Tamar has planned several events for the alumnae group in my city for which I'm a board member. I'm particularly impressed by her attention to detail and commitment to the "experience" of an event. For example, Tamar's communications with planners and guests ahead of the event are informative, cordial, and focused. She quickly assesses the needs and vision of the hosts but also asks questions that allow her to obtain information needed to go above and beyond. Tamar has helped us think through the ways in which guests would hear about the event, the ways in which they'd be welcomed upon arrival, and how they would be able to connect with us afterward. Her commitment to a positive, energetic, and thoughtful event has really helped us bring our events to a new level and to reach new audiences. read more

Tamar Westphal Events can provide you exactly what you're looking for. From large-picture planning to small-scale details, Tamar will make sure that your personal vision will be carried through. She has an artistic flair and disciplined work ethic that means everything will look fabulous and run like clockwork. read more

Tamar and I have collaborated on numerous projects, ranging from upscale events for influential alums of a prestigious college, to group activities for boisterous 20-somethings, to dialogues on social justice issues. Tamar is not only imaginative and fun, she is also consistently organized to a T, a combination that makes her naturally suited for event planning and a pleasure to work with. I would be happy to work with Tamar again and I look forward to seeing her next big project! read more

Organized, creative, contemporary, visionary, connected - Tamar Westphal Events delivers exactly what their clients need! I've attended two of Tamar's social media best practices presentations, her 2017 Kentucky Derby Event as well as consulted with her on a small event I organized for a local arts not-for-profit. All were fun and successful and I continue to introduce Tamar to individuals and organizations in my network strongly encouraging them to work with her. read more

I had the pleasure of working with Tamar as a cultural house fellow for the Dean of Students for Diversity and Inclusion at Mount Holyoke College. Together, we were responsible for the management of and event-programming in the College's five cultural houses (spaces for learning, support, and community). Tamar oversaw three of the Houses, and worked with their respective programming assistants to help organize events for the larger campus community. Being a resource/guide for six programming assistants, and carrying the responsibility for the many different events these houses offered can be an overwhelming task - but Tamar was always so adept at making time for her assistants and balancing the details for the movie nights, open-mics, cultural dinners, and lectures that they planned together as a team. I appreciate how she handled her responsibilities cheerfully and gracefully, listening carefully to her teams' ideas, and doing all in her power to help them bring their ideas to fruition. Her impeccable organization skills no doubt helped; she was aware of each and every deadline and sent her team timely, respectful reminders so those deadlines would be met. When Tamar, the Dean and I would meet to discuss the Houses as a collective and brainstorm for ways to raise awareness of them on campus, Tamar offered creative ideas for fundraising. She volunteered her time for tabling at the student center, and thought of unique venues where posters for the cultural houses would catch students' attention. At one point, we held an open forum for discussion, where students were invited to share their thoughts on the cultural houses and recent events that had been held in them; Mount Holyoke women passionately offered differing views, and in a couple of instances, critiquing some of our teams's recent work. The discussion was a sensitive one, but Tamar facilitated it with such composure and maturity, giving every attendee a chance to voice her thoughts, and offering innovative and respectful solutions that would allow different people's concerns and needs to be met. Tamar also has a great eye for interior design and arrangement. We worked together to arrange furniture in the houses and decorate the spaces in ways that would make them more welcoming, comfortable and homely. She had a handle over the smaller details - which posters should go where, how to arrange furniture so that more people would feel invited, etc. But Tamar also was able to envision and implement the larger details, like how to spread awareness of the houses so more students would be able to use the spaces. Finally, Tamar's sense of humor, approachability and kindness make her so much fun to work with! I definitely recommend her to anyone looking for a wonderful event-planner! read more