YPN

Manchester Young Professionals

MYPN is the first and largest young professions organization in NH. Sounds, like there not only having fun, but getting down to business while all out networking. Go Manchester!

Courtyard by Marriott and Grappone Center

This is a wonderful expansion to the historic downtown area. The Courtyard by Marriott/Grappone Center has been host to a diverse crowd of upscale clients. They offer very skillful service while helping you manage your budget comfortably. The buzz in out!   

Manchester Taco Tour!

Manchester, NH
Home of the annual TACO TOUR! So many people from all walks of life out experiencing the community of restaurants. Themed city-wide events is a smart way to create interest to your community vs. one entity within the community. Think GLOBAL. Remember the date Thursday, May 3, 2012, and book your next cultural conference around it next year. The Radission Hotel would be a pleasing and central to "it all" location.

Barb's Peanut Butter Cookies

Yummy Holiday Cookies!

Peanut Butter Blossoms

Start with:
50 Milk Chocolate kisses
1/2 cup of shortening
3/4 cups of creamy peanut butter reese's
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons of milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 - 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Granulated sugar

Heat oven to 375 F, remove kisses wrappers. Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl. Add 1/3 cup granulated and brown sugar; beat until very fluffy.

Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well.  Stir together flour, baking sod and salt; gradually beat into mixture.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls, then roll in sugar. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. 

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.  Immediately press a kiss into the center of each cookie.  Remove from cookie sheet to a wired rack and cool.  This will make 4 dozen, minus the ones you eat because you can't resist!  Happy holidays, Barb

Hospitality professional

Barb T. Anderson

Loudon, NH  03307

 Cell 603-219-9369

 banderson325@hotmail.com

Experience     Inns and Spa at Mill Falls, Meredith, NH

                        Director of Sales, November 2010- November 2011

·        Directed a team of ten people within the sales/conference coordination, catering sales, and event services department on daily operations.

·        Created a consistent outside sales effort, designed cross-training opportunities, managed hotel and university internship program, and implemented common hotel standards.

·        Implemented a unified approach to increasing group rates whereby driving group revenue from 2009 to 2010, significantly. Successfully and for 2012, increased group sales revenue within the first six months of 2010. Increased performance well ahead of pace and compared to past history.

·        Managed multiple projects, created job descriptions, conducted evaluations, increased event services department inventory, hired/terminated and coordinated some events.

·        Created yearly capital expenditures budget, developed payroll budget and departments’ expense budgets. Worked efficiently within operating budget, communicated hotel trends, put forth recommendations on the development of the Common Man catering menus, and was a member of the Inns at Mill Falls’ executive team.

                        Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

Manager of Conference Services – June 2006 – November 2010

·        Maximize sales, retain business through positive customer service follow-up, up sell, control budget, determine price point for internal allocations, and create business and strategic plan for the development of Conference Services.

·        Provide sponsor recommendations, coordinated events, guide task oriented committees, collected final payments.  Train and provide intervention to five operational staff for the success of all types of events on campus to include sponsored and mission events.

·        Developed accounting process, strategic plan, and offer recommendation for a customer-focused environment to the services multi-level approach. Develop campus wide levels of customer service, expected food quality, and enhance all communications including information technology and parking as it applies to Event Management.  

            

                        Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association, Concord, NH

                        Projects Administrator, August 2004 – May 2008

·        Scheduled and coordinated regional clinics, collected and processed payments, planned VNA Health System of Northern N.E. conferences and events, and handled all administrative duties associated with event planning.

·        Assisted development office with projects, computed and analyzed statistical VNA data for five member agencies, and provided some part-time home care services.

Mount Washington Resort, Bretton Woods, NH  

Regional Sales Manager, February 2002 – December 2004

·        Managed Corporate, Financial, Social, and Weddings markets, created solid business relationships by visiting New England territory businesses, oversaw Director’s accounts and the department in the absence of a Director.

·        Managed support staff, conducted presentations, negotiated rates with high-end clients and maintain a budget goal of $750,000 in 2003 and $1.3 in 2004.

Four Points Hotel, Manchester, NH

Director of Sales, March 2000 – January 2002

·         Successfully maximized all business markets, created action plans, maximized goals, enhanced cliental, developed cross-training program and managed events during a primary year.

Radisson Hotel at the Center of New Hampshire, Manchester, NH

Corporate Sales Manager, October 1994 – March 2000

·        Quality Process Member, Most Valuable Player, and Promoted in 1999.  Managed Corporate, SMERF, and Travel Market.

·        Coordinated city wide meeting planner event, collections, managed and trained staff, coordinated events, volume overnight business, created corporate marketing plan, bartended, assisted Accounting, Font Desk, Restaurant, and Banquet Department.

Marriott Corporation – Burlington, MA & Fairmont Copley Marriott, Boston, MA

Hotel Systems Coordinator/ Sales & Catering Administrator, 1990 – October 1994

·        Managed administrative needs for sales & catering, conducted hiring and training, coordinated events, maintained hardware/software, and designed training manuals.

Education      

Certification, Travel & Conference Planning, Katherine Gibbs, Providence, RI

Bachelors of Arts, Communications/Management, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
Marketing, Newbury College, Boston, MA