106: The future is all about photorealism and data visualization ft Amy Gile

Today I have the honor of talking with Amy Gile, CEO of Silverdraft Entrepreneurship and high-performance graphics technology.

Amy began her career in the media and entertainment industry in multiple aspects of the industry, including actor and producer.  Amy identified a need for a faster solution and workflow for the entire production and the artist. The demands of rendering, animation, and visual effects required a sophisticated approach to computing.

Amy knew there was a better, faster way to bring complex content to the masses.  She co-founded Silverdraft and has dedicated herself to enabling and accelerating the visualization workflow with complete solutions for various industries, including Automotive, AEC, and Media and Entertainment.  Amy is a TEDx speaker and is passionate about technology and pushing what’s possible.

PS: I ended up ordering myself one of the plate machines Amy was mentioning that’s primordial to her physical fitness. She was right, it’s pretty rad. 

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Connect with Amy on these channels:

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Platon Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let’s chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events

  • a woman-owned boutique event planning and technical production agency that provides the strategy, technology, and AV production to plan, host, and produce successful virtual, in-person, or hybrid events. 
  • Let’s create something extraordinary together!

105: The Tinder for #eventprofs is not what you might think it is ft Merijn Van Buuren

With me on the air today I have Merijn van Buuren, Founder of Event Mender,  on a mission to make the world a better place together 🌐 by developing a tool that takes out all the guesswork for event organizers. This tool is a fully customizable one-stop shop for organizing wildly successful and profitable events, from speaker acquisition, and marketing to AV services and virtual platforms all in one central place. 

We’re going to be touching on this tool as well as the importance of finding the right event platform, the future of events in 2023, what it looks like to be bringing the industry together, event tech, monetization, engagement, building a business, and much more. 

A few more things about Merijn. Whilst helping physical event professionals embrace virtual events during the pandemic, Merijn realized that evaluating different platforms was taking way too much time and that there must be a better way to do this to help even more event professionals. 

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Connect with Merijn in the following places:

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Platon Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let’s chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eventsdemystifiedpodcast/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/events-demystified-podcast/

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VIDEO EPISODE

“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events

  • a woman-owned boutique event planning and technical production agency that provides the strategy, technology, and AV production to plan, host, and produce successful virtual, in-person, or hybrid events. 
  • Let’s create something extraordinary together!

104: Participation-rich meeting and event design ft Adrian Segar

With me on the air today I’ve got a trailblazer in the meetings and events industry, Adrian Segar – the Founder of CONFERENCES THAT WORK. He has convened, designed, and facilitated hundreds of meetings over the last forty years, specializing in participant-driven and participation-rich events that become what attendees actually want and need.

He’s the author of three books on meeting design and runs the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. Adrian is an acclaimed presenter at just about every major meeting industry conference, where he leads workshops on creating truly effective meetings that people love.

He’s been named 3 years in a row, 2019-2021, as one of the 100 most influential people in the event industry, one of Connect Meeting’s 2021 Connect Corporate 15 Trailblazers over 50, his books are selected as must-reads for event professionals by Meetings Net.

UNIQUE FACTS

  • Adrian has a Ph.D. in high energy particle physics, he owned and ran a solar manufacturing business in the late ’70s, and has been a consultant of various kinds for the last forty years.
  • It took him about 50 years to realize that he loves to facilitate connections between people. That was after decades of convening conferences on topics he was professionally involved in.
  • Adrian developed his participant-driven and participation-rich approach to meeting design by accident in 1992.

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You can connect with Adrian on his website: https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/

Download this FREE resource: https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Conferences-That-Work-supplement-version-2.pdf

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let’s chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eventsdemystifiedpodcast/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/events-demystified-podcast/

Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw

VIDEO EPISODE

“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events

  • a woman-owned boutique event planning and technical production agency that provides the strategy, technology, and AV production to plan, host, and produce successful virtual, in-person, or hybrid events. 
  • Let’s create something extraordinary together!

