Events: demystified Podcast

Welcome to a new episode of “Events: demystified” brought to you by Tree-Fan Events , with your host, Anca. Now that 2020 is behind us, welcome to 2021 ! Hope you all had a great holiday season, wishing you all a happy and... a different kind of new year! In the first episode of 2021, we will cover a few emerging trends this year, such a technology and production, what will make a great hybrid exp...

Welcome to our last episodes of 2020 of “Event AV and Lighting, demystified” brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your host, Anca. Happy “You’ve just made it through 2020” to you all! In this episode we wanted to produce a soundbite compilation out of all of the other relevant episodes recorded this year because we had so many tips, insight, knowledge and wisdom shared on the air, and so we wante...

Welcome to part 2 of our 2020 Year in Review episode of “Events: demystified” brought to you by Tree-Fan Events , with your host, Anca. Hopefully you got to listen to the first part already and you’re ready to embark on the last part of this full of wisdom-nuggets episode! A quick overview, the premise of this episode is built around the fact that we wanted to produce a soundbite compilation out o...

Welcome to a new episode of “Event AV and Lighting, demystified” brought to you by Tree-Fan Events , with your host, Anca. Today I have the pleasure of inviting with me on the air a rockstar and veteran of the event industry, Lynn Edwards Owner of Proper Planning , bringing to the table over 30 years of experience and a wealth of knowledge in the areas of event management, overall event strategy,...

Welcome to a new episode of “Event:  demystified” brought to you by Tree-Fan Events , with your host, Anca.  Today I have the pleasure of inviting with me on the air a special guest, Beth Sandefur of Beth Sandefur Events , a woman on fire in the fundraising virtual event arena, planning and producing several dozen virtual events so far, one more creative than the other. Beth is a seasone...

 In today's episode, I invited on the air my colleague, Mark Woodworth, an expert in enterprise grade virtual conference platforms to discuss the general strategy and factors when choosing a conference platform, as well as the different features and capabilities that should be compared and considered for the product offering you’re reviewing. If you've already tried to determine which confere...

Welcome friend to a new episode of “ Event AV and Lighting, demystified ” brought to you by Tree-Fan Events , with your host, Anca, recording this episode somewhere in the deep woods of Idaho, finding her way home. Well, not really - but so it happens that our episode #20 is a special edition recorded under special circumstances. In this episode, as you're listening to the soothing sound of a near...

Welcome to our new episode this month!  Today my goal is to introduce to you a helpful tool with a great number of features to assist in raising much needed funds during this pandemic via virtual fundraising, and for that, guess what, I have a surprise for you! I have another guest with me today  and we will be talking about this tool that any organization that is looking to fundraise an...

As this month is coming to an end and with it our one year anniversary celebration , which if this is the first time you’re listening, we’ve celebrated this entire month with weekly featured guests that honored us with their presence, virtually, and shared from their experience tips and insights of working in this reality of planning and producing virtual events . Having had the opportunity to dis...

Welcome to another episode of Events: demystified Podcast, where we're featuring several event professionals with different experiences and perspectives in this reality of planning and producing virtual events!  If you’ve listened to our previous episodes this month, you know that we’ve been celebrating our ONE year anniversary this entire month by having conversations about this reality in t...

Ok friends, this episode is BIG big ! We're having a conversation today about Virtual Events that strive to make a difference in today’s pandemic, from a Live-streaming Production House's stand-point. If you’ve followed our previous two episodes this month, you know we’re celebrating one year since coming out here on the air demystifying the world of audio visual and lighting and revealing to you...

In today's podcast episode, I get to speak with Brent Berg, the self-proclaimed " very important guy" at Valiant Productions located in Boise, Idaho, serving and thriving as a full-service audio-visual company in the Treasure Valley. To learn more about Brent Berg, his best-in-class, state-of-the-art production studio, and the type of events they do over there, tune in and listen to our full episo...

