Event Design Collective PODcasts

Join the BACKSTAGE conversation with Stefanie Simmons as we reflect on her views on the Horizons of Change. Stefanie Pettigrew Simmons, CED+, CMM, DES, CTA, CQIA is one of the EDC MasterMinds of the first hour and true advocate of Event Design. She has held leadership positions at the International Association of Venue Managers, she was on the Board of Examiner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Qua...

And what I saw is continuous. Copy-paste. Copy-paste, copy-paste from 20, 30 years ago to now with the only exception that the slide system has changed into a computerized system says Ingrid Rip CED+ and EDC MasterMind to us BACKSTAGE. Ingrid is part of the Event Design Collective and she trains individuals and consults associations in The Netherlands. Ingrid is an entrepreneurial mind, coach, con...

Why don’t others see it like I do?
That's one of the questions we explore with Ingrid Rip CED+ and EDC MasterMind. Ingrid is part of the Event Design Collective and she trains individuals and consults associations in The Netherlands. Ingrid is an entrepreneurial mind, coach, consultant trainer, and a long-term active member of MPI. Fun fact: Ingrid was in the first-ever program Ruud and Roel held...

Who deserves the best view of your event? That's the question we explore with Chanet Ham, CEM, UTS, CED+ and EDC MasterMind. Chanet is the owner of Xpedition Travel and Managing Partner at PX Event Group based in Penang, Malaysia and Australia. She has been creating and planning business events for corporate companies and high net-worth clients for the past 26 years. She is exploring her new role...

Let's hold the medals together says Chanet Ham, CEM, UTS, CED+ and EDC MasterMind to us BACKSTAGE. Chanet is the owner of Xpedition Travel and Managing Partner at PX Event Group based in Penang, Malaysia and Australia. She has been creating and planning business events for corporate companies and high net-worth clients for the past 26 years. She is exploring her new role as Event Creator and Produ...

Welcome ONSTAGE where we meet Marie-France Watson, CED, DES, Manager Academic & International Events at Concordia University in Montreal Canada. In this Podcast she speak with Ruud Janssen on claiming time. Besides being a DES - Digital Event Strategist, she is a longtime CED-Certified Event Designer and a pioneering EDC MasterMind. She is also the co-creator of The Illuminate Project and co-found...

Welcome BACKSTAGE where Marie-France Watson, CED, DES, Manager Academic & International Events at Concordia University in Montreal speaks with Ruud Janssen on putting design on the agenda. Besides being a DES - Digital Event Strategist, she is a longtime CED-Certified Event Designer and a pioneering EDC MasterMind. She is also the co-creator of The Illuminate Project and co-founder of The EVENT an...

Go Backstage with Alessia Clusini, Founder at Trybes Agency in London explores with Ruud Janssen the conversations and approaches to Design to Change. As a seasoned data strategist with an extensive portfolio of successful and data-driven case studies, Alessia Clusini is the conduit between brand and consumer. She co-founded a London based research firm called Trybes Agency, where a team of expert...

In this episode, Alessia Clusini, Founder at Trybes Agency in London explores with Ruud Janssen the conversations and approaches to Design to Change. As a seasoned data strategist with an extensive portfolio of successful and data-driven case studies, Alessia Clusini is the conduit between brand and consumer. She co-founded a London based research firm called Trybes Agency, where a team of experts...

Roel Frissen of the Event Design Collective is having a conversation with Patti Spaniola. Patti Spaniola, CMP, CED is Director of Conferences & Events at the University of West Florida. In her previous job, she was Director at Large of the Association of Continuing Higher Education (ACHE). Patti joined our community in 2019, when she participated in our EDC Level 3 program at SDSU in San Diego. Th...

Roel Frissen of the Event Design Collective is having a conversation with Patti Spaniola. Patti Spaniola, CMP, CED is Director of Conferences & Events at the University of West Florida. In her previous job, she was Director at Large of the Association of Continuing Higher Education (ACHE). Patti joined our community in 2019, when she participated in our EDC Level 3 program at SDSU in San Diego. Th...

ONSTAGE at the PCMA Faculty Forum, Anthony Vade and Ruud Janssen of the Event Design Collective are having a conversation with Dr Kirstin Malek of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she is the Event Management Extension Specialist and Assistant Professor. Dr. K. shares her views and experiences in using Event Design using the #EventCanvas in het Event Management Programs with students. They...

Go backstage at the PCMA Faculty Forum, here Anthony Vade and Ruud Janssen of the Event Design Collective are having a conversation with Dr Kirstin Malek of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she is an Event Management Extension Specialist and Assistant Professor. Dr. K shares her views and experiences in using Event Design using the #EventCanvas in het Event Management Programs with student...

