Speaker Announcement: Martie Duncan

Martie is President and CPT (chief party thrower) of her online brand, Martie Knows Parties, born out of a love for entertaining. Martie regularly writes about food, cocktails, party ideas, and decorating on her blog. She’s a regular on the cooking show circuit, and is at work on her first book. As President of parent company M Content Media, LLC, Martie develops original content on lifestyle topics of interest to women for her clients to increase brand recognition and visibility. During 20 years as a business consultant to companies in the wedding space, Martie worked with the world’s best designers, caterers, florists, designers, party planners, and stylists, picking up tricks of the trade along the way. Known for throwing fabulous but affordable parties using the trade secrets she’s learned, Microsoft asked Martie to share party planning tips with their MSN.com readers and tapped her as their entertaining expert. Now, her Martie Knows Parties video series is featured on Time, Inc.’s popular recipe website, http://www.MyRecipes.com where she has the first franchise in company history named after a personality. Over the years, Martie has made multiple appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, worked on the film My Best Friend’s Wedding, and has been featured in many publications including Smart Money and the Chicago Tribune. My Website: http://www.martieknowsparties.com Visit My Blog Martie Knows Parties on http://www.myrecipes.com/