A virtual conversation about Virtual Events from a Nonprofit Fundraising Expert Point of View, because this month is a huge celebration for us! We’re turning ONE ! This July we’re celebrating one year of being on the air aiming to demystify the world of audiovisual and lighting for events and revealing to you everything that’s related to event productions, behind the scenes tricks of the trade, as...

To say that a lot has changed in the event space over the last few months is an understatement, but there is some light at the end of the tunnel and we'd like to share with you a few important virtual event details that you need to provide your event producer or AV partner for a successful event . We've already seen some great requests from clients looking to dive back in and we're excited to see...

First off, a warm and very virtual HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all of you mothers out there! Today is a day for honoring all the women in our life who support and nurture us, from our sisters to our grandmothers to our mothers in law.  Mothers, in any form motherhood might have taken for - you deserve to be celebrated especially during times such as these! Let's take a moment to stop and reflect on...

Four weeks indoors as a family can make a few things clear. You will know if your marriage is stable and if you truly love your children. You will know if you can keep yourself occupied for a lot of hours. You will also know for certain if you love or hate puzzles, science projects and board games.  I always had a feeling I hated puzzles but was not 100% sure of that until recently....

In this episode, I have the honor of interviewing IRL, Anna Marie Aldinger, the president, and owner of IBL Events , one of the largest producers of consumer trade shows in Idaho. We will cover topics such as personal strategies to handle multiple projects at the same time, tips to overcome event stress , the type of return an exhibitor should expect from a trade show, how to create a visually app...

In this episode I will be talking about ways of getting the most out of your AV partner,  I will be discussing AV RFPs or proposals, what it takes to hire an AV supplier or vendor and what questions would you be asking when partnering with a new AV provider. While AV provider is used quite a lot in the industry, I like to refer to this title as AV partner , because what you really want out of...

Happy New Year to all of you event professionals out there! May this year, this decade even, signify the greatest successes and achievements of your life! May it be a year filled with plenty of closed deals and opportunities! As the first episode of 2020, I couldn’t find a better topic of discussion than naming and going over the top event tech trends for the coming year. So stick around as I will...

During today's episode, our last episode of 2019 (!), we will uncover some of the best event project management tools, and dive into ten options for your events to keep the hundreds of moving parts organized and all the planning tasks on track, because we all know that events, even the smallest of them have a lot of moving parts and so many elements need detailed management, which is why it’s so i...

In today’s episode we get to speak with Jen Barth, the founder and director of a non-profit organization located in Boise, Idaho and serving the women of the Treasure Valley. Jen has an amazing heart for the women in her city and through events, small groups and involvement in the community, she’s doing everything in her power to reach these women, meet them where they are in their journey and sup...

The levels of stress an event professional goes through are pretty incredible. CareerCast made event planning the 4th most stressful job of the year . 4th most stressful, right after Airline Pilots, Police officers and broadcasters. I mean, some days it feels like I’m landing the plane if know what I mean and some days I just ain't with how much stuff is going on. Newsflash: stress levels this hig...

I come to you today to have a conversation about Best Practices for Sound, Video, Graphics and Lighting for Events because rarely would you plan an event these days that doesn't require the use of some form of AV and Lighting. I won’t dive too deep into Sound as I did during my last episode, but I will spend some extra time towards the end on Lighting and how used strategically, it influences how...

In the spirit of understanding each other better, let’s start with the importance of good event sound in a venue for meetings and events, the equipment that you should have at a minimum and what are some of the common problems when it comes to sound. So here’s a true fact that many of you might disagree with: Hearing someone speaking at an event is more important than seeing them. Think about it f...

 If this is your first time listening to this Podcast, my hope is that you will walk away after this episode with some relevant and helpful information regarding the audio-visual and lighting technology side of events to empower you and give you some inside tech knowledge that will make it easier and much smoother for you to plan your next event! My goal is to share with you insightful tips,...