Ruud Janssen of the Event Design Collective is having a conversation with Jayr Bass, Director AO Spine / Head of Global Networks Marketing at AO Foundation, on his views and experiences in using Event Design using the #EventCanvas with his team and how it relates to the Event Design of the Global Spine Congress since 2016 and many of the other events within AO Foundation since training and working...

Go Backstage with Ruud Janssen of the Event Design Collective in conversation with Jayr Bass, Director AO Spine / Head of Global Networks Marketing at AO Foundation, on his views and experiences in using Event Design using the #EventCanvas with his team and how it relates to the Event Design of the Global Spine Congress since 2016. They discuss how event design delivers value over time for the eve...

Ruud Janssen of the Event Design Collective is having a conversation with Pierre MacNeil on his views and experiences in using Event Design using the #EventCanvas with his team at CSL Behring Asia Pacific and how it relates with Pierre's experience as an event owner in his biopharmaceutical career. Pierre MacNeil is Head, Commercial Excellence and Customer Engagement, Asia Pacific at CSL Behring b...

Ruud Janssen of the Event Design Collective is having a conversation with Pierre MacNeil on his views and experiences in using Event Design using the #EventCanvas with his team at CSL Behring Asia Pacific and how it relates with Pierre's experience as an event owner in his biopharmaceutical career. Pierre MacNeil is Head, Commercial Excellence and Customer Engagement, Asia Pacific at CSL Behring b...

A natural storyteller who studied theater in college, Nick arrived at Purdue Conferences in 2012 after stints with the Los Angeles Opera, the Autry Museum of the American West and the UCLA Conferences Services department. He considers hospitality to be a way of life, rather than just an industry. Nick enjoys his job because he sees his work as the convergence of service, hospitality and storytelli...

A natural storyteller who studied theater in college, Nick arrived at Purdue Conferences in 2012 after stints with the Los Angeles Opera, the Autry Museum of the American West and the UCLA Conferences Services department. He considers hospitality to be a way of life, rather than just an industry. Nick enjoys his job because he sees his work as the convergence of service, hospitality and storytelli...

Welcome to the DESIGN to CHANGE podcast BACKSTAGE A backstage conversation with Joël Letang - Senior Events Strategist leading the Events Team at Wikimedia Foundation. Ruud Janssen and Roel Frissen will be having a conversation on his view as a designer on designing to change and how Joël has experienced that in his career. And also towards delivering the next Wikimania 2021 (it's 15th Edition in...

Welcome to the DESIGN to CHANGE podcast ONSTAGE - recorded live at #IMEXbuzzhub. An ONSTAGE conversation with Joël Letang - Senior Events Strategist leading the Events Team at Wikimedia Foundation. Ruud Janssen and Roel Frissen will be having a conversation on his view as a designer on designing to change and how Joël has experienced that in towards delivering the next Wikimania 2021 (it's 15th Ed...

Welcome to the DESIGN to CHANGE podcast BACKSTAGE A live conversation from the MPI World Education Congress with the authors of the new DESIGN to CHANGE book Ruud Janssen and Roel Frissen in a conversation with Anthony Vade, Director North America at the Event Design Collective Ruud Janssen and Roel Frissen, creators of the #EventCanvas and founders of the Event Design Collective will be having a...

Welcome to the DESIGN to CHANGE podcast ONSTAGE A live conversation from the MPI World Education Congress 2021 in Las Vegas with the authors of the new DESIGN to CHANGE book Ruud Janssen and Roel Frissen in a conversation with Anthony Vade, Director North America at the Event Design Collective Ruud Janssen and Roel Frissen, creators of the #EventCanvas and founders of the Event Design Collective w...

Welcome to the DESIGN to CHANGE podcast ONSTAGE A conversation with Nicole Armstrong, CMP, CMM, CED, DES - Strategic Event Designer at MITRE (https://www.mitre.org/ ) in Washington DC, USA and was previously with the Internet Society as a designer for groundbreaking award winning online and offline events across the globe. Ruud Janssen and Roel Frissen of the Event Design Collective will be having...

Welcome to the DESIGN to CHANGE podcast BACKSTAGE A backstage conversation with Arturo Rago - Learning & Innovation Designer at IMD business school in Lausanne Switzerland and was previously with the World Economic Forum as a designer for the Betazones. Ruud Janssen will be having a conversation on his view as a designer on designing to change and how Arturo has experienced that in his career. And...