Plan-tastic Events Podcast

Events in Atlanta with Daniel Easton Learn about Atlantic Station and how they host their community events in Atlanta. You'll also get a chance to learn how you can host your event or festival with Atlantic Station. Our guest is Daniel Easton, he has been the Marketing Director for Atlantic Station for six years and initially joined to create the concierge services. Prior to his role, Daniel also...

Get More Sponsors with Debbie Mason Learn about new and exciting ways to increase your sponsorship for your events and festivals with Debbie Mason from Peachtree Corners. Debbie Mason has invested in Peachtree Corners for over 26 years! She helps the citizens of Peachtree Corners make memories through special events in Peachtree Corners. She helped create two local non-profit events, Peachtree Cor...

Got Food? With Sarika and Mayuresh Mahatme Learn about how food vendors handle their business during events and festivals and get an inside glimpse of Pot Bharoon, a famous local catering business. Pot Bharoon is catering company, which includes Indo-Chinese, South-Indian, North-Indian cuisines and custom cakes. They have years of experience in this industry and have perfected their food. They cat...

Taste of Alpharetta with Emily Dillard and Hilary Lew Learn more about the famous Taste of Alpharetta with Emily Dillard and Hilary Lew and how they host over 30,000 people for their food festival. This episode of Plantastic Events will give you an inside glimpse of the Taste of Alpharetta with our guests Emily Dillard and Hilary Lew. They manage the events at the City of Alpharetta including the...

Cultural Events with Alta Schwartz and Akram Ibrahim Learn more about the Atlanta Arab Festival and how they host over 5,000 people for their festival! This episode of Plantastic Events will give you a glimpse of the Atlanta Arab Festival with our guests Alta Schwartz and Akram Ibrahim. Alta and Akram are both with Alif Institute and host many different events including the well-known Atlanta Arab...

One Community with Megan Carnell and Madison Navarro Involving the community during festivals and events can not only help to boost community pride but also cut cost and time preparing the event. Learn about different ways you can involve your local community members and businesses for your next event. This episode of Plantastic Events will teach you the benefits of involving the community and tip...

Duluth Fall Festival with Kay Montgomery Learn more about the famous Duluth Fall Festival and how they host over 100,000 people for their festival. This episode of Plantastic Events will give you an inside glimpse of the Duluth Fall Festival with our guest Kay Montgomery. Kay is a former Chairperson for the Duluth Fall Festival since its inception. Kay has been with Duluth Fall Festival for over 3...

Pump It Up! with DJ Q-Tip Having a successful event or festival is not just about having the best food or venue, it's also about finding the right entertainment. More importantly, you need to find the right DJ for your event. Learn about best practices in the DJ world and how to book a DJ for your next event or festival. This episode of Plantastic Events podcast will you teach you about the DJing...

Every festival provides an experience but you want to give the best experience to all your attendees. Learn how to maximize your sponsorship exposure in creative ways to leave a lasting experience. This episode of Plantastic Events podcast will you teach you how to improve your sponsorship game with our guest, Amy Doherty. Amy is the Events Manager for the City of Suwanee. Amy is responsible for o...

Learn about the event planning world for non-profits and fundraisers. This episode of Plantastic Events podcast will teach you how non-profits host events for the community with our guest, Yotin Srivanjarean. Yotin is the Vice President at the Center for Pan Asian Community Services (CPACS). CPACS is a private non-profit based in Atlanta, GA. CPACS is the first, largest and oldest organization in...

Learn about the ins and outs of hosting a beer festival that leave beer-lovers always coming back for more. This episode of Plantastic Events podcast will give you a glimpse behind Atlanta Beer Festivals and how they partner with local breweries and different cities throughout Georgia with our guest, Mike DiLonardo. Mike is the Director of Operations at Atlanta Beer Festivals. He is in charge of a...

As an event planner, it is incredibly important for you to make sure that you create a safe environment for all your guests and have a secure venue. This episode of Plantastic Events podcast will teach you how to improve your security planning to better identify security issues and to ensure a safe and secure event, with our guest, Courtney Spriggs. Courtney Spriggs is the Milton Community Outreac...

Want to be a better public speaker and boost your confidence, especially when you're organizing events?  This episode of Plantastic Events podcast will teach you how to become a better public speaker and engage with your audience so that you leave a lasting impression with our guest, Jim Cathcart.  Jim Cathcart  is an entrepreneur, an award-winning motivational speaker, and an author. He is a TEDx...

Are you interested in hosting a comedy event? Hosting a comedy event can be very exciting but also challenging! You have to attract the right audience and the right talent. This episode of Plantastic Events podcast will teach you how to successfully host comedy events with our guest, James Byndon. James Byndon is the president and CEO of JABB Pro Inc., which is a multi-media production company for...

Startups are often built based on a bad experience and a founder just wants to fix it and not realizing how many people experience the same pain point. This is an episode of how Stooge started and why it all started. This episode is an extra episode to give you a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes and you'll get an opportunity to meet our CEO, Aly Hussaini!  Aly Hussaini  is the CEO and co-...

We get caught up in the mesmerizing dance performance but we often don't realize what goes on to make it all come together. Organizing a dance event requires a super team that focuses on the lighting, stage setup, costume changes, and so much more! This episode of Plantastic Events is all about organizing dance performances with our guest, Shiva Turlapati. Shiva Turlapati is an entrepreneur and a...

Hosting parades and festivals can bring the community together and as an event organizer, you bring excitement for many people! However, organizing any parade or festival requires a super team to help bring it all together and it requires a lot of planning in advance. This episode of Plantastic Events is all about organizing parades and festivals with our guest, Dave Huffman. We'll also talk about...

Planning a live music event is far different than any other events. It's definitely exciting but can also get very stressful. There are some critical success factors for managing a large music event and and we'll get into that in this episode of Plantastic Events.  This episode of Plantastic Events is about planning a live music event and how to work with different music artists with our guest, Ju...

Produced by Stoogeapp.com. Topics include: Event marketing, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, event planning, event managing, pay-per-click, event industry, digital analytics, Google, and Bing. Guest: Sadiq Punjani and Suleman Punjani.

This is an introductory episode for Plantastic Events with your host Nausheen Punjani. Nausheen will review the following topics that will be discussed in 2018 for event professionals: Event security: common and pressing security requirements all event professionals need to focus on Event planning and managing: Tips on how to plan and manage your events Event marketing: digital analytics, includin...

Many times event marketing can be so overwhelming and requires more time than planning the entire event. We'll talk about how to overcome these challenges. This episode of Plantastic Events is about event marketing and social media with our guest, Asif Lakhani. Asif Lakhani is the Marketing Coordinator for Prototype Prime, a hardware and software tech startup incubator in Peachtree Corners, GA. He...

It's hard to plan an event budget and sometimes, you have to make cuts where you really don't want to. Unfortunately, when you're planning an event, that's usually the first step and we'll get into that in this episode of Plantastic Events.  This episode of Plantastic Events is about stretching that event budget and how to attract sponsors with our guest, Darrah Brustein. Darrah is an author, an e...