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| Mitchell, Melissa, Billy, Lira, Enrique and Romeo |
Recently in July we visited Chicago to attend the LeapFrog
Project workshop and events and we were glad to meet the other members of this
project.
This was a very busy business trip for us, we met potential
new members for our organization OREM Accounting Tax and we attended meeting
for the LeapFrog Project, a project of the OREM Foundation.
The first night we were received by Lira Luis, the Executive
Director of the LeapFrog Project with a nice Thai dinner at Thao in downtown
Chicago.
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| Enrique, jimenez, Melissa, Robert and Lira |
The second night we attended the networking event at the
Apple store in Chicago. What a night, we were able to talk, exchange ideas with
the speakers of the night.
The following day we attended the RIBA Royal Institute of
British Architects, we met James Fisher the President of RIBA USA who
introduced us to Melissa Sterry a Design Scientist, Futurist and Author, during
her presentation of BIONIC City, an amazing concept that integrates the
function ability, nature and the surrounding environment, this concept goes
beyond that and you’ll have to see her presentation to be able to understand
the concept.
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| Melissa and Robert during the boat tour |
In between meetings and events we were able to meet and
interview potential representatives for OREM Accounting Tax in Chicago and we
met a few individuals with great professional backgrounds and network connections
in the city.
In the eve we attended the movie presentation courtesy of
REBA and we met Kanako Tomisawa Director of Wildlife Renovation Programs.
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| Amb. Maisto, Lira and James. |
On Thursday we had a nice evening boat dinner during a
private Chicago Architectural tour narrated and driven by Architect and well
known speaker Lira Luis, the boat ride at the Chicago River was amazing because
we enjoyed an evening to remember with British celebrity Melissa Sterry, a
member our OREM Marketing & Business Solutions
Media specialist and PR Robert Ziemlak, and the OREM Accounting Tax CEO and
OREM Foundation Executive Director Enrique Otarola (yes, that is me).
of the Obama administration of the State Department Ambassador John Maisto.,
The University of the Philippines Professor Romeo Santos, |
| Amb. Maisto, Melissa, Lira and Enrique |
In the eve we had another movie premiere This time at the
WIT Hotel, Tis time we met again with all this interesting individuals, this
place has such an interesting movie setting that we just reclined our sits
while enjoying a glass of good wine and oysters, I have to confess I was so
exhausted this eve of having so many meetings and running all over the Chicago
for the AIA, REBA, OREM Accounting Tax, OREM Foundation and the LeapFrog
Project that I could not help and fell sleep during the movie.
Friday morning was a great day to work for the LeapFrog
Project at Hafele Flooring Showroom in downtown Chicago. This time I was glad
to be introduced to the President and Publisher of i4design Media LLC, Chairman
Board of Trustees of the Harrington College of
Design and also a founding member of the Asia Pacific Federation of
Architects Mitchell Obstfeld.
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| Kanako and Enrique. |
We all worked together sharing ideas and experiences at this
very diverse group of people, we had professionals from the USA, UK, Asia and
South America, with names such as Lira Luis, Melissa Sterry, Romeo Santos, Mitchell
Obstfeld, James Fisher and Enrique Otarola.
The LeapFrog Project sales team was in full bloom at the
Hafele Showroom figuring out the strategy for the great party night, this time Consultant
in Marketing and Sales Trisha Diamond, Sales and Marketing Specialist Eugene
Rivera and Robert Ziemlak worked together in the sales and Fundraising strategy
for the big AIA Party event at Hafele Showroom.
In the night we arrived early for the setting of the AIA
closing Party and LeapFrog Project Fundraising. The red carpet was set inside
the showroom due to a persistent daily
rain in Chicago.
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| Melissa, James and Lira at the workshop |
I was glad to see everything went smoothly as planned, our
sales tem and fundraising were working really hard selling those raffle tickets
and donation were coming along too.
The LeapFrog Project speech was given by Chicago TV
Celebrity Billy Dec, you can see him wearing the LeapFrog Project cap in the
red carpet group picture,
Then after the closing speeches of the night it was time to
announce the winners of the iPads from the LeapFrog Project Fundraising,
Melissa announced the winners while I assisted giving the iPads to the winners.
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| Robert, Lira, Melissa and Trisha working |
We are glad we helped the LeapFrog Project in Chicago, this
was a fun and busy trip for us.
Now we are working
hard for our next venue the OREM Appreciation Party that will be held at the
Revolver Video Bar in West Hollywood, we want to thank our Tax Accountants and
Agents by giving away awards to our best sales people and for working hard this
past years, and also thank our clients too for trusting our company with their
accounting and filing tax needs.
We will be introducing OREM Real Estate and our new Real
Estate Agents o our friends and clients;
