Follow your passion, and success will follow you. ~Terri Guillemets

As professional experience goes, I’ve worn many hats over the years — conference producer and director; project leader; book editor; technical writer and editor; documentation specialist; web designer and database programmer — and then there’s my extensive, unique background in law, contract negotiation, and documentation and presentation software. And what I do brings all that lovely experience and skill into play.

I might be negotiating a venue contract or touring tropical locations in search of my next event site on Monday. On Tuesday morning I could be developing a content strategy plan and search engine optimized copy for a client’s event website. By Wednesday I may don my programmer hat and get knee deep in MySQL or PHP; the next day I’m designing client websites or interactive forms. By Friday afternoon I might be creating training or event materials, writing business proposals, or directing the first day of a 400-attendee event. However—

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Quickly telling someone when asked what exactly it is that I do has always been difficult since very few people know what being a “Hotshot Planner” entails. But what it all boils down to is passion and purpose—my lifelong passion for the written word, my knack for organizing top-notch events, and my desire to use the extraordinarily unique skills and diverse talents with which I’ve been blessed to inspire, enlighten, and empower others to successfully live their dreams.

Of my many hats
the fedora of a muse
propels me highest.

Find your passion. Live with purpose.

- Tia

“Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you. If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived?” T. Alan Armstrong