Are you ready to Make Things Happen in your business?

As of the time of this writing, a few slots may remain for this workshop to be presented by Lara Casey on December 21st in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.  Regardless, I wanted to write about it because I know Lara plans to “take the show on the road” in 2010.  Anyone involved in the wedding and event planning industry needs to follow Lara, (@WeddingRep on Twitter) her luxury wedding market consulting business blog, and the magazine she created and publishes, Southern Weddings.  If you are a mental list person like me, I highly recommend that you add her to your list of industry professionals to watch, in 2010 and beyond.  In the meantime, check out the Making Things Happen Intensive :

Without a doubt, I consider Lara a dear friend, but I have also had a wonderful experience as a recent client of her consulting company, Lara Casey Reps.  Lara was so instrumental in helping me with the launch of The Stylish Planner and I am incredibly grateful for her insight.  The end result of The Stylish Planner if I had proceeded without her assistance would have been completely wrong, and I have no doubt that the project would never have taken off as it has.   She has an amazing ability to visualize and execute the vision of others.  That ability really blows me away because honestly I had this great vision with no clue what to do with it  – I could barely even verbalize what was in my mind.  Lara also has amazing connections in the industry and pointed me to the right vendors to contract with for the services I needed to execute The Stylish Planner.  Lara does what she says she will do.  You will not have to follow up with her.  Lara will get excited about your ideas, and she is an amazing encourager.  When my project took a scary turn that caused the launch to be delayed, Lara helped me be at ease with the change of plans and focus on the end result.  I can’t say enough what a wonderful experience I had working with her on this project.

For those of you who may not know Lara personally, you should know that she is very genuine.  She will take the time to learn about you on a personal level prior to learning about your business.  I am a very relational person, so for me, that is so refreshing and only adds to her charm.  Lara is very warm and caring – when she asks how you are doing, it isn’t just lip service.  She often randomly replies by direct message to my tweets even when they are of a personal nature.  Lara is real, and as a woman, I appreciate her transparency.  Many would say it isn’t professional to show emotion in business.  Personally, it makes me relate and empathize with folks and I then have an opportunity to encourage them.  Lara gets that.

In addition to all this, perhaps her most redeeming quality is that she is tons of fun to be around!  Here are just a few of our fun times together:

Want to attend a Making Things Happen Intensive in your city?  Let Lara know via Twitter @WeddingRep – she is planning her 2010 trips as we speak.  Will you be watching Lara in 2010?  Tell us why here: