
Give people a reason to feel connected.
Client appreciation, corporate gatherings, holiday events, business milestones, and relationship-building events.
The Liaison
Corporate & community event management
From the smallest finishing touches to the introductions that bring people together. Vendors, attendees, sponsors, speakers—TLC takes ownership of the planning, coordination, and follow-through so you can be present for your guests.
From your first idea to your final guest goodbye.

The moment you know you need TLC
An event becomes work long before the first guest arrives.
There are vendors to coordinate, decisions to get approved, registrations to manage, and reminders to send. You need a partner who can organize those moving parts while keeping your event’s purpose in view.

Client appreciation, corporate gatherings, holiday events, business milestones, and relationship-building events.

Conferences, networking events, community programs, and partner gatherings with coordinated vendor, sponsor, and attendee experiences.
From the first decision to event day
01 / BUILD THE PLAN
Clarify the event purpose, audience, scope, timeline, decisions, and budget responsibilities.
02 / COORDINATE THE PEOPLE
Manage agreed vendor, sponsor, and partner coordination, registration, attendee communications, and promotional support.
03 / MANAGE THE DELIVERY
Define event-day coverage, responsibilities, and post-event follow-up so the handoffs are clear.
Let’s scope the actual work
Custom project pricing.
Your proposal states deliverables, deadlines, client approvals, event-expense responsibilities, payment terms, and on-site coverage. We can also scope coordination across a series of smaller events.
Talk through my eventDifferent occasions. A clear purpose.
A corporate audience needs a different experience from a cultural gathering or a vendor market. The plan should reflect that.
Client appreciation, professional gatherings, business milestones, and holiday events.
Experiences that bring local people, businesses, culture, and community partners together.
Vendor coordination, participant communications, event flow, and a clear experience for guests.
Coordination shaped around your mission, supporters, partners, and event goals.
Featured TLC event / Corporate & professional
Unstoppable 2026 brought Realtors, builders, and real-estate professionals together at the College of Central Florida’s Klein Center. TLC managed event coordination with the host and event partners.
Carmen’s event background / Community & cultural
Before TLC, Carmen’s work through The Kelly Garcias & Co. included cultural gatherings, Latin markets, and vendor coordination. That background brings another perspective to building community events and business participation.


These archive photographs illustrate community-event and vendor settings. Carmen’s earlier event work was through The Kelly Garcias & Co.
Experience across event formats
Carmen’s earlier work includes seasonal markets, pop-ups, Latin Food & Artisan Markets, and the Hispanic Business Mini Expo through The Kelly Garcias & Co.
The work brings together participating businesses, event communications, and the guest experience.
As Development Events Manager at Habitat for Humanity of Marion County, Carmen worked on events including the Strawberry Festival, Bowl-a-Thon, Elvis Tribute Concert, and Women Build 2025.
That experience informs how TLC approaches event logistics, partners, and coordinated delivery.
Experience includes work in earlier businesses and employed roles, alongside current TLC projects.
Worked with TLC?
Have we worked together on an event, business representation, or a community project? Share what the experience was like and what you found useful.
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