10 Oct

21: Strategies for Choosing a Virtual Conference Platform

21: Strategies for Choosing a Virtual Conference Platform

 
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On today’s episode I invited on the air my colleague, Mark Woodworth, an expert in enterprise grade virtual conference platforms to discuss the general strategy and factors when choosing a conference platform, as well as the different features and capabilities that should be compared and considered for the product offering you’re reviewing. If you’ve already tried to determine which conferencing platform is best for your group but realized the amount of time it takes to do a through research, you want to tune in today’s episode and save yourself some sweet time!

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10 Aug

19: A helpful fundraising tool for your upcoming Virtual Event – Auctria

19: A helpful fundraising tool for your upcoming Virtual Event – Auctria
Virtual Events

 
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Today my goal is to introduce to you a helpful tool with a great number of features to assist in raising much needed funds during this pandemic via virtual fundraising. In today’s podcast episode of “Event AV & Lighting: demystified” we will be talking about this tool. Stay tuned!

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10 Jul

15: A virtual conversation about Virtual Events with a Very Important Guy at Valiant Productions

15: A virtual conversation about Virtual Events with a Very Important Guy at Valiant Productions
Virtual Events

 
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In today’s podcast episode, I get to speak with a very important guy and partner at Valiant Productions located in Boise, Idaho, serving and thriving as a full-service audio-visual company in the Treasure Valley. To learn more about Brent Berg, his best in class, state of the art production solutions and the type of events they do over there, tune in and listen to our full episode.

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10 Mar

10: How to prepare for a successful trade show event

10: How to prepare for a successful trade show event

 
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In this episode I have the honor of interviewing live the president and owner of IBL Events, one of the largest producers of consumer trade shows in Idaho. We will cover topics such as personal strategies to handle multiple projects at the same time, tips to overcome event stress, the type of return an exhibitor should expect from a trade show, how to create a visually appealing booths, marketing tactics to ensure success before and after exhibiting at a trade show and of course, the growing concerns about the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus (aka corona virus) and the type of precautions a meeting professionals should take, if and when should they cancel their event and the type of plan that should be in place not just for the organizers but also for venues, keeping attendee’s health and safety on top of mind.

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10 Dec

07: Ten Event Project Management Tools [Review]

07: Ten Event Project Management Tools [Review]

 
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During today’s episode, our last episode of 2019 (!), we will uncover some of the best event project management tools, and dive into ten options for your events to keep the hundreds of moving parts organized and all the planning tasks on track, because we all know that events, even the smallest of them have a lot of moving parts and so many elements need detailed management, which is why it’s so important to have a management tool to track it all. With the right tool, you can see all of your to-dos and deadlines, and collaborate with your event planning team. If you’re not sure where to start, stay tuned to find out my list of event management tools that will help your next event go off without a hitch!

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10 Nov

06: Behind the scenes with an Idaho-based Non-Profit

06: Behind the scenes with an Idaho-based Non-Profit

 
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In today’s episode we get to speak with Jen Barth, the founder and director of a non-profit organization located in Boise, Idaho and serving the women of the Treasure Valley. We’ll speak about family as well as strategies to staying focused and on mission, about staying healthy and managing stress, about managing volunteers and teams that make events successful and what is the right marketing approach to reaching your targeting audience when promoting your events. Stay tuned for today’s nuggets of wisdom sprinkled throughout the duration of this episode!

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