From Josh Benton (joshua_benton@hotmail.com) & Frank Layo (frank@teammacondo.com)
The time has come to commit! We are officially one month away from the Annual KSA Alumni Dinner in Atlanta and are excited to see everyone and see what the world has brought to you post Covid. We have strategically planned this year’s event around NRF, RILA, Spring Break, etc. so there are no excuses to not attend this fantastic reunion! Apologies for a bit of a lengthy email, but there is a decent amount to cover regarding the event and we need some information / help from you. So, here we go:
Event Details
Location – Dunwoody Country Club, Atlanta GA
Date – March 11, 2023
Time – 6:00 Bar Opens; 7:00 Dinner
Cost - $75 per person for dinner … there will be a cash bar (see additional information below)
RSVP – We need to know a Yes, No, Maybe by February 17th (2 weeks from now) and how many will be attending. If you can’t attend, please still respond so we have confirmation the email was received.
Attendees
We are working now to get as many confirmed attendees as possible. Click here to download an excel file listing everyone we have sent an invitation. We know that there are many other Alumni that are not on this list that would be interested in attending, so please forward your KSA Alumni Colleagues a link to this posting. I ask that you copy Frank and me (both in CC line) so we can know who has been contacted and add names to the KSA Alumni database.
Agenda
As part of the evening, we are going to have the opportunity for the Alumni Group to participate (and hopefully we have people volunteer in advance rather than coercing the night of the event). The goal is an opportunity for us to recollect “the good ole days” as well as inform the group of what is going on in people’s lives today. So, here are the asks in advance of the event:
- BAR Sponsors – if you have a business (or just a good heart), volunteer to sponsor a portion of the bar prior to the dinner. We have sponsorships starting at $500 (recall KSA’ers enjoy a beverage), but if that is a little steep for those of you with Start-Up organizations we can talk a lower rate. As part of the sponsorship, you will have the opportunity to introduce the Alumni Group to your business (briefly) for awareness and education
- “I Remember When” – this is an opportunity for the Alumni to recall KSA through the years. We would like a participate from each decade to talk about the life of a consultant during your first project. Think of this as the “we walked uphill both ways, barefoot, in the snow type stories. If you are willing to participate, please let us know so we can get 4 or 5 decades covered.
- “Picture Pages” – if there are any pictures that you have from your KSA days, please also share them. We will create a simple slide show to run during the evening of these photos to remind us of the days gone by. They can be project photos, reunion photos, Christmas Party photos, whatever you’ve got!
Our goal this year is to have over 60 Attendees to the event, so we really need everyone to join in and reach out to those that we don’t have email addresses. If you are connected with people on LinkedIn or other Social Media channels, send them a quick note and get their contact information. I attended the event last year and it was a true pleasure to reconnect with colleagues as well as meet some people that joined KSA after I departed. This is truly a unique network of people and you will not regret spending a few hours with this crowd in Mid-March.
If you have any thoughts, suggestions, etc. please don’t hesitate to reach out to Frank and myself. As we embarque on this journey, we are following an amazing lead from Bill Cobb, Butch Price and Libby Morgan … which everyone knows is an impossible act to follow. Help us continue to keep the KSA Alumni group active and relevant.