2023 Events - Snapshot

2023 was a great year for Blueprint Events. We brought on new clients/projects and developed new skills with existing clients. We learned a lot in 2023. We held our first company retreat where we reflected on what went well, what we need to work on, and our goals for the future. We are excited to start planning events for our 2024 / 2025 seasons.

Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Association - State Conference

This two day conference was filled with multiple keynotes, panels, workshops, and an awards dinner. We want to thank all of our sponsors, attendees, supporters and vendors for supporting this event. We are looking forward to our next conference.

Client: Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Association
Venue: Wilderness Hotel & Conference Center
Photographer: Erin Lenore Photography
Audio Visual : Celebrations Entertainment

All Staff Meeting - Pre Renovation

Our client hosted their entire company to their new company office to see what it looked like before their office renovation began. Stay tuned for their open house in 2025.

Audio Visual : Celebrations Entertainment
Photography: Blueprint iPhone
Catering: Steenbock’s on Orchard

Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association - Summer School

This day-and-a-half CE event was filled with great learning opportunities for DVMs, CVTs, and DVM/CVT teams. Lectures, wet labs, and small group discussions included small animal, large animal, equine, and non-scientific topics. The event also included a fun happy hour trivia night.

Client: Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association
Venue: Madison College
Catering: Chef Dave
Entertainment: Premier Trivia & Entertainment

Health X VentureS - An Old Fashioned UGM party

Health X Ventured welcomed all Epic UGM attendees and colleagues to their annual summer event. There was great music, food, refreshments, and networking.

Venue: HealthX Ventures
Catering: Chef Dave
Food Trucks: Curd Girl & Wonder Cookie
Photographer: A&J Photography
Band: Bluewater Kings Band
Rentals: Event Essentials
Bar: Bartenders on the Go

Harbour Investments - Conference

Harbour Investment hosted a three day conference with multiple keynotes, workshops, awards dinner and a casino night.

Venue : Hilton Appleton Paper Valley Hotel
Photography: Image Studios
Balloons: Balloon Magic Appleton
Audio Visual: Celebrations Entertainment
Casino Night: Get Together, LLC

Deforst / Windsor - Business Walk

The Village of DeForest, Village of Windsor, and DeForest Windsor Area Chamber of Commerce partnered with Alliant Energy and Madison Gas and Electric to present the first DeForest Windsor Business Walk. A Business Walk is an economic development initiative that, in a short amount of time, allows local leaders to get the pulse of how a business community is doing. In total, 32 volunteer business and civic leaders visited 134 businesses in three hours. Of those businesses, 42 businesses requested and received follow up assistance.

CLIENT BOARD DINNER

We love planning small corporate events! This was an intimate board dinner for our client at a local restaurant in Madison.

Floral: Naly’s Floral Shop
Venue and Food: Cento

STAFF / CLIENT APPRECIATION DINNER

This repeat event always has, great food, lovely flowers, and great entertainment.

Photographer: A&J Photography
Floral: Naly’s Floral Shop
Venue: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Catering: Heritage Catering
Rentals: Event Essentials
Entertainment: Katie Scullin
Gifts: Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier

Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce - 70th Annual Dinner

Day of Support Package

The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce hired Blueprint to help with a few specific pre-event projects (see string art below) as well as day of support for their Annual Dinner at the Monona Terrace. If you are not a member of the Chamber we hope you will join and attend next year's event! 

Client: Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce
Location: Monona Terrace

Site Visits

Why are they important: Before you design an event it is important to visit the location to better understand the space, the vendors, and the layout. It allows you to familiarize yourself with the flow of your event, identify concerns before they arise and understand the local culture. During the visit you can discuss details, get questions answered, locate signage needs, meet employees, observe events in progress, and begin to create a desired atmosphere.

October and November are big site visit months for us. Here are a few we went on in the fall of 2023.

MyArts Youth Center

UW Madison - Victory Hall

The Sylvee

The Osthoff

Serendipity Labs

Ahan

Heidel House

Harvey House

Four Winds Farm

EO Madison Yards

2022 Events - Snapshot

2022 was a very exciting year for Blueprint Events. We took on new clients, new projects, and Erin even expanded her family by two little ones. Here is a snap shot of a few of our events. We look forward to what 2023 will bring!

Virtual CONFERENCE and In-Person Meet and Greet Events

We helped with a two day virtual conference for the Alzheimer’s Association. This virtual event was then followed by four in-person meet and greet events that took place around the state. We started in the Milwaukee area and then headed to Green Bay, Eau Claire, and finished in Madison. They all featured different speakers focused on research happening in the Alzheimer’s and dementia field.

