Imagine what your executive might be able to do with technology like this? What if you had several folks interacting using this technology. Great storytelling, audience engagement creative could be put together to get a message across.
How to look at a meetings venue like a Technical Director Primer Series (3)- Show 200
December 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Todays show continues on Meetings Podcasts Primer series:
“How to look at a meetings venue like a Technical Director.”
Jon gives some easy tips and tricks anyone who is putting on a meeting or event can use. If you have any questions please email us at meetingspodcast@gmail.com and we will get right back to you. This third edition to the Free Meetings Podcast Primer Series intends to provide AV knowledge for corporate audio visual planners for your meetings and events worldwide.
Jon Trask has always delivered on-budget and stress-free audio visual services and is in the business of making you look good.
Meetings Podcast Primer Series intends to provide AV knowledge so that you get the most out of your services and rentals for meetings and events worldwide. Whether you’re organizing a 120,000-attendee conference, or simply need a microphone and speakers for a small presentation Jon and Mike are dedicated to the success of your event and ultimately your success.
If you have any questions please email Meetingspodcast@gmail.com or call 510 595 6921
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Using Social Media Campaigns for Business
November 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As we close out 2011 we are aslo thinking about 2012 and what our strategy might be. As 2011 was Grass Shack Events & Medias most successful year we wanted to continue on this success. One thing we have talked about is social media campaigns. I came across this clever way to explain why to use socia media to help your businesses or events by Jamie Turner. Thought it was cool the way he used comics to explain it in a creative way.
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How to look at a meetings venue on a site survey Primer Series (2)- Show 199
November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Jon Trask continues on the Grass Shack Events Media/ Meetings Podcast
Primer series:
“How to look at a meetings venue on a site survey.”
Jon gives some easy tips and tricks anyone who is putting on a meeting or event can use. If you would like a copy of the check list please email us at meetingspodcast@gmail.com and we will send you one.
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Event Camp Silicon Valley Pod Discussion – Show 183
August 26, 2011 By 5 Comments
The event campers: Mike, Elizabeth, Jon and QuAn discuss their experiences as a remote pod of the Event Camp Twin Cities meeting.
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Interview With U2 360 Tour Lighting Director Ethan Weber Show 177
June 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
On today’s show we interview Ethan Weber the band U2 concert 360 tour lighting director at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim California.
We had u2 tickets so we were lucky to talk to him.
Ethan talked with us for about a half an hour about the U2 tour, the design, how to engage a crowd. We are fascinated by the “machinery” behind concert tours and this fellow has done some of the biggest ever….The Rolling Stones 40 Licks, U2 (of course) and many other really cool well regarded shows/tours like My Chemical Romance, Return to Forever and Fall Out Boy.
When U2 concert dates 360° tour will close in Canada this July, making over $700 million dollars. It is the highest grossing tour of all time.
The shows designer is Willie Williams
u2 songs from u2 concert that night-
Main Set: Even Better Than The Real Thing, The Fly, Mysterious Ways, Until the End of the World, One, Amazing Grace – Where the Streets Have No Name – All You Need Is Love, I Will Follow, Get On Your Boots – She Loves You, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Stuck In a Moment, Beautiful Day – Space Oddity, Elevation, Pride, Miss Sarajevo, Zooropa, City of Blinding Lights, Vertigo – It’s Only Rock and Roll, I’ll Go Crazy (remix) – Discotheque – Please, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Scarlet, Walk On – Never Walk
Show Designer/Director: Willie Williams
Video Screen Concept: Frederic Opsomer
Video Screen Kinetic Design: Chuck Hoberman
Production Architect/Designer: Mark Fisher
FOH Audio Director: Joe O’Herlihy
Video Director: Tom Krueger
Video Content Producer: Sam Pattinson
Video Content: Catherine Owens
Video Technical Director: Stefaan “Smasher” Desmedt
Presentation Animation: Adrian Mudd
Lighting Director: Ethan Weber
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Venue Selection Ideas- Claremont Resort & Spa Berkeley, California
November 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Mike McAllen armed with a flip cam and a flickr.com account heads into the Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley California on the first of MeetingsPodcast venue search/venue selection series. Mike will be covering the San Francisco Bay Area.
Meetings Podcast welcomes short videos of venues in your area to be included on the MeetingsPodcast site. If you do a video with us pleas geotag the video which will help planners if they are venue selecting. Email Meetingspodcast@gmail.com
Here is another video I saw on Youtube which has a tad better production value than ours…. (not done with a flipcam)
Hat tip to Dynasty Video Productions
Interview with Sasha Souza of Sasha Souza Events
November 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Meeting Planners podcast source for what’s new and exciting in meetings and events industry!
Mike McAllen of Grass Shack Events & Media interviews Sasha Souza of Sasha Souza Events
Sashas Blog
About Sasha
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What we can learn from Love
October 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Our goal as meeting professionals is to make sure our attendees are educated, motivated and are networking together. Usually the C-level executives who are charged with one or two meetings a year forget this and forces as much content down the attendees throats as they can in the allotted timeframe.
I had the good fortune to see Cirque du Soleil LOVE show in Las Vegas which blends the music and life of the Beatles with the theatrics of Cirque du Soleil. I was mesmerized by the combination and I wondered what could I take away from this experience and bring to my clients.
The Beatles music, by itself, conjures up images in your head. When the Cirque du Soleil theatrics and design are added it creates a catalyst of exciting creation in your mind. The inspiration is brought on by the color, composition, style and of course the athleticism. Certain areas are all framed on the stage in little mini shows. You cannot watch everything, which leaves you wanting more. And I thought that is what you want your attendees leaving with………. wanting more.
The last thing which struck me is no words are spoken, no slides of information, but I left feeling educated, motivated and the networking really came after the show as we walked out. Everyone had just shared a great experience.
How can we work these feelings into our Meetings and events? Of course I don’t expect you to try and talk the CEO into wearing tights but maybe the use of music and creativity to engage the audience in ways they want more.
Dominic Champagne, (link) who directed and wrote the original concept for the show, explained his vision for LOVE: “I wanted to create a Beatles experience rather than a Beatles story, taking the audience on an emotional journey rather than a chronological one, exploring the landscapes and experiences that have marked the group’s history.”
If you get a chance to see this Show do it.
Why event planning is now incomplete without social media
October 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I think the meetings and events industry is moving in this same direction:
Why crisis planning is now incomplete without social media
In recent years, we’ve seen an important change in the way the world communicates around global crises such as natural disasters and terrorist attacks. This change is due to social media. Messages now spread faster and wider, and this communication can minimize the level of damage caused. Euan Semple explains exactly why communicators need to get up to speed with these tools sooner rather than later. The time invested, he says, will be invaluable in times of organizational crisis.
Why event planning is now incomplete without social media:
More and more events, meetings and workshops are finding to really tap into the three main objectives of live meetings- education, motivation and networking. They are all enhanced by social media and the other virtual experiences that can will ultimately be part of every event in the near future. Are event management guiding meetings in this direction? Or are meeting planners holding on to the old ways as long as possible?