103: When people come together really great things can happen ft Anh Nguyen

Excited to have Anh Nguyen – head of customer success at twine, join me on the air and discuss in a very open and authentic way the future of work as it relates to remote and hybrid event roles for #EventProfs,  the relationship between event tech & event planners, new technologies that we should watch out for, important skills to develop in 2023, work-life balance, as well as the back story behind #EventProfsBreakShit and the Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) Goes Virtual initiative. 

Prior to joining the twine app, Anh founded Spark Event Management, an award-winning, full-service event management firm, and the Spark Event Collective, a network of independent planners collaborating to deliver event experiences. Anh is a seasoned business event professional who possesses over 15 years of event design, production, and management experience. She has managed a vast array of events and is known for her keen eye for detail while being able to lead, inspire and manage large, global teams.

Connect with Anh on these channels: 

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let’s chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eventsdemystifiedpodcast/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/events-demystified-podcast/

Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw

VIDEO EPISODE

“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events

  • a woman-owned boutique event planning and technical production agency that provides the strategy, technology, and AV production to plan, host, and produce successful virtual, in-person or hybrid events. 
  • Let’s create something extraordinary together!

102: Wellness and Fitness Tips from the Fittest #Eventprof ft David Stevens

During the last episode conversation we focus on all the #behindthescenes AV professionals and the benefits of mental and physical fitness, today we’re going to talk about the same topic, only focusing on #eventprofs, #meetingprofs, and their attendees.

And so, joining me on the air to continue the conversation centered around Wellness and Mental Fitness is David Stevens,  a 20-year veteran planner, and the 4x self-proclaimed Fittest Male #EventProf in the Global Crossfit Open Games.

Dave has planned meetings, events, and incentives in media, live entertainment, agency, association, and corporate organizations. He has earned a Delos Wellness for Meetings and Event Certificate, is Pandemic Meeting Event Design certified, BizBash 500, Connect 40 Under 40, and Smart Meetings Planner of the year.

He credits the ability to create true experiences for event attendees to the clarity and mental breaks workouts bring to his day. He and the Olympian Meeting team, including a Medical Doctor and Nutrition Coach, authored a white paper on the increased ROI that can come from increasing wellness elements in your meeting. Download the “Increase ROI by increasing wellness” whitepaper here. 

During today’s conversation we’re going to touch on:

  • How the industry has changed over the last 20 years 
  • Tips and strategies to increasing ROI by Increasing Wellness at events
  • Why #eventprofs should place wellness and fitness at the top of their list, Events professionals should take care of themselves.
  • Why should it matter to their attendees and what are the actual benefits.

You can connect with David on these channels:

Register to compete in the Crossfit Open games here: https://games.crossfit.com/

Download the 2023 Crossfit Games Rules Book here. 

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let’s chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eventsdemystifiedpodcast/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/events-demystified-podcast/

Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw

VIDEO EPISODE

“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events

  • a woman-owned boutique event planning and technical production agency that provides the strategy, technology, and AV production to plan, host, and produce successful virtual, in-person or hybrid events. 
  • Let’s create something extraordinary together!

101: Start the new year as a Fit Wholesome New You ft Jason Brown (FitMeForMe)

Welcome to a brand new podcast season, a season that is focused on a much-needed topic: Mental and Physical Fitness. 

Why? Because of how important this kind of fitness is for any event professional out there that is faced with challenges and needs to build resilience as well as the ability to think clearly and make decisions effectively and efficiently.  

Mental fitness, just like physical fitness is just as important and should not be neglected because it helps us prioritize and understand that just as we can improve our physical health by moving our bodies, we can improve our mental health by strengthening our minds.   

Taking steps to build our mental fitness enhances our ability to cope with stress and improves our physical health, productivity at work, relationships, and overall happiness.   

Join me and my good friend, Jason Brown as we kick off the season with this first episode during which we demystify our natural bodybuilding journeys in the competitive and many times unfair world of fitness, and how that has helped us professionally and why staying physically and mentally fit is important for #eventprofs and #meetingprofs.  So, hang tight, strap on, and enjoy the ride!