Meet up events and board meetings

Our client hosted association meet up events as well as board meetings and retreats all over the state of Wisconsin. We helped plan and execute multiple events. Here are just a few photos from some of these events.

New brand reveal luncheon event

We helped our client plan a company luncheon where the CEO revealed a new company wide brand. They were able to successfully surprise the staff with a new car at the end of the lunch which was very exciting for everyone involved!

Photo Credit: A&J Photography - www.ajphotographyinc.com
Floral: Generations Wedding Flowers & Photography - www.generationswfnp.com
Venue, AV, and Catering: Monona Terrace - www.mononaterrace.com

Client Board Dinner

We love planning small corporate events! This was an intimate board dinner for our
client at a local restaurant in Madison.

Floral: Naly’s Floral Shop - www.nalysfloralshop.com
Venue and Food: Cento - www.centomadison.com

Staff / Client Appreciation Dinner

This is always a fun event for us due to an awesome attendee list, great food, lovely flowers, and great entertainment. The weather was beautiful, which always makes an outdoor event even more enjoyable!

Photo Credit: Erin Lenore Photos - www.erinlenorephoto.com
Floral: Naly’s Floral Shop - www.nalysfloralshop.com
Venue: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art - www.mmoca.org
Catering: Heritage Catering - www.heritagecateringmadison.com
Rentals: Event Essentials - www.eventessentials.com
Entertainment: Katie Scullin - www.katiescullin.com
Gifts: Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier - www.gailambrosius.com

Annual Conference

During this three day conference there were multiple keynotes, workshops, and an awards dinner with entertainment.

Photo Credit: A&J Photography - www.ajphotographyinc.com
Venue & Catering: Kalahari Resort - www.kalahariresorts.com
AV: Celebrations Entertainment - www.celebrationsentertainment.com
Centerpieces: Moving Sand Art - www.movingsandart.com
Entertainment: James the Magician - www.jamesthemagician.com

Multi Day In-Person / Virtual Hybrid Conference

This client hosted a three day conference at the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells. With multiple workshops, keynotes, movie night, and an awards show. The conference was a hybrid of in-person and virtual.
Blueprint helped support the client pre-event and day of the conference.

Venue, Catering, and AV: Wilderness Resort - www.wildernessresort.com

November Groundbreaking

We helped our client with a very special groundbreaking ceremony in November this year.
There was a great turnout to celebrate their new building and expansion.

Photo Credit: A&J Photography - www.ajphotographyinc.com
Catering: Steenbock's On Orchard - www.steenbocksonorchard.com
AV: Celebrations Entertainment - www.celebrationsentertainment.com
Floral: Klein's Floral and Greenhouses - www.kleinsfloral.com
Rentals: Event Essentials - www.eventessentials.com

2020/2021 Events - Snapshot

2020 and 2021 have been challenging years for not only our industry but for the entire world due to COVID. We had many events canceled and had to quickly shift to helping clients plan virtual events. Kennedy stayed home with her two kids for awhile due to daycare being closed. Erin and Kennedy also took a few classes in our downtime to help develop our project management skills. In the past two years we have learned a lot. With that said, we hope to plan more in-person events in 2022 and beyond in a safe way.

Sabores Latinos Virtual Cooking Class

Benefiting The Centro Hispano BECAS Program

Wisconsin State Alzheimer’s Association
Virtual Conference

Doyenne Awards

Summer Wedding

Retirement Party

Client & Staff Appreciation Event

2019 Events - Snapshot

Blueprint Events, LLC was proud to help plan all of these great events in 2019.

Wisconsin Alzheimers State Conference 2019

Wisconsin Alzheimers State Conference 2019

Wisconsin Alzheimers State Conference 2019

Wisconsin Alzheimers State Conference 2019

Wisconsin Alzheimers State Conference 2019

Wisconsin Alzheimers State Conference 2019

Wisconsin Alzheimers State Conference 2019

Wisconsin Alzheimers State Conference 2019

Wisconsin Alzheimers State Conference 2019

Wisconsin Alzheimers State Conference 2019

South Metro Business Walk

South Metro Business Walk

South Metro Business Walk

South Metro Business Walk

South Metro Business Walk

South Metro Business Walk

South Metro Business Walk

Herb Society of America Conference

Herb Society of America Conference

Herb Society of America Conference

Herb Society of America Conference

Herb Society of America Conference

Fritz Wedding

Fritz Wedding

Fritz Wedding

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

Soar Above - End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin 2019

2018 Events - Snapshot

Here is a small snap shot from Soar Above and the East Madison Business Walk.

