Events: demystified
By Tree-Fan Events Podcast
Events: demystifiedMay 26, 2023
115: Build Unwavering Confidence with Events and Banish Self Doubt ft Reggie Johnson
With me on the air I have Reggie Johnson, Event Manager and Podcast Host himself, someone who started in events around 2008 doing onsite weddings, corporate events and audio engineering for a studio in Atlanta that hosted live events and concerts. This continued until around 2013 when he left to start a computer business with a partner, while also doing radio in Mississippi. When he came back to Georgia in 2015, he started with a company called Bold Events, which he thought that wasn't going to be a long time position initially, but it was more fun and interesting than anticipated due to the vastly different type of events (normal weddings, wild corporate events, celebrity events that range from influencers to presidents). He launched his Podcast "Reg in ATL" in 2018.
UNIQUE FACTS
I have done all types of events in all types of spaces (ranging from hole in the wall night clubs to celebrities mansions to the state capital)
I have experience running every aspect of events which has made it very easy to deal with all types of clients, vendors and have seen events from several points of view
I started as an audio engineer and was in the IT field before working at Bold Events. These are very different fields but both have served me well in my career running events.
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Connect with Reggie here: www.reginatl.com
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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
114: Demystifying out-of-the-box Web 2.5 Digital Events in the Metaverse ft Ali Robinson
On today's episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Ali Robinson, Director of Business Development at The LABZ, a virtual events platform based in Atlanta that specializes in creating immersive web, mobile, and kiosk experiences. Experienced in virtual events and project management, Ali's expertise lies in developing innovative strategies and solutions that meet client engagement goals and increase ROI.
During today's conversation, we're going to cover Web 2.5 virtual events, Metaverse Events, Online Engagement and opportunities for Sponsorships with Online events, as well as diversity, equity and inclusion for black-owned woman-operated businesses.
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Connect with Ali on LinkedIn
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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 and Twitter: @DemystifyEvents
Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw
113: Demystifying broadcasting sport events, TD role, cloud tools and fitness on the road ft Michael Lange
With me on the air today I have Michael Lange - a Technical Director, vMix Op, and Broadcast Solution Architect, the owner of Lange Productions, based in Madison, Wisconsin, helping production companies solve live stream challenges by utilizing cloud solutions, with an expertise in live Sports/Entertainment broadcasts.
Michael has been in the broadcast industry for over 13 years, working on commercial production, news production, live sports, and corporate events. He’s also currently providing cloud streaming facilities with AWS, which replaces a traditional remote broadcast truck.
As with many of the event production experts and event specialists you’ve met on previous episodes, I have met Michael on LinkedIn, and have been fan-ing his super helpful and relevant posts to the event productions and broadcasting industry. And while I don’t call myself a broadcaster by any stretch of the imagination, I feel like after hundreds of well-executed virtual events, traditional broadcasting basics have been incredibly helpful and necessary to make these events successful.
Today we’re going to:
demystify the world of Live Sports Broadcasts, how have Covid and the Cloud changed broadcasting events, what does a Technical Director do in a Sports Broadcast, and how does one stay fit and healthy while on the road?---------------
Connect with Mike on these channels:
@tvguy2 on YouTube @mlange221 on Twitter Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/langetv/---------------
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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 and Twitter: @DemystifyEvents
Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw
112: Small business does not mean incapable, bigger is not always better ft Heidi Jacobson
Super stoked about today's guest, a WOWman in event productions, Mrs. Heidi Jacobson, VP of Business Development in the Live Events Industry. Heidi is someone who brings to the table everything one expects in a dynamic sales executive. Drive. Vision. Attention to detail. What you might not expect is what really sets her apart – her constant focus on client satisfaction. She thrives on the new challenges each moment brings and finds her ultimate success in turning the “impossible” into a brilliant reality. Seasoned Sales Executive with experience in leadership, sales, business development, business acumen, and product marketing. Extensive knowledge of marketing and business development with both services and products. A take-charge, dynamic individual that excels at building and managing sales teams, exceeding sales goals, with a constant focus on client satisfaction.
Takeaways from today's episode:
integrity, good reputation, and authenticity will carry you forward in the AV industry, women in the AV industry have to continuously prove themselves, regardless of their skillset and experience level, everything is open for discussion, everything is negotiable, small business does not mean incapable, bigger is not always better when it comes to AV partners, to last in this industry you must place your mental and physical fitness at the top of the list, always.---------------
Connect with Heidi on Linkedin
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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 and Twitter: @DemystifyEvents
Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw
111: Employing neuroscience and psychology knowledge and tools to improve our events ft Victoria Matey
My featured guest today, Victoria Matey, an event psychology advisor and co-founder of Matey Events, provides science-based solutions for your event challenges, and believes that experiences take place in people’s minds first and foremost. By offering insight into human behavior, she helps event profs deliver more remarkable events with less effort. She provides ideas, strategies, and science-backed solutions for increased engagement, retention, and revenue.
