Event Service Professional of the Year Award Nominations

Meeting Planners - Submit your CSM Nomination Today!

The Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA) is accepting nominations for this year’s Event Service Professional of the Year Awards. If you worked with a deserving event service pro—someone who partnered with you, embraced your event and went above and beyond to make it seamless—please tell us about it.

To be eligible to nominate an Event Service Professional for this award, you must:
~ Be a meeting planner who has worked with the Nominee on an event in the past year.


Submission deadline: Tuesday, December 12, 2023.
1.What is your contact information(Required.)
2.How many years of meeting planning experience do you have?(Required.)
3.How would you describe yourself as a meeting planner? (Check all that apply)(Required.)
4.Select the type of organization your Event Service Professional nominee works for. (Select one only)(Required.)
5.Nominee's contact information.(Required.)
6.Tell us about the Event that you worked together on:(Required.)
7.Rate your nominee in the following areas(Required.)
Satisfactory
Good
Very Good
Outstanding
Anticipates and envisions planners' needs
Solves challenges efficiently and creatively
Connects planners to needed and helpful resources
Takes charge to exceed planner's requests and needs
Generates enthusiasm about event with staff and suppliers
Maintains a personable, yet professional relationship
Initiates effective communication to plan, coordinate, and
enhance the event
8.What three words best describe your Event Service Professional nominee?(Required.)
9.Being as detailed as possible, describe your relationship with this Event Service Professional over the past year.  

Include details on the way he/she supported you during the planning and/or execution of your event(s).  What did he/she do to help you succeed?  What challenges or obstacles did they help you to overcome?

Consider providing examples of how this Event Service Professional exceeded your expectations in any of the areas listed in the question above. We suggest at minimum a short paragraph to really showcase why they are deserving of this honor.
(Required.)
10.In your own words and being as detailed as possible, describe why you feel this Event Service Professional should be considered for the Planner Partnership Award.(Required.)