Heather Herlong Events, LLC

08/06/2025

Absolutely, By Far the BEST Peeps right here! Y'all make my ❤️ so happy!

We are raising our breadsticks to Heather Herlong Events, LLC for a delicious Olive Garden lunch at our Diplomat meeting today!

08/06/2025

When you're trying to stay focused on timelines and layouts- but your project manager- aka Mr. Hospitality has a different plan LOL

08/06/2025

You don’t have to carry it all alone.

Because neither did I.
(Though I thought I did.)

I was denied the degree.
Humiliated.
Alone.
And at rock bottom, I met the truth:

What broke my plan revealed my calling.

Today, I guide leaders like you through the very mountain I once thought would crush me.

Your event isn't a task—it's a turning point.
Your team isn't stuck—it's waiting for clarity.
Your mission isn’t too much—it just needs a better strategy.

💼 That’s why I built Heather Herlong Events.

I don’t just plan events.
I partner with people creating legacy, alignment, and real impact.

If you're carrying the weight of the vision, the team, the logistics...

👉 You’re not supposed to do it alone.

Let’s build the breakthrough blueprint for your next chapter—together.

📌 From Breakdown to Breakthrough Blueprint — It’s Not a Party, It’s a Business Asset.
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💬 book a free consultation.
You bring the mission—I’ll help you build the map.

08/05/2025

What the world called “too sensitive”...
God called a gift.

In my breakdown, He revealed something I never saw coming:

✨ Emotional Intelligence.
Not a diagnosis.
Not a limitation.
But a divine strength.

The ability to: → Feel what others feel, even when they can’t say it
→ Sense misalignment before it becomes dysfunction
→ Rise from the fire, and lead through it
→ Hear the truth beneath the words
→ Speak hard truths with grace

I didn’t finish nursing school.
But I found my purpose—and built a business from it.

Now, I help business owners, leaders, and organizers do what I once needed:
→ Gain clarity
→ Align their teams
→ Lead with strategy
→ And stop doing it alone.

Because events aren’t just about logistics.

They’re about legacy.

📌 From Breakdown to Breakthrough Blueprint — It’s Not a Party, It’s a Business Asset.
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💬 Have you ever discovered a gift in your lowest moment?

08/04/2025

What happens when your entire future is decided by someone who won’t even meet with you?

Because that’s exactly what happened to me.

Second-to-last semester of nursing school.
I’ve sacrificed everything—long hours, debt, daycare, dreams.

Then comes the diagnosis:
ADHD.
Extreme light sensitivity.
Learning disabilities that explains why I always had to fight harder than most.

The Texas Board of Nursing gives one woman—the Director—the power to decide if I continue.

I ask for a meeting. A conversation. A chance to be seen as a person, not a file.

She refuses.

No meeting.
No compassion.
No future.

So I drive to a park. Sit on a bench. And sob harder than I ever have.

And in the silence, God speaks.

Not in a shout. Not in fire.
But in a whisper:
“This isn’t the end. This is Me showing you what I placed inside you.”

And that’s when everything changed.

➡️ Want to know what He revealed…?
I’ll share that in the next post.

Because what tried to break me?
Became my blueprint.

🔁 Follow to continue the story.
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📌 From Breakdown to Breakthrough Blueprint — It’s Not a Party, It’s a Business Asset.

07/11/2025

What happens when events stop being just events… and start working for you?

→ Growth accelerates.

→ Goals align.

→ Teams unite.

→ Stakeholders lean in.

→ You Lead with Clarity, Strategy, Impact, Results.

This is exactly what happens when my clients shift from “just hosting an event” to activating a strategic event plan built around their unique mission, vision, and goals.

At Heather Herlong Events, we don’t just plan events — we help business owners, executives, and mission-driven leaders turn their events into business assets. Every service is backed by my 10 Must Haves for Events™ framework that ensures your event is purposeful and people-centered.

Here’s how we get results:

🔹 The Executive Blueprint (Consulting)
A 6–7 week experience with 3 discovery and 3 alignment sessions plus review session. You’ll walk away with a custom event roadmap and templates— even if you're unsure when your next event will be.

🔹 The Accelerated Alignment (VIP Intensive)
One powerful day or two half-days that get your leadership team on the same page. You’ll leave energized, equipped, and ready to execute with clarity.

🔹 Design | Plan | Coordinate (Full-Service Planning)
From design to ex*****on, we manage every detail with strategy and care. No more last-minute scrambles or wasted budget. You show up, we’ve already got it handled.

🔹 Resource & Tools Subscription
A curated toolkit with templates and event strategies to help you build sustainable growth between events. Perfect for DIY leaders and internal teams.

Because your next event shouldn't just impress — It should move your mission forward.

