SECOND-TUESDAYS 4 #EVENTPROFS is an original webcast where guest presenters and attendees exchange experiences, solutions, and new ideas. This is where we learn from one another and grow. Whether you are new to the event industry or you seek inspiration in your current role, you will learn insights that you can apply to your work immediately.
WITH
Liz Lathan, CMP,
The Community Factory
Paul Salinger,
Society for Sustainable Events
Tracy Stuckrath,
thrive! meetings & events.
HOST
Tey Young, CMP
BlaueXperiential Event Services
The Perfect Menu: Successfully Meeting the Food Demands of Trends, Safety, Sustainability, and Experience.
As a planner, creating “the perfect menu” is a daunting task, when attendees expect food choices to meet a growing list of criteria that requires us to reach beyond the standards we've practiced in the past - but have no fear! We bring you industry recognized experts who will update you on key areas – food safety, sustainability, food trends, dining experience - that you should know. Our panel discusses how to manage an event's food requirements by first understanding an event's goals, and by approaching the task practically and pragmatically.
GUESTS
Wendy Porter,
2024 Smart Women in Events: Visionary Award
Shawn (Yih-Hsiang) Cheng,
PCMA’s 2024 Digital Experience Strategist of the Year
HOST
Tey Young, CMP
BlaueXperiential Event Services
Transforming Obstacles into Opportunities: Award Winning Eventprofs on Nurturing a Thriving Career
In the last 15 years alone, our profession has encountered constant challenges: organizations layoff personnel regularly; the great recession and Covid annihilated 3+ years of events; new talent accept jobs that pay barely enough to secure housing; seasoned professionals are overlooked in favor of less expensive, inexperienced workers. How does one navigate a career in such an environment? Our esteemed panelists reveal their personal stories and learn what they did to thrive – with learning opportunities, scholarships, grants and networking.
GUESTS
Tim Henkel, CEO
United Way of Spokane
Tony Staser,
Special Olympics
Meals on Wheels People
Ronald McDonald House,
and others.
HOST
Tey Young, CMP
BlaueXperiential Event Services
Strategies of Successful Charity Events:
Tips and Techniques on Relationships and Engagement
See a fresh perspective by view event planning through the lens of charities / not-for-profit organizations! Two senior level experts share insights into the variables and perspectives that affect charities / not-for-profit organizations. They discuss steps they’ve taken assure success; criteria to segment donors. They introduce us to a charities’ mindset and attitude about the traditional annual fundraising gala, how it’s changed, and how it fits into a modern marketing program. With case examples from United Way and Ronald McDonald House.
GUESTS
Leland S. Davis,
President and Founder
DThree Productions
Oliver Wright,
Account Director
DThree Productions.
HOST
Tey Young, CMP
BlaueXperiential Event Services
Audio/Visual Suppliers Meet Eventprofs:
Insights Into Creating Immersive Experiences.
Take the opportunity to ask probing questions, to clarify ideas you have concerning immersive experiences and the role of audio visual. Seasoned experts Leland S. Davis, III and Oliver Wright of DThree Productions, share their perspectives on the following: state of the art in audio/visual / things that planners should provide suppliers in order to get the best feedback/proposals / common planner pitfalls where planners should focus on to get maximum results / future challenges that planners will contend with / and finally, sustainability
HOST
Tey Young, CMP
BlaueXperiential Event Services
EVENTS CUT DIAMONDS - USING DATA & CRITERIA TO EVALUATE, COMPARE, AND FORECAST GREAT EXPERIENCEs
Tey Young, a seasoned events producer, presents a proven methodology to forecast the potential success of any given event within a portfolio. By the end of the class you should be able to identify and score criteria, determine which are foundational- vs. essential- vs. mission critical. The methodology is based on a weighted point system, that allows you to compare events, prioritize which ones have potential to succeed. You'll learn a practical, uncomplicated means to fully vet an event on criteria that you choose. This class guides you to exercise due diligence and to ask relevant questions to acquire the information you need to justify your spends.
