pictured: DNC Delegate Welcome Party at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; credit: Paul Loftland Photography
Delegate Welcome Party
Two women-owned businesses, Stockton and Partners (Kate Stockton, presi- dent) and Perfection Events (Mazda Miles, president), teamed up to create and carry out one of the very first Philadelphia experiences that the Democratic delegates and their families enjoyed in the city relating to the convention – the Delegate Welcome Party on Sunday, July 24, 2016.
Mazda Miles and Kate Stockton, who each have more than 20 years’ experi- ence producing and managing high impact events and meetings, formed a dynamic partnership to collaborate on the welcome receptions that served to shine a spotlight not only on their two companies, but also on other local small businesses, particularly food and beverage vendors.
“It is refreshing to see two independent firms, who would appear to be com- petitors, willingly come together to collaborate on a piece of business,”
Stockton said. “And the fact that we’ve done this more than once speaks volumes about how we truly value each other’s tal- ents and experience, and what an important business strategy it is to combine forces to go after an opportunity like this. We have distinguished ourselves, collaboratively and individually, by utilizing this approach to best serve our customers.”
“When we realized the convention was coming to Philadelphia, we knew we’d have a distinct opportunity to showcase the spirit of our city. Through our partnership, we want to be an example to other business owners and show that sometimes we are more powerful together,” said Miles.
Perfection Events and Stockton and Partners each produced their own event once the host committee selected two venues. These events featured food, drink and entertainment expressing great tastes of Pennsylvania. Bars featured micro brews from the State as provided by the Brewers Association, and specialty cocktails were featured from bars provided by liquor sponsors. Entertainment and activity popped up all over the events to keep the experience fun and changing.
“We did split some duties like initial budgeting, site inspections, vendor payments and generally working together to share vendor relationships and some creative design elements,” noted Stockton. “The DNC Host Committee asked that we try to bal- ance the events so that the delegate experience would be similar despite the different venues.”
The Stockton and Partners Delegate Welcome Party took place at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, while the Perfection Events Delegate Welcome Party was held at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
photo credit: Paul Loftland Photography
pictured: DNC Delegate Welcome Party at The Kimmel Center photo credit: Meredith Edlow Photography
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