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Testimonials

Frank Benzing, Boise, ID

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Our company recently engaged MonkeyBar Management for a branding and merchandise assortment project. MonkeyBar Management’s team, led by Kellee, was able to quickly assess our challenges and presented us with an achievable solution in an enjoyable, embraceable, “can-do” manner. Kellee’s vast network of top-notch resources afforded us the best results, and our team appreciated her ability to ask us tough questions, while respecting our operational traditions. Kellee’s advance research and project facilitation prowess is backed up by first class timely and useful insights, written project outcomes, and next steps.

I suspect that we will be tapping into the MonkeyBar on our next project—even if we have to create one! Kellee and her team are that good—and they want to, and do, add value.

Frank Benzing
President & CEO

Kari Bedell, Washington, DC

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“Kellee works so seamlessly within our small team that conference attendees assume she’s here all year long on staff! She learns quickly the strengths, needs and culture of an organization and conducts herself with the utmost tact and diplomacy. These are critical skills when working with associations and I can trust her to represent us with contractors, volunteers and our membership without hesitation.

As a small organization, each year I am amazed at (and very appreciative of) Kellee’s attention to cost controls related to our event. Last year alone, she saved us nearly her entire fee through her careful review of billing, on top of the great rates she negotiates in advance of events. I never have a doubt that she has our organization’s success in mind at all times, and it shows in the bottom line. In a suffering economy, our event has consistently grown more and more profitable in the last three years.

After twenty years of a slowly growing event, Kellee came on board and things really took off. She brought creative ideas about programming, sponsorship and marketing that helped to turn a somewhat stagnant educational conference into an exciting must-attend annual event for our members. Her energy is contagious and has really motivated our planning committee to think differently about what is possible.”

Kari Bedell, Executive Director
Greater Washington Society of CPAs

Kristen Charette, Minneapolis, MN

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“Throughout my career I have had the opportunity to work with a number of event planners.  Kellee and the team at Monkey Bar Management have inspired some of the most rewarding connections I have witnessed. Whether it be a brand or an organizational mission, they understand that an event is designed to ultimately create a bond through richer social interaction.  Your goal becomes their priority.  Kellee brings with her exceptional vendors to produce unforgettable events. She’s the spark that ensures that a connection is achieved.”

Kristen Charette,
Previous Director of Sales for National Accounts Vail and Beaver Creek Resorts and DSM, Crown Sterling Suites Community Volunteer for Perspectives: A Perspective of Hope, DISH:Cuisine for Change, and Jeremiah Program’s Bull Frog Bash

John Kennedy, Sykesville, MD

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“Committed to the client… Committed to the cause… Committed to the complete success of the event! These are just three of the countless ways Kellee delivers to her growing base of trusted partners in the meetings industry. As a professional speaker, it is refreshing to find someone that holds the same level of complete commitment…our partnership over many years has been wonderful for that exact reason.”
John Kennedy, owner
John Kennedy Counseling

Attendee, 2013 EAGL Program

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“I especially want to thank Kellee for how well everything was set up and organized. I have attended many meetings/gatherings but never one as well organized and with such attention to even the smallest detail. There were many moving parts and all was very smooth.”