srjscott collage of pr & special events
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A Collage of Public Relations & Special Events from 1989 to 2004TRANSCRIPT
SYLVIA R.J. SCOTT
A COLLAGE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
& SPECIAL EVENTS
MANAGEMENT, DIRECTION & PRODUCTION
1989 -2004Cell: 949-204-6994Email: [email protected]
Women’s Leadership Exchange
National conference and communications program providing women
business owners with emerging, fast-growth businesses the essential skills, tools, and contacts needed to transform their companies and create more women leaders in the world.
Yearly conferences held in the five metropolitan areas known for growth populations of women entrepreneurs: New YorkLos Angeles/Long BeachChicagoAtlanta Dallas.
Conference Coordinator: July 2002-December 2002
Conference Director: December 2002-June 2004
New York Launch Conference
November 2002
Women’s Leadership Exchange-2
Each conference honored three women who had broken the paradigm of how women are perceived as leaders in today’s world. Women like:
Jane Fonda Kay KoplovitzMavis Leno Val AckermanColleen Barrett Donna De
VaronaDr. Kathy Magliato, M.D. Lesley VisserMarie Wilson, Renetta McCann
New York Sheraton Hotel and Towers
November 2003
Women’s Leadership Exchange-3
Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers
Chicago 2003
Keynote speakers and seminar leaders highly regarded as experts in their own field of business and within their civic communities. Women of inspiration taking their peers to the next level and creating more room at the table for women entrepreneurs and business owners.
Women’s Leadership Exchange-4
Westin Long Beach Hotel
California 2003
Women’s Leadership Exchange-5
Cobb Galleria Centre
Atlanta 2003
Back to 1965 in Fashion, Art, Food, & MusicOver 400 guests attended raising over $200,000 for the
Westchester Arts Council’s General Fund
Silent AuctionDinner and Dancing
with The Marvelettes
Westchester Arts Council
New YorkFundraising Event Producer
February 1995 to November 1995
Westchester Arts Council-2
Golf & Tennis TournamentLobster Bake
Doral Arrowwood Golf CourseRye Brook, New York
Northern Westchester Center for the Arts
Relocation Grand OpeningNew York
Event Producer: January 1994 to December 1994
Event Management
New York City, 1992-1994
Women for Women Coalition30 professional women’s organizations create a
political summit to highlight women Senatorial and Congressional Candidates in five boroughs of New
York City. Proceeds to benefit breast cancer research.
(Later to become New York Women’s Agenda)
Event Coordinator & Liaison to member organizations
Co-Chair 1993 & 1994United Nations Environmental Programme
(UNEP)Fashion Group International
Fashion and Environment AwardsUnited Nations, New York City
Event Management-2
Production Assistant November 1990 to January 1991
Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) with Vogue Magazine
CFDA Foundation Inc. 1st Annual “7” on Sale: 3-day benefit
Raised over $5 million for New York City AIDS Fund
Co-Chairs: Donna Karan, Carolyne Roehm, Anna Wintour
Opening Gala Dinner Chairs: Bill Blass, Oscar de La RentaDinner for 700 at $1000 per person
Dessert with cocktails, dancing, pre-Designer sale bargains: $150 per person
Over 1000 Fashion Who’s Who attended the opening night activities
LA My Way Eastern Columbia
Building1989 California Fashion Week, Los Angeles
The most cutting-edge fashion runway show produced in Southern California highlighting young American designers from New York
and Los Angeles.
Event Producer: Yvette Crosby Public Relations/Event Management West Coast
Sylvia R.J. Scott, The Fashion Liasions
By invitation only with over 700 guests attended: members of the national press, fashion photographers, buyers and fashion merchandisers from all
major retailers and high-end designer retail stores. Hollywood celebrities included Jodie Foster and Julie Newmar
Designers:Patricia Clyne
Carmelo PomodoroRick Beach and Patti
CappalliPeter Cohen
Andrea Vincent
Ophelia’s House Environmentally Yours
A benefit for Green Chimneys’ Children Services
North Salem, New York 1996-1997
Twenty-eight North Salem girls between the ages of 12 and 17 years old met nearly every Saturday for an entire school year to learn, create and practice, how to produce a luncheon/fashion show benefit event.
Event Creator and Producer
Ophelia’s House Environmentally Yours-2)
Fashions provided byAmerican Eagle
OutfittersBanana Republic
Eddie BauerClaire’s
Nine West Shoes
Crowne Plaza Hotel, White Plains, NYA Fashionable and Delectably Delicious Sunday
Brunch with an Environmentally Friendly Runway Fashion Show
Event Management
From Fashion to the Arts
Creative Connections1997 International Children’s
ExhibitRidgefield Connecticut
Event Producer & Public Relations
The Next Generation of Fashion Designers
AvantPremiere 1992, New York CityTrade Show Producer
Event & Public Relations Management
From the Legal to the LiteraryNew York
Event Management
Public Relations
The Fashion LiaisonsA Who’s Who In Fashion
JournalismCreator and Publisher
1988-1995
The Fashion LiaisonsNational & international resources for the womenswear & fashion accessory markets.
Magazine, newspaper, and news service and independent fashion journalists,
photographers and fashion stylists.
The opening section provided tips and guidance on writing press releases along with media etiquette
to maintain long-term relationships.
Sold on a subscription and single edition basis with clients throughout the United States, Canada and
the U.K.