ALCOTT
& PARTNERS, MARKING 10 YEARS IN BUSINESS, FORMS NEW STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
Non-Profit Consulting Firm Expands Corporate Division Teams with
Premiere Event Companies
NEW YORK, Aug.
14, 2006 -- Alcott & Partners, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in creating
customized development strategies for non-profit organizations and for-profit
corporations, is celebrating ten years in business with the announcement of strategic
partnerships with SKYPICTUREFX and Fleurs De Florissima, internationally-inspired
event production and design companies, respectively.
Alcott &
Partners provides services to local, national and international non-profits
of all sizes as well as large and small companies, including major gift and
event fundraising, board-building, strategic planning and communications, creative
marketing and event production and planning.
"Our full-service
approach provides the results our clients want, Òwith heart.Ó We combine strategic
programs with personal panache to design programs that guide clients from the
creative concept and preparatory stages of a campaign or event through to the
successful completion," said Jill K. Alcott, CEO of Alcott & Partners, Inc.
"Having
working affiliations with some of the top organizations in event design and
catering adds a new dimension to our event services, offering a seamless package
for clients," Alcott added. "We can now function as a one-stop source of consulting
and event production."
Alcott has
more than 20 years of development and event management experience, including
several years as manager of corporate development and manager of public affairs
and special events for the Wildlife Conservation Society which op the Central
Park Zoo,Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium and City Zoos as well as a far-reaching
international wildlife conservation program. Her firm has done work for the
League of Conservation Voters, where she increased revenues by 30 percent, the
World Wildlife Fund, where she spearheaded a New York-based major gifts campaign
that raised more than $1 million, American Tap Dance Foundation, where she has
managed successful galas, the Atlantic Salmon Federation, where she spearheaded
a program that has tripled annual revenues over a five-year period, and the
Peter C. Alderman Foundation, a three-year old international aid organization
that she helped develop.
Alcott,
a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, has also handled projects
for the Coalition for the Homeless, with Paramount Pictures, the 1998 Goodwill
Games for Turner Sports, 1996 Save Our Everglades Campaign, and the Winston
Preparatory School.
SKYPICTUREFX
is an international special effects production company whose lighting effect's
systems are mobile, making them suitable for use at both indoor and outdoor
events. SKYPICTUREFX designs and creates large format visual image environments
for architecture, sports, entertainment, special events, corporate theatre,
exhibitions, trade shows, themed events, award galas, fashion shows, event marketing,
commercials, worship environments, movies, product launches, night clubs, retail
stores, advertising and public relations.
Treasures
from the Silk Road to the Gold Coast, Fleurs De Florissima is an internationally
inspired event design company that specializes in creating opulent party d?cor
for special events ranging from wedding ceremonies and receptions to exclusive
black tie functions and everything in between.
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