Victoria is the author of the 'Event Psychology Lab' online course and the '10 Principles of Strategic Event Planning" book. She leads the Event Psychology club, a community and the top resource for event profs looking to transform events with brain science insights, and hosts the podcast "What If I Told You" where she interviews behavioral scientists and practitioners about human psychology and the mind.
In addition to receiving Ford Foundation IFP Fellowships and IFP Alumni Awards, Victoria has been recognized by Smart Meetings as a Top100 Smart Women in Meetings, a ChangeMaker by MeetingsNet, and in 2022 she was named the Meeting Professional of the Year.
DISCUSSION TOPICS
1. Better event experiences come from understanding human psychology.
2. Rethinking event design based on research insights.
3. Mental Fitness for busy event profs.
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Connect with Victoria on these channels:
Twitter: @MateyEvents Website: https://matey.events/en/victoria-matey-events/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriamatey/---------------
“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 and Twitter: @DemystifyEvents
Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw
110: The Speaker-Poet-TEDx Alumni on a Mission to Educate, Engage & Empower ft Anthony DeMario
Today's featured guest, Anthony deMario - "BE YOU" - is something else, he is a Speaker, Trained Peak Performance Strategist & Learning Experience Architect via Tony Robbins, and Certified Brain Health Strategist with expertise in cultivating educational and engaging experiences, emotion, and storytelling. During our conversation, straight-out-of-the gate he sprints into one empowering phrase after another in an engaging conversation that will make your heart and head spin from all the things being said. He has worked with leading behavioral scientists to develop enriching learning experiences, is an experienced People & Culture Strategist with an insatiable hunger to stretch who he is and what he gives, and applies science and art to his exuberant, "lightening in a bottle" delivery style.
Just to give you a 'taste' of what that "lighting in a bottle" is, in the first minutes he spits out so much goodness, you better take notes:
The sea rips and roars and the surface, yet underneath it all there’s stillness The path is not there, the path is made by walking it Be original or die a copy “You were born an original, don't die a copy" - Einstein Follow your curiosity, don’t labor the art, explore it Language is the wardrobe of our experience Creativity is just taking things from the past, blending, breaking, and bending them into something novel We must use our passion to serve something bigger than us Chase the dreams that keep you feeling alive Learn, live it, grow it, give it philosophy, yet we can only take ppl as far as they’re willing to grow What we focus on, we get pulled towards, we tend to feel Meaning shapes our experience, it’s a tool we all have See it as it is, see it brighter, see it through "Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life." - J.K. RowlingAnthony was "built" in NY, and has a colorful background of experience & training which allows him to be versatile in his ways to educate, engage & empower people to take action. He is passionate, empathetic, and infectious, and will leave your people feeling energized to take massive action and gifts them strategies to follow through on. During our conversation today, Anthony gives extensive advice to anyone new to Speaking & Storytelling, may that be a Speaker, Presenter, or Emcee. We talk about finding a purpose & missing and get into the nitty-gritty science of understanding the ingredients of emotion.
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Connect with Ant on these channels:
Instagram: @antdemario Website: http://www.demario.co/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-demario-64857a45/---------------
“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 and Twitter: @DemystifyEvents
Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw
109: The key elements to building relationships with other event profs ft Faith Gladden
During today's episode with my featured guest, Faith Gladden, CMP, CEM - president of Gladden & Associates Event Management, and we will dive into:
Relationship Building/NetworkingDiversity, Inclusion, and EquityWhat should be the main focus or objective when networking
What have been some of the biggest networking mistakes and lessons learned
Way to make your clients and your team feel appreciated.
Faith is no stranger to conference and event planning, with over 20 years of working with corporations, nonprofit agencies, Christian ministries, and small businesses to plan conferences, special events, and meetings both domestically and internationally.
She is a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and a Certified Exhibitions Manager (CEM) and is highly skilled in both live and digital/virtual event design, implementation, and production. Faith has always been passionate about hospitality and her purpose is fulfilled by bringing people together to do good things. She is motivated by creating opportunities to create positive change and diversity, equity, and inclusion work is modeled throughout her personal life and professional work.
