Cassie Poss, CMP

Experience

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  University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  May 2010 - Aug 2012

  Senior Conference Assistant

  - Worked as staff member with UNL's Summer Conference Services during the summers of 2010, 2011, and 2012-Provided outstanding customer service in a hospitality setting to over 15,000 guests.-Coordinated and accurately tracked all aspects of event planning related to sleeping, dining, and meeting space accommodations. -Helped train, motivate, supervise, and evaluate a staff of 45 students. -Maintained accurate billing records and generated invoices for 20 events.-Administered all of the housing arrangements for the 2012 Clarinetfest and various other groups visiting campus.-Cultivated and built relationships with all levels of employees, from custodial to housing administration. Show less

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  Madeleine Crouch & Co., Inc.

  May 2013 - Sept 2017

  Account Executive - Association Management

  Madeleine Crouch and Co., Inc is an association management firm that offers a vast array of administrative and support services for multiple non-profit organizations including trade associations, professional societies, and educational associations specializing in music, visual arts, retail, manufacturing, language, and information technologies.As an Association Manager for MCC, my tasks range from event planning, marketing, contract negotiations, social media management, board relations, and much more. I am dedicated to our clients and I enjoy working with them to obtain their goals and further their mission as associations. I strive to coordinate meaningful, interactive, and fun events and am always aiming to make each event better than the one that preceded it. Show less

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  Visit Fort Worth

  Oct 2017 - now

  -Develop and implement strategic plans to effectively recruit sports-related national governing bodies (NGB’s) and event organizers to the City of Fort Worth facilities and hotels.-Create and execute event management plans which may include (but are not limited to): opening ceremonies, banquets, community outreach, marketing, permitting, staffing/security, budget development, volunteer recruitment.-Work as part of a two-person team to create and build the Fort Worth Sports commission from the ground-up by identifying key stakeholders, metrics of success, and a strategic path forward. -Secure high-profile events with national governing bodies -Collaborated with the local ISD and the NCAA to develop a community give-back campaign called “Readers Become Leaders” with 37 local schools that generated over 6.1 million minutes read, making it the most successful campaign yet. Show less -Created and launched the Fort Worth Sports Social Media channels, reaching over 500,000+ impressions and seeing a follower increase of 420% since Dec 2017.-Facilitated the creation and completion of Fort Worth bids/proposals including collecting, combining, writing and finalizing documents and any other information.-Developed site-visit itineraries and plans which included, but were not limited to, coordinating with partners and appropriate contacts, transportation, needs assessments of the visit, and scheduling. -Created and managed a sports-based volunteer systemutilized for various events Show less

  • Director of Business Development (Sports)

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Sports Events Manager

    Dec 2018 - Sept 2022

  • Sports Marketing Coordinator

    Oct 2017 - Dec 2018