East Madison Business Walk

East Madison Business Walk

East Madison Business Walk

East Madison Business Walk

East Madison Business Walk

East Madison Business Walk

East Madison Business Walk

East Madison Business Walk

Here are a few events from Soar Above 2018 at the Monona Terrace.

2017 Events - Snapshot

A lot happened in 2017. I added new clients, took on a few volunteer events and new events and I also got pregnant and had my son Liam who is now 3 months old. It was so crazy that I did not blog a ton in 2017. My goal for 2018 is to get back on track. With that said, here are some highlights from a few events Blueprint planned this year. Not a full list but a few highlights.

Saint Thomas Aquinas Church Social (Volunteer)

City of Baraboo Business Walk

Stoughton Road Business Walk - City of Madison

The team who helped plan the walk.

Doyenne Group Social

WEDA's 2016 FALL CONFERENCE

WEDA’s Fall Conference 2016 was held in Eau Claire, WI with the focus on Making Their Community a Destination for Business and Talent. Eau Claire was recently featured in Time Magazine on the many recent events that have spurred exciting community development efforts. 

During the conference attendees learned about various ways to brand their community as an attractive place to live, work and play.  Attendees learned firsthand how development deals were structured, creative ways to keep and attract talent, and innovative ideas on how music can be an economic driver. Our speakers focused not only on teaching attendees something new, but demonstrate how to implement it in their community.

The conference had a offsite reception, multiple exhibitors, keynote, multiple seminars, and a culinary crawl reception. The conference took place at the new Lismore Hotel in downtown Eau Claire. 

Before the conference.

Morning session.

Offsite Reception

Keynote

WEDA Sponsors

Exhibitors

Culinary Crawl

Culinary Crawl

Seminar

End Abuse of Wisconsin - Soar Above

This year I had the pleasure of helping End Abuse Wisconsin (http://www.endabusewi.org/) with a new event called Soar Above.  End Abuse Wisconsin partnered with the 115th Fighter Wing  (http://www.115fw.ang.af.mil/) to host the event and bring awareness to both End Abuse and the 115th Green Dot Initiative (ending abuse in the military).

This event was created to help celebrate all of the strong pioneers who have defied limitations to chart new courses in the fight against domestic violence throughout our state … and beyond. Four distinguished “Aviator Awards” were presented to partners who have impacted social justice, blazed new trails for inclusivity, outreach and impact, and made a significant mark on the movement to end domestic violence in Wisconsin.

If you are interested in learning more about End Abuse Wisconsin or donating CLICK HERE!

Soar Above - 115th Hanger

Soar Above - 115th Hanger

Table Setting

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The Band

Special thank you to all of our great food and beverage sponsors!

Thank you to our food and beverage sponsors!

Northside Business Walk

Northside - Madison Business Walk

Click Here to Read the Report

Presented By: City of Madison and Madison Gas and Electric

The City of Madison Office of Business Resources and Madison Gas and Electric partnered with the Northside Planning Council, Northside Economic Development Coalition, Northside Business Association, Northside News and the Madison Region Economic Partnership to present the first Northside Business Walk on September 8, 2016.

A Business Walk is an economic development initiative that, in a short amount of time, allows local leaders to get the pulse of how a business community is doing. The premise behind each walk is to “locate the successes and obstacles the local business community is facing and then track that information and provide assistance.” In total 47 business and civic volunteer's were divided into 12 different groups (two to three people per group) + 3 large employer groups. The 47 volunteers visited 146 businesses in three hours.

                  Their conversation was focused around five basic questions:

·       How’s Business?

·       What do you like about business on the Northside?

·       What can be done to improve business on the Northside?

·       Will your business be affected by the closing of Oscar Mayer?

A few members from the business walk planning committee.

Business and Civic Volunteers - Training for the Business Walk

Business and Civic Volunteers - Training for the Business Walk

Business and Civic Volunteers - Training for the Business Walk

Business and Civic Volunteers - Training for the Business Walk

Mayor Paul Soglin

Business Walk

Business Walk

Business Walk

Thank you Willy Street - Co-op North for being our bag sponsor!

Each group was assigned a specific area, 12 areas + three large employer groups.

When the business walk was completed, 40 companies were followed up with directly. These companies addressed needing additional help or mentioned a major problem to the volunteers. The City of Madison Office of Business Resources coordinated the City’s response to a number of municipal issues brought up by business owners. The Engineering Department, Madison Police, Community Development and Economic Development Departments were connected to the businesses owners and ongoing follow-up is occurring.

The Northside Economic Development Coalition and the Northside Business Association look forward to collaborating with the City of Madison and other economic development partners on Northside projects for the next one to two years and using the report to guide these efforts.

A final report with the business walk findings will be added to the blog very soon. Here are a few pictures from the event.