Uneventful

After many requests, our host, Saundra becomes the guest. We welcome Episode #2's Adriana Cerundolo as this week's host. She asks about how Saundra got her start, what life was like working on a Presidential campaign (grueling af), and how she approaches events now versus when she started allll those years ago. HUGE THANKS to Adriana for taking time to serve as your host this week 💖 - and to you...

This week's guest got their start working in hotels, has worked on major festivals, and has done quite a lot in their short time working in the events space. Ryan is tenacious and full of passion and will go a long way in this work. Saundra also started in hotels and her first job was at Seafair, Seattle's Summer festival. Lots in common, these two! BIG thanks to Ryan for sharing their time and pa...

Seattle broadcast legend, Stephen Kilbreath joins this week to talk about how his auctioneering side hustle led to becoming a fundraising events mainstay in the Pacific Northwest. We discuss how fundraisers have changed since COVID, some of the wildest things he's auctioned, and working with his teenaged sons. Fundraisers, volunteering and acts of service are deep in my bones, plus I developed som...

Mark Jaques ( Jakes ) worked in Microsoft events security for over 15 years. As he tells it, that 15 years contained about 30 years of experience, learning, and stories. In this episode, Mark shares stories of managing the aftermath of a show site devastated by Hurricane Sandy, gratitude for incredible moments amidst the chaos of working in events, and the various degrees of humanity that come wit...

This week, Angel Hanson shares stories of her long career in events - mostly with Microsoft. She's had the great fortune of building teams she trusts and who trust her. She and Saundra discuss the very emotional toll this job can take, as well as the absolute joys and pride in taking a step back and realizing that despite everything "I'm pretty freaking great at my job!", and the profound perspect...

Dr. Teresa Deveaux is currently a professor in Organizational Leadership at Pepperdine and Antioch Universities. Several years ago, though, as an executive at Microsoft, she was given a large conference to run as the Business Owner of the event. And so began her brief journey into the world of events. Whether you take away any new knowledge about events, you'll most assuredly glean a few leadershi...

This conversation was really great and a tough one to edit. So many joy triggers ! Lori Luna has had a long career in events - starting at Ticketmaster at the dawn of the internet, later at the dawn of the blogoshpere with BlogHer, and now on the vendor side with D3G Productions . We talk about being yelled at to the point of tears, Lactation Lounges, and the glory of transparency & open commu...

Saundra & Laurisha have worked together on & off for over 10 years. Laurisha discusses her time starting out in events working on social media and her natural progression to content marketing. She's a filmmaker by training and shares how her experiences working around events have proven invaluable in her filmmaking career. There's talk of donuts and narwhals and the omnipresent AI. Gratefu...

This week, Saundra talks to long time friend and former Microsoft events colleague, Danny Morrow. He shares what it's like to work on an enormous show like CES - the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and his early days in AV when the 'V' in AV was overhead projectors and maybe a betamax machine. He also talks about his love of horses and being mistaken for Richard Branson on more than one oc...

Wedding season is upon us and Crista Tharp, a wedding planner with 25 years of experience is here to dish, give pro tips, and chat about wedding tradition history. Having been through a wedding of her own, planning other peoples' weddings, and now recently Mother of the Bride, she has a great perspective on the myriad aspects. I've been dying to talk about weddings with a pro. It's a really fun an...

This episode contains a lot of laughter! Dana & I worked together at our first events jobs - she, in sponsorship sales - at Seattle's summer festival, Seafair. We discuss the early days of cell phones and the internet, her flair for sales, and thriving for two months of 20-hour days as only 20-somethings could. Dana talks about a career pivot from the events world and recently coming back to i...

In this episode, James discusses the incredible mentoring and leadership that has informed his events career, empathy as an important lens, and prioritizing people over data. Please follow, share, rate & review to help others find us. If you have stories you'd like to share, please hit us up at uneventfulpod.com . You can follow us on Instagram at wyldmynd.global . Big thanks to James for his...

In this episode, Kari talks about working on the Olympics, attendees hoarding office supplies, and trauma bonding with teammates...among other things. Please follow, share, rate & review to help people find us. If you have stories you'd like to share, please hit us up at uneventfulpod.com . You can follow us on Instagram at wyldmynd.global . Big thanks to Kari for her time - and to you for lis...

In this episode, we talk about events as community-building endeavors, the powerful energy of a room full of people, pulling all-nighters, setting boundaries, and planning family reunions. Lots of great info here! Learn more about Adriana's great work at Bloomtree Wellness . Please follow, share, rate & review to help people find us. If you have stories you'd like to share, please hit us up at...

In our inaugural episode, Saundra talks with her good friend, Joshua Dyer - reminiscing about working in corporate law, dealing with difficult stakeholders, and navigating situations that *no* events person could foresee. Please follow, share, and rate. If you have stories you'd like to share, please hit us up at uneventfulpod.com. You can follow us on Instagram at wyldmynd.global. Thanks for list...

Welcome to Uneventful - a podcast where we pull back the curtain on the world of events. Join me weekly as I speak with people in and around the industry about their experiences. We talk about turning chaos into calm, diva behaviour, take-your-breath-away moments, and those bonkers instances that even the most seasoned pro could never plan for. “Event planner” is consistently listed in the top 5 m...