Instead of a company wide end of year party, Corporate Executive Board celebrates with a week long event in Q1- which ends with a blow out party for all. This year I was lucky enough to be a part of our Spy Games celebration. The entire week was revolved around training to be the ultimate James Bond-like spy.
The week involved competitions on wii Mario Kart, scavenger hunts, video contests, etc. I planned the Rochester and Boston office's events and was in an amazing team of 4 who planned the biggest party at our headquarters here in DC.
We had a photobooth with spy props, a "Casino Royale," spy themed food like Dr. No's Veggie Dumplings and Mata Hari Tempting Noodles, two sushi ninjas, a secret room, James Bond and the ultimate signature cocktail- Bubble07...
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| 007 Gobos- part of an intense lighting display used through out the space |
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| Our James Bond impersonator and I |
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| Our staff with the Bubble07 |
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| Casino Royale |
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| Setting up for our signature cocktail! |
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| Frankie handing out our "confidential cards"- which involved a clue to get to the secret room! |
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| Covert Coconut and Chicken Skewers |
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| Double Agent Mousse |
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| Triple Agent: Green apple with Camembert and a chardonnay shot! |
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| Dr. No's Vegetable Dumplings |
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| Goldfingers with Top Secret Sauce |
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| James Bond Strawberries |
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| Macaroni Impossible |
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| Mata Hari's Tempting Noodles (in mini Chinese take out boxes) |
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| Russian spy blini and caviar |
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| Our sushi ninja! |
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| Thunderballs with Tzaziki sauce |
Our Secret Room was truly a highlight for me! We hid clues in fortune cookies, the confidential cards, reader boards and by word of mouth. We pipe and draped our classroom so that it was truly dark and you couldn't see what you were trying to find! Once inside the secret "Golden Lounge," you had to pass a fingerprint test by a foreign spy in a trench coat and fedora. You were rewarded with Goldeneye rum cake balls and another signature cocktail, the Goldfinger "martini". We had a gold lighted bar, gold tables and chairs, unique music, gold lighting and gold balloons for extra ambiance!
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| Walking through to the secret lounge... |
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| Our Golden Bar and Top Secret Bartender |
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| The Goldeneye Rum Balls |
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| The Gold room (still in the daylight) and the finger print machine |
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| Goldfinger Pineapple Champagne Martinis |
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| Our finger print lady |
Once back in the regular party space, we had a huge four sided bar and a small bar by the excellent DJ,
Chris Laich. Our servers all donned our custom sunglasses and tuxedos (very James Bond) as they passed the hors d'oeuvres and signature cocktails. Our photobooth was a huge hit and we even got in on the fun!
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| Mini lounge overlooking Washington, DC |
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| We had seven pieces of antique spy equipment- here is a missile launcher! |
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| Photobooth Props! |
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| Photobooth getting set up |
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| Custom Decals hung through the entire building |
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| Uplighting and CEB gobo |
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| The people who brought you the week-long Spy Games! |
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| The party planners and our photographer! |
Looking forward to more custom events like above and more posts to come!! :)
Xoxo,
Jza Jza
