Ignite, Inspire, Interact

Catersource & Event Solutions announces three talented speakers to headline its annual Conference & Tradeshow in Las Vegas, March 13–16, 2016. These speakers have been chosen specifically to ignite your passion for your company, inspire your thoughts and ideas, and cause you to interact in new and better ways with potential clients—and your peers.

Moving up the ladder of success

Doug Lipp, former head of training, Disney University

Candid. Passionate. Relevant. Doug Lipp is on a crusade to help organizations strengthen their corporate culture, boost business performance, and unapologetically, have fun while doing it.

Doug is a distinguished international consultant, eight-time author, and former head of training at the legendary Disney University. His latest book is the best-selling Disney U: How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees.

At age 29, Doug’s celebrated talent catapulted him to the helm of the legendary Disney University training team at Walt Disney corporate headquarters. Fluent in Japanese, Doug also helped Disney open its first international theme park as a member of the Tokyo Disneyland start-up team.

Drawing on his 30 plus years of combined experience at Disney and in private practice, Doug inspires and challenges hundreds of organizations worldwide. In presentations, he shares how Disney overcame spectacular strategic challenges to unleash one of the most improbable success stories in corporate history.

Through riveting examples and powerful, relevant stories about innovation, service, value and leadership, Doug pulls back the curtain and reveals the behaviors, tools and attitudes that are representative of cultural excellence at Disney and other great institutions. He also discusses common organizational traps that undermine companies and impede their ability to build a thriving and sustainable culture.

Read more about Doug Lipp here

Stepping to new heights in design

David Beahm, founder and president, David Beahm Design

See David's seminars here

Event planner extraordinaire David Beahm is the founder and president of David Beahm Design, drawing from experience with New York’s top florists and special event designers, as well as formal training in theater, television, and grand opera, to become one of New York City’s top event designers. Town & Country magazine has called him “one of New York’s extremely design savvy” talents.

Beahm has a broad-based background in the arts; he views event design as a combination of theater and art. Emphasizing style, quality, and originality, his creations combine cutting-edge ideas with timeless tradition. He is an expert at incorporating a client’s personal style into their event to create a memorable and unique occasion.

Catering to an elegant and diverse client base, David Beahm Design has staged some of the most talked about corporate and social events in New York and internationally, including the wedding of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas. New York Magazine has named David one of the top wedding designers in the city and Beahm was recently named to The Knot magazine’s ‘Best of…’. 

Beahm was also Bridal Design Expert at Marshall Field’s and has contracted work with high-end jeweler Van Cleef and Arpels and chic department store Neiman Marcus.

Exploring creativity & trending foods

Simon Majumdar, author, food writer, broadcaster

Read about Simon's seminar here

Best known for his work on The Food Network, Simon has judged many episodes of the hit show, Cutthroat Kitchen, where he has confirmed his status as the network’s “toughest critic.” He has also become a regular on many other Food Network shows including Beat Bobby Flay, The Next Iron Chef, Iron Chef America and The Best Thing I Ever Ate. Simon was also a recurring expert commentator on the National Geographic show, EAT: The Story of Food, appearing on all six episodes.

Simon is also the author of three bestselling food & travel memoirs, Eat My Globe (2009), Eating for Britain (2010) and Fed White & Blue: Finding America with My Fork (2015).  Simon’s latest book catalogs his journey toward American citizenship as he explores the United States through its people and its regional cuisines and displays his humorous, but affectionate viewpoint on his adopted homeland.

Simon’s ongoing mission to “Go Everywhere, Eat Everything" means that he has traveled to over 70 countries and all 50 states. This has given him a unique and encyclopedic knowledge of food and its history from both around the world and in every corner of the United States. He has a passion to share this knowledge with people both through his talks and through the many cooking demonstrations he is asked to undertake live and on television.

Simon will also be helping judge our live-on-the-show-floor competitions, so we are excited to have him not only on stage but on our Tradeshow floor as well.

Stay tuned for more information at catersource.com and in Catersource magazine as we add to our roster of speakers and reveal more events and seminars.

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