✨ Curious what this could look like for you? Let’s talk.

👇 Book a discovery session

www.heatherherlongevents.com 

07/09/2025

📢 URGENT: RESCUE & RECOVERY DONATION DRIVE 📢

🗓 JULY 8–11, 2025
🚨 We roll out FRIDAY to support Kerrville, TX & surrounding areas!

American Core Nonprofit is mobilizing to support families & first responders devastated by recent weather disasters.
We’re delivering emergency supplies, equipment, and hope—but we need YOUR help to do it.

🧭 DROP LOCATIONS:

📍 Fort Bend Forge – Rosenberg, TX (9am–8pm)
📍 Sugar Creek Baptist Church – Sugar Land, TX (Wed & Thurs, 10am–4pm)
📍 Cowboy Harley-Davidson® of Austin – Austin, TX (9am–6pm)
📍 Cowboy Harley-Davidson® Alamo City – San Antonio, TX (9am–6pm)

✅ URGENT SUPPLIES NEEDED:

Life Jackets, Water, Gatorade, Protein Drinks

First Aid Kits, Bug Spray, Sunblock, Trash Bags

Shovels, Chainsaws, Airboats, Mini Excavator

Tents, Chairs, Canopies, Gloves, Hats

Vests to ID Volunteers, Generators, Whistles + more

💥 FULL LIST in Web Link🔗 Below
📦 Monetary donations also accepted at:
👉 www.americancore.org
💸 Venmo:

🙋‍♀️ WANT TO VOLUNTEER?

More Info @ www.americancore.org 

Let’s show up for our fellow Texans—because in times of crisis, WE STAND CORE STRONG.

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06/25/2025

"Event Planning Isn’t Just a Service—It’s a Leadership Strategy."

I’ve seen it too many times.

Brilliant leaders buried under the weight of an upcoming event—off-brand, off-budget, off-track—and somehow still expected to make magic happen.

Not because they lack passion.
But because no one ever helped them create a real, strategic framework to follow.

I’ve been there myself—trying to deliver excellence with no roadmap, no support, and no margin to think clearly.

That experience became my mission:
✔ To lead with compassion
✔ To build with emotional intelligence
✔ To serve with integrity
✔ To provide real tools with purpose
✔ And to deliver with leadership by example

Today, I partner with high-performing executives, nonprofit leaders, and mission-driven organizers to create results-driven, strategy-aligned events that actually work.

Here’s how:

✅ Strategic Event Consulting
A deep-dive engagement that produces a complete mission-aligned blueprint, using my proprietary 10 Must-Haves for Event Profitability.

✅ VIP Event Success Intensive
A rapid-action experience designed to align teams, clarify strategy, and position your event for measurable results.

✅ Full-Service Strategic Event Management
Design, plan, and ex*****on—carried out with professionalism, structure, and integrity. Because your event isn’t a party—it’s a business solution.

My clients walk away with: → Purpose-driven planning tools
→ Compliance and risk checklists
→ Real budgeting (not just your spend)
→ Aligned messaging and branding
→ And most importantly—clarity, confidence, and a trusted advisor by their side.

If you’re a high-performing executive, leader, or organizer staring down another event and thinking,
“How am I supposed to achieve all these goals—with so much already on my plate?”
You’re not alone—and you don’t have to keep pushing through it.
Let’s break the cycle of stress and distraction, and replace it with a real plan, clear leadership, and trusted support.

📅 Book a discovery call: https://calendly.com/heather-herlong-events

06/18/2025

Your Event Planning Team Is Burned Out—And It’s Not Their Fault

If your internal team dreads the next event more than they look forward to it...
That’s a leadership issue, not a workload one.

Here’s what I mean:
Events don’t burn out teams.
Misalignment, unclear direction, and lack of decision-making authority do.

4 Common Pain Points I See Inside Burned-Out Teams:

1. Everyone is “helping”—but no one owns the outcome

2. Event planning is layered on top of their actual job

3. No clear decision-maker—just loops of feedback

4. Strategy is missing—so everyone scrambles for ex*****on

💡 If your team is stretched thin and losing morale, the fix isn’t more hands.
It’s better leadership alignment, strategy, and structure.

The right event advisor helps clarify roles, expectations, and the actual goal—so your team feels supported, not buried.

Who’s leading your internal alignment before your next major event?

06/17/2025

Don’t Judge Your Event- Evaluate It!

🔥 judgmental feedback won’t grow your event.
You need an evaluation framework—not just opinions.....
The right questions (and the right mindset) will help you lead events that actually move the needle.
🧠 Tip: High-EQ leaders reflect. Low-EQ leaders react.

🧩 Ready for real strategy? Let’s talk.