Village May William Rahn, and Stephan Winkelmann, president and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A, who flew in from Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, to help celebrate the opening. |  Click to enlarge |
CASINO EVENTS
Events scheduled for May included a repeat of our very successful casino event for the Commercial Construction Show which took place on May 16th at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center ballroom in Rosemont, IL. Last year's event was for 600 people. This year's event attracted over 1,200 people.
Coming next month! Exciting talent to enhance your next event!