Already during her time as managing board, Melanie von Graeve organised supervisory board meetings, general business meetings such as press conferences for almost ten years. All tasks – including event preparation and postprocessing, organisation and accomplishment – cannot always be accomplished by the own internal staff. However, charging an external event agency, for covering the requirements concerning event staff, often approves itself a financial burden. Since 2002 DKTS offers you a customtailored service for your respective need of event staff. For this turnaround within the event branch, DKTS was distinguished by the Frankfurter Gründerpreis.

• 10 years of work experience as secretary of management and board of management assistant in international companies

• In-service studies of event-management economist (VWA)

• Foundress and holder of the company DKTS Der Konferenz und TagungsService in Frankfurt/Main

• Awarded with the Frankfurter Gründerpreis

• Consultant for topics concerning organising events and event managing among others for the FORUM Institut für Management Heidelberg and the EUROFORUM 

• Lecturer concerning the themes event, fair and exhibitions such as budgeting and cost controlling for the VWA (Hessische Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademie) in Frankfurt and the IST (Studieninstitut für Kommunikation) in Duesseldorf

• Awarded as lecturer of the year 2005 and 2006 of the VWA 

• Publication of numerous professional articles, among others in:
  working@office
  tempra 365
  Tagen Quarterly

• Author of the books “Events und Veranstaltungen professionell managen” and "Erfolgsfaktor Eventmarketing - wie Sie mit Events, Roadshows und Messen die Märkte erobern", published by BusinessVillage-Verlag

• Member of the Wirtschaftsjunioren at the IHK Frankfurt

• Foundress and leader of the “Expertennetzwerk zum Erfahrungsaustausch unter Veranstaltungsprofis” in Frankfurt