Florida Parish News

Date and Time
Thursday Jan 19, 2023

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST

•    11:00 a.m. | Check in begins

11:00 a.m. - Noon | Pre-event reception - catch up with old friends and meet new ones

Noon |  Program begins

 

Location

Abundant Life - Outreach Center

(behind the domed building off Range Ave. next to Walmart)

206 Edgewood Drive Denham Springs LA 70726

Fees/Admission

Tickets - Individual:

•    Chamber Members Rate | $30/person

•    General admission | $45/person

Tickets - Table Options - Reserved seating for 8  

•    $375 - Open placement | $375

•    $575 - Preferred placement - Sponsor info below

•    $750 - VIP Placement - Sponsor info below

Sponsorships:

•    Presenting Sponsor - SOLD

•    $750 - VIP Table Seating - Logo listing - Sponsor - Table for 8

•    $575 - Reserved Table Seating - Name listing - Table for 8

•    $375 - Sponsor only - No seating

•    $100 - Table sponsor (Plus you provide decor and giveaways)

View Sponsor Details  Here (.pdf)

Website

Chamber Events Overview

Contact Information

Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce 225-665-8155

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Description

The 2023 Annual Meeting & Awards event is fresh, new and like you have never seen before. We've had exciting business keynote speakers through the years, and in 2023 we are announcing Woody Overton of local true crime podcast gone global. Local business owner who makes it big time when no one else was doing what "they" were doing. Pretty incredible story!

BIG Speaker - Woody Overton with a special performance of the theme song by Thomas Cain local rising star artist!

 

•    PLUS 2022 Best in the Biz - Winners Announced Including

o    Livingston Future 5

o    Women's Leadership Awards - sponsored by

    Our Lady of the Lake Livingston

o    Livingston Parish Business of the Year Winners for the grand finale!

Want to see some past award winners? They can be found here.

Plus: Every attendee is a winner thanks to the creativity and generosity of the event's table sponsors. If you're up for the fun and excitement of decorating one, let us know. Here is an example. Each table is decorated by a sponsor with a giveaway at every place setting. Centerpiece goes to the "big" winner at each table. Guidelines provided.

Woody Overton Bio

Woody Overton, the host of Real Life Real Crime, TELLS IT LIKE IT IS - good, bad, or ugly, and tells it from first-hand experience. His one-of-a-kind voice (that's been referred to as a 'purring jaguar with a Southern accent') has led Woody to podcast successes, but it's not just his voice that did it. His authentic, and often gritty storytelling that has captured the attention of listeners in over 130 countries actually stems from a life dedicated to protecting and serving;

so when he re-tells true-crime stories, you're getting it straight from the source, not from second-hand information.  

As a young man, Woody enlisted in the Louisiana Army National Guard, quickly climbing the ranks to Sergeant and Nuclear Biological Chemical Warfare Specialist. Studying criminal justice at the University of Tennessee and Southeastern Louisiana University, Woody went on to graduate from the Louisiana State University Law Enforcement Academy. Overton's extensive Law Enforcment career began at the Louisiana Department of Corrections and Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center, leading him to the Southeastern Louisiana University Police Department where he served as a uniform patrol officer.

Woody would go on to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office where he quickly made a name for himself as a deputy in the Uniform Patrol Division, the Special Response Team (SWAT), and ultimately the Detective Division. As a detective, Woody worked every type of crime imaginable, and became the first Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office Detective to graduate from the highly revered Texas Department of Public Safety Polygraph School.

Woody continued to climb the law enforcement ranks when he was recruited to the Louisiana State Police, serving as a Criminal Investigator II from the Louisiana State Police Headquarters in Baton Rouge. In 2013, Woody retired from his career in law enforcement, and went into a private practice as a polygraph examiner and defense consultant.  He maintains his polygraph license and is Board Certified by the Louisiana State Polygraph Board (License # 414).  To this day, Woody is serves as an EXPERT WITNESS in law enforcement matters in ALL U.S. FEDERAL COURTS, a hightly respected title shared by only a handful of people in the world. In other words, don't let his smooth, Southern dialect fool you...Woody knows what he's talking about, and has the credentials to prove it!

In addition to being a multi-award winning podcast host, Woody is also a book narrator, has published multiple books and in 2022 along with Co-host and Producer Jim Chapman launched Bloody Angola: A Prison Podcast which rose to the top 5 on the Apple Podcast charts with just the first episode. But words and credentials can't describe Woody.  You can only get the true Woody Overton experience by LISTENING to him on Real Life Real Crime the podcast!  

 

Past Year's Speakers:

•    2017 - Brandon Landry - CEO - Walk-On's

•    2018 - Matt McKay - CEO - All Star Automotive Group

•    2019 -

Original source can be found here.