Faith is a member of the Reno Tahoe Customer Advisory Board and is also a member of the International Association of Exhibits and Events (IAEE), IAEE DFW Chapter, the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) DFW Chapter, and serves on the Board of Directors for Meeting Professionals International DFW Chapter as the Director of Finance/Sponsorships.
Faith’s biggest areas of expertise are in hotel contract negotiations, sponsorship and exhibit sales, exhibit/table-top floor management, as well as finding ways to express her creativity through her design skills and putting her special “Faith stamp” on every event she plans.
When not at work, Faith can be found rolling on the floor laughing with her grandsons, singing at church, or hanging with her family and friends. Faith and her husband (and G&A Co-Founder) Ken have 3 grown children and 3 grandchildren and live in Texas.
Connect with Faith on these channels:
Facebook Business Page Instagram and Twitter Website: https://www.GladdenEvents.com---------------
“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 and Twitter: @DemystifyEvents
Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw
108: Mental Fitness, Wellness and the Digital AI Transformation ft Janice Cardinale
Super stoked to have Janice Cardinale, a heart-centric entrepreneur and founder of Event Minds Matter join me on the air to demystify the concept of mental fitness, and share strategies for having and maintaining this state of well-being that help cultivate awareness of how we think, behave and feel.
Janice has been in the event industry longer than most #eventprofs I know, and in 2022, she was awarded the BizBash 15 over 50, Top 100 Smart Meetings Entrepreneur, #WomantoWatch by Courtney Stanley, and a Powerful Business Woman by Reiimagine Destination Travel. Janice considers herself a societal influencer but has also been known as a Heart-Centric Entrepreneur. In 2022 she founded a community known as Event Minds Matter.
Janice writes about mental fitness and wellness for The Meeting Professional, and for United Colors of Design, a lifestyle magazine. As an advocate for wellness in the event industry, her community has built pillars for education, resources, and initiatives that support a caring culture and demonstrates that the event industry can become the first most mentally fit industry.
UNIQUE FACTS Have started and sold two businesses and I am on a mission to "build brave spaces to amplify the industry's conversation on mental health." I founded Event Minds Matter in February of 2022 and have affected event profs around the world in less than a year. I write content for The Meeting Professional on mental fitness and wellness. I am the board chair for the Creative Design and Event Management course at Seneca CollegeTake the Saboteur Assessment to find your mental fitness saboteurs: https://assessment.positiveintelligence.com/saboteur/overview
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Connect with Janice on these channels:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/janice-cardinale/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/event-minds-matter/ https://linktr.ee/eventmindsmatter------------------------------
“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
107: In business and in events everything is "figureoutable" ft Andrew Ybarra
On today's episode, I get the honor to highlight another friend and event partner of mine, Andrew Ybarra, CEO of Lifted AV, Audio Visual Wizard, International Speaker, DJ & Live Event Expert. Andrew Ybarra is a unique soul with a fascinating redemptive story, someone obsessed with healing and growth, remembering who we really are, and learning more about the life force that binds us all together.
He has over 15 years of experience in the Audio Visual Industry, working with grass-roots organizations and billion-dollar companies like CBS, Paypal, & Facebook alike! After years of studying transformational enrollment events from all angles, he now specializes in helping 6 & 7 Figure Transformational Leaders rock their events with seamless event tech, whether it’s live, virtual, or hybrid, Andrew is a PRO at them all. His specialty is creating unique events using a clear event vision process, aligned preparation, and fluid execution, so the experience is co-created, goal-oriented, and all with your brand essence being amplified!
UNIQUE FACTS Andrew's healing journey: from alcoholic to alchemist music at events. He's been a DJ for over 10 years. He is obsessed with healing, remembering who we are, and learning more about the life force that binds us all together.------------------------------
Connect with Andrew on these channels:
Business Website: https://liftedav.com/speaking/ Personal Facebook: www.facebook.com/andrewcybarra Personal Instagram: www.instagram.com/andrewcybarra Business Instagram: www.instagram.com/liftedav------------------------------
“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
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:
www.silverdraft.com Twitter/Facebook/Instagram : @AmyGile------------------------------
“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
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:
https://www.eventmender.com https://virtualpositive.com https://platform.eventmender.com---------------
“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: @eventsdemystifiedpodcast
Our BRAND NEW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw
104: Participation-rich meeting and event design ft Adrian Segar
With me on the air 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 conferencesthatwork.com, 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.----------------
You can connect with Adrian on his website: https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriansegar/---------------
“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
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:
Twitter: @atnguyen Twitter: @wearetwine------------------------------
“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