Professional Accolades

Testimonials

Simply put, Hiedi is without equal in her competence, diligence, dedication and overall AWESOMENESS! Hiedi's excellent communication skills, positive outlook and pleasing personality enhanced everyone's experience working with her. She has a willingness to accept challenges and come to compromises that make everyone feel satisfied.

-Scarlet Jimenez, Operations Director, Jobs With Justice

Hiedi is, in a word, perfect. She is the consummate professional, even-tempered (which, when dealing with hundreds of Guild members, can be a challenge!), detail-oriented, and has excellent judgment. She knows when to check in before making final decisions, but also operate autonomously when the tasks and decisions are routine.  Until 2004, the Guild relied on the local chapter hosting the convention to select an event planner. When I worked with Hiedi at our Portland convention, I knew we had to keep her. She now plans our National Conference every year.  She takes total command of all on-site tasks, and I completely trust her, and defer to her judgment.  Please feel free to ask me any specific questions about her. She’s diplomatic, gracious, and really smart. Of all the people I’ve worked with….I hold her in highest esteem.

-Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild

Thank you for helping NILC to achieve another successful national legal conference.  Your involvement made every stage of the conference, from planning to implementation, easier.  Your ability to assist our staff in developing a realistic event timeline and to focus on the issues to be decided made the complicated planning process easier. I was also comforted to know that every detail, whether large or small, was being handled or brought to my attention as the conference occurred, resulting in excellent evaluations from participants who were unaware of any large-event challenges we may have faced behind-the-scenes.    

Scott L. Lowther, Director of Operations & HR, National Immigration Law Center

Hiedi was a wonderful resource that made my speaking engagement a pleasure.

-Judith Orloff MD, author of Positive Energy

Hiedi Simon is one of the most capable and intelligent facilitators I have ever worked with.  I had a number of large events and Hiedi coordinated them flawlessly making sure every parameter was impeccably planned and executed.  Her expertise on such technical matters is superb, but this is not the most valuable service she has to offer.  More importantly, she has a very subtle and winning manner. This became remarkably valuable as events unfolded and complex personal interactions took place.

-Todd Michael, author of Evolution Angel, Twelve Conditions of a Miracle

I was very impressed with how well organized you were and how you handled some rather stressful moments.  It was a pleasure to work with you and I hope we will get an opportunity to work with Successful Creations again in the future!  Rest assured I would pass out your name to anyone looking for a good event planner!

-Annie Barkley, Key Manufacturing

You did a truly outstanding job organizing and facilitating the weekend, and as always, I felt completely supported.  I'm truly grateful.

Daniel Nahmod, Musician

Publications

Hiedi has had the honor of being interviewed for several publications in the event industry. Here are just some of the publications to which she has contributed.

Northwest Meetings & Events Magazine
Winter 2007 edition
"The Fine Art of Caring for Volunteers"

Oregon Business Magazine
August 2005 edition
"Retreat!" 

Let's Put on a Show: A Guide to Fun & Fund Raising for Your Community Organization
Book by Colleen Schuerlein

Testimonials

"There is no detail too small or task too large for Hiedi Simon to include in her well-planned and well-orchestrated sell-out events! She has tremendous talent in this arena and it is complimented by her highly valued equanimity, in the face of sometimes enormous conference/meeting challenges. Hiedi can manifest the most wonderful and creative conferences that anyone will ever have the good fortune of attending and Hiedi, herself, is a charming and wonderful person."

- Jane H., Event Attendee

Successful Creations Event Planning
Hiedi Simon
503-704-5856
events@successfulcreations.com

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