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Jason Brown –  Owner and operator of vid live events, Las Vegas Realty specialist, owner and operator of Fitmeforme online personal training. Jason is also a senior video and LED engineer, and projection specialist – originally from Chicago, Illinois – Jason has lived in Las Vegas for almost two decades, where he began working in video production and held a senior Video Engineer role for Freeman, Vegas’s leading production company. 

He also developed his own online streaming business, Vid-Live Events, a live-streaming video production company that specializes in Real Estate pre-recorded & live showings by using today’s latest technology to improve customer care, marketing, and transitions for all of his clients. His latest endeavor, FitMeforMe  – his online personal training business stems from his Love of All things fitness. 

He’s been training for over three decades and over the years competed in many various physical activities from wrestling to jiu-jitsu, to Muay Thai kickboxing, and bodybuilding as of late, in a  physique bodybuilding competition. 

Jason doesn’t do anything half-measure and while many would like to attribute his physique to good luck and some amazing genes, he’s here to break your sweet little heart and tell you that it’s actually all just hard work, discipline, and commitment.

Connect with Jason on these channels:

Instagram | Tiktok | Facebook : @fitmeforme_lv

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Events: demystified Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES.

Let’s chat about your event, and schedule a time that’s most convenient for you via the 20 min free consultation link.

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music.

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eventsdemystifiedpodcast/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/events-demystified-podcast/

Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw

Video Episode

“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events

  • a woman-owned boutique technical event planning and production agency that provides the strategy, technology, and AV production to host and broadcast successful virtual, in-person or hybrid events. 
  • Let’s create something extraordinary together!

100: Recap 2022_Where do we go from here? ft Podcast Host, Anca Platon Trifan, CMP, DES

45th episode this year and the 100th episode of the Events: demystified Podcast!  

So many things to say, so much to be proud of and celebrate! 

So stoked about the impact the podcast has made, especially the latest season,  and the ripple effect it has had in our industry, and this is just the beginning!  

So proud to see the hard work put in weekly over the last 3.5 years be recognized and the podcast catching fire, and all of you listeners have contributed to it by adding your own spark every time you shared this podcast with your friends and your connections.

You made this podcast visible to so many event professionals globally, also so grateful for every featured guest brought on that added so much value by sharing their hard-earned insightful tips, tricks, and tactics that helped so many other meeting professionals plan and execute successful events of all types, formats, and sizes!

JOIN US IN 2023 AS WE EXPAND OUR REACH EVEN FURTHER!

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Learn more about Podcast Host: https://eventsdemystified.com/about-me/

Connect with Anca on these channels:

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let’s chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: @eventsdemystifiedpodcast 

Our BRAND NEW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw

Gareth Emery – Where Do We Go From Here (Official Lyric Video)

VIDEO EPISODE

“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events

  • a woman-owned boutique technical event planning and production agency that provides the strategy, technology, and AV production to host and broadcast successful virtual, in-person or hybrid events. 
  • Let’s create something extraordinary together!

99: Scale Up your biz by creating a powerful & profitable Live or Virtual Event ft Shay Wheat (Grace & Ease Productions)

My last WOWman featured guest during our current running season “Women Behind The Scenes in Events and Event Productions”  is Shay Wheat, a Certified Event Producer™ & creator of popular programs such as “The Powerful Event Process”, “The Ultimate Event Planner Certification Program”, and CEO of Grace & Ease Productions, Inc, which supports clients in creating Powerful and Profitable In-Person and Live-Virtual events. 

Shay and her team have assisted Speak-to-Sell clients and many well-known celebrities such as Dr. Oz, Lisa Nichols,  Dr. Claire Zammit, Bill Baren, Alison J. Prince, Josh Turner, etc to be extremely profitable with their events, helping her clients make over $25 million in revenue, gaining over 3,500 NEW clients and changing the lives of over 16,000+ attendees while handling all the planning, speaker & sponsor support as well as the production of Virtual Live and In-person events to create experiential, revenue-generating, and exciting events for attendees.

And so today’s topics are centered around:

  • The Power of Live (or Virtual) Events,
  • Using Events as a Powerful Business Strategy,
  • Creating a Powerful & Profitable Live (or Virtual Event).

