My name is Emma Deaner.
I'm the associate events manager at Glensheen Mansion.
Well, Glensheen Mansion is a beautiful, historic estate
that is located on the shores
of Lake Superior here in Duluth.
And it was built by the Congdon family
and they have a long, withstanding history
within the Duluth community.
They spearheaded the launch of the North Shore drive,
and a lot of other wonderful,
philanthropic things for our community.
We feature a wide variety of events
within four different categories.
You could host your wedding there
but you could also host a corporate retreat there.
The University of Minnesota hosts
over 45 events there a year.
So there's different departments within the University
that also utilize it.
It's a wonderful asset that the University has.
And then we also host our own events.
Glensheen will host a weekly event
and every month it's a different theme.
This month were featuring a 'Chef in the Garden' series,
where we bring in a UMD sous chef
and he cooks up a meal from locally sourced ingredients
and some that are from our own gardens.
I am in constant communication with people,
whether it's my coworkers or clients on the phone
or blasting off inspirational emails throughout the day,
processing a lot of paper work,
because it takes a lot to actualize an event,
not only with the ideation of it
and the creativity that lives behind an event,
but also all of the details leading up to that.
So there's a lot of paper work
and things that you need to get in place
before you can actually bring everything to fruition.
When an event comes in,
you might be at the office maybe half of the day
and then once the event takes over,
then you're making sure this is set up,
you're talking with the caterer,
you're bringing in the musicians,
you're also getting the crew together.
You can be in many places all at once.
So it's really exciting.