Week Two (Elizabeth)

My second week with Mrs. Hermann was pretty broken up because of AP tests and track meets, but we still managed to meet with some interesting people and go to fun places. Mrs. Hermann is in the process of planning an event for HB, and last week we went with her to meet with a teacher who is working on the event. We met at Starbucks in Chagrin Falls. The event is split into two days: on the first night, a couple hundred people will go to a house for a formal dinner, and on the second night, buses will take everyone downtown to the Rock Hall. Chelsea and I worked with Mrs. Hermann on a spreadsheet for budgeting. We had to consider expenses for food, alcohol, entertainment, service, etc. It was interesting to see how quickly everything added up; it is going to be quite a costly event.

The main trip we took last week was to Lakeland Community College to see the enormous tent set up for the commencement ceremony. Mrs. Hermann’s business partner, David, was in charge of the tenting; he handles the lighting and staging part of the business. The tent was enormous and had television screens hanging from the ceiling. It held over 4,000 people.

On Friday, Mrs. Hermann and I drove to OfficeMax to look for some new, creative promotional materials. She wants to make something cool for when she proposes her idea for MetroHealth’s 175th Anniversary celebration. She really stresses the importance of being creative and unique in her presentations to clients.