Check out this free gift for you: fivephases.info/events-demystified

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Connect with Shay on these channels:

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let’s chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: @eventsdemystifiedpodcast 

Our BRAND NEW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eventsdemystified/message

Video Episode

“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events

  • a woman-owned boutique technical event planning and production agency that provides the strategy, technology, and AV production to host and broadcast successful virtual, in-person or hybrid events. 
  • Let’s create something extraordinary together!

98: What is teleprompting and how it can add value to your events ft Michelle Michelson (Prompster)

“Rehearsals are SO Important”, “Generational gaps in tech crews can be so toxic at times”, “Power struggles behind the scenes are real”, “If you’re working an event, be there because you care, not just to collect a paycheck”…

In one of the – sadly – few last episodes of the current running season “Women Behind The Scenes in Events and Event Productions” I have the honor of talking to Michelle Michelson, Teleprompter Operator and owner of Prompsterand discuss some really difficult topics to address but much needed.

Michelle was so gracious to get out of her comfort zone and join me on air, staying open and authentic in our conversation. She is my kind of woman in events, a small business owner that just like me, is organically grown and hustling to forge her own path in events.

She’s from NYC with a whole lot of teleprompter expertise and branching out the business to include graphics operating, content, and production managing.  She’s been working in events and production for over ten years, starting out in NYC and moving west to Colorado to take on more travel event work and expand the company. 

Tune into this episode as we address: 

– the pros and cons of running a business remotely, 

– networking and building a community in a unique niche,

– growing and expanding while taking on new roles within the events industry and pushing out of your comfort zones, 

– crew culture and what is like being one of the younger techs on the crew and a female on top of everything else, working on events with gen z / x and boomers, and what conflict resolution looks like, 

– innovative uses of prompter for events + production.

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Connect with Michelle on these channels:

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let’s chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: @eventsdemystifiedpodcast 

Our BRAND NEW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eventsdemystified/message

Video Episode

“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events

  • a woman-owned boutique technical event planning and production agency that provides the strategy, technology, and AV production to host and broadcast successful virtual, in-person or hybrid events. 
  • Let’s create something extraordinary together!

97: The Unglamorous side of events | Lessons Learned the hard way ft Melva LaJoy Legrand

This week’s woman behind the scenes and in front of the scenes featured guest is someone I admire a lot, my new friend, Melva LaJoy Legrand, founder/CEO of LaJoy Plans, an event planning firm, a  self-made entrepreneur recognized for her work in the Live Events industry, as well as causes rooted in social equality as it pertains to women, health, and race & identity, Melva LaJoy Legrand is a public speaker, event producer/director, community activist, and writer. Melva is someone that is recognized nationally for her thought leadership, she has lent her expertise to topics surrounding Sexual Assault, Alzheimer’s and Dementia, and Entrepreneurship, and she’s willingly contributing from her wealth of knowledge to today’s topics include:

  • Overcoming life and business hardship,
  • End-Of-Year self-reflection and evaluation of your career and business model,
  • The unglamorous side of events/things people, especially women should know before entering the industry.

UNIQUE FACTS

  • I relaunched my business in 2019 while being a caretaker for my beloved late father Melvin (he died in May 2021) and then watched all revenues dry up in 2020.
  • I am domestic abuse and rape survivor. I spent decades on a healing journey. Now healed, now complete, I strive to devote a lot of my life and volunteerism to speaking about life after abuse because I FULLY believe that there is a rich vibrant life post-trauma. I am a proud supporter of the Rain and Incest Network (RAINN) because they are one of the most important and comprehensive free resources for survivors.
  • Intentionally, my business is compromised of many former mentees and I am proud that I learned through trial and error how to become a good manager.

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Connect with Melva on these channels:

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let’s chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: @eventsdemystifiedpodcast 

Our BRAND NEW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eventsdemystified/message

VIDEO EPISODE

“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events

  • a woman-owned boutique technical event planning and production agency that provides the strategy, technology, and AV production to host and broadcast successful virtual, in-person or hybrid events. 
  • Let’s create something extraordinary together!