GUEST
Kevin Carty,
Classic Exhibits
HOST
Tey Young, CMP,
BlaueXperiential Event Services
The Exhibit House Meets Eventprofs:
Insights Into Creating Immersive Experiences.
This 3-part series brings us supplier insights on creating immersive experiences. Each of the three episodes focuses on one of the following specialties: exhibit properties, event decorations, audio/visual equipment — the foundation of an experiential environment. In Part 1 we’ll visit Classic Exhibits in Portland, Oregon, an exhibit house that produces the full range of properties used to create immersive experiences. We’ll view the workshop, see sustainable events solutions, and learn the trends, technologies, pitfalls, and remedies that planners need to assure amazing results.
GUEST
Joan Eisenstodt
Eisenstodt Associates
HOST
Editor
Charles Pappas,
Exhibitor Magazine
2024 Hacks: Rethinking the Way We Source Venues
Venue sourcing is much more than just finding a location to meet. We need to think holistically. We need to ask more questions. As event marketers and event planners, it’s our responsibility to ask questions and dig deeper when vetting venues. Esteemed influencers, Charles Pappas and with Joan Eisenstodt, candidly discuss issues that have impacted the industry and which few are willing to discuss openly.
GUEST
John Chen, CEO
Engaging Virtual Meetings
2024 Resolutions - with PCMA's Digital Event Strategist of the Year, John Chen
As 2023 comes to a close, companies are planning their 2024 business plans: determining objectives & goals, finalizing marketing plans and budgets. The question remains: how does one plan anything against a backdrop of volatile world events and constant change? Whether artificial intelligence or the economy or a pandemic, our guest ex[ert, John Chen, offers insight to help us make sense of it all.
GUESTS
Glenda Brungardt, CTSM,
HP Inc.
Gayle Murphy, CEO,
Global Green Events
Sustainability and Social Impact Committee Member,
Events Industry Council
HOST
Tey Young, CMP,
BlaueXperiential Event Services
Kickstarting Event Sustainability:
Trailblazers from HP Inc. & Global Green Events Share Insights
Two highly respected thought leaders from the events industry share insight into what organizations need to consider in launching event sustainability programs. Learn about HP Inc's groundbreaking undertaking to transform its massive program encompassing sustainability and recyclying within its ink cartridge products. Understand both strategic and hands-on perspectives into future challenges and solutions you need to know.
GUESTS
Tahira Endean,
Program Director
PCMA
Alexander Great,
Entertainer & Illusionist
Bruce B. Heller,
Animation Artist &
LEGO Masterbuilder
Masters of Experiential Engagement:
How Illusion and LEGO Bricks Affect Change
Multi-talented speaker and author, Intentional Event Design: Our Professional Opportunity,Tahira Endean, moderates and chats with mesmerizing illusionist, Alexander Great, seen at Las Vegas’ flagship events and with Bruce B. Heller, the amazing animation artist (SpongeBob Squarepants and Disney’s Hercules) and LEGO Artist. They share their process to create experiences that affect the way we think.
GUESTS
Kyle Lang,
Kimberly Kee,
Al Mercuro
HOST & INDUSTRY EXPERT
Candy Adams,
The Booth Mom
MC
Tey Young, CMP
BlaueXperiential Event Services
Nail-Biting Incidents That Event Managers Survived And Lived To Tell
Seasoned professionals reveal crises they faced in situations that quickly became life-threatening or mission critical situations: aboard the QE2 on September 11, 2021, during Boeing’s South American Road Show, and at Harefest, a Summer Rock Music Festival. We learn about their unsung dedication, their resourcefulness, and their perseverance to act behind the scenes to lead their events to success. Our moderator, Candy Adams – AKA “The Booth Mom” – brings her extensive knowledge to the table, asking all the right questions.
