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How to look at a meetings venue like a Technical Director Primer Series (3)-...
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...
View ArticleCorporate Meeting Engagement Ideas
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...
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Tracy Stuckrath from Thrive Events & Meetings Interview from PCMA- Show 206
Interview from the PCMA Learning Lounge in San Diego. Certified Event Planner with Food Allergies: Tracy Stuckrath talks about PCMA and how planners need to think about the diets of their attendees....
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Social Media Monitoring for Meetings and Events Show 209
Todays show includes Elizabeth Glau and Lynn Randall talking about the importance of Social media monitoring for meetings, events and conferences. They discuss a recent conference where they tag...
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Top 5 Event Load In Challenges
Have you had any really expensive, hard, challenging load in experiences for an event, meeting or conference? (click on image to the left) What are your top 5 issues? 1) Adequate time to...
View ArticleInteresting Use of IPads for Corporate Events
Ford used iPads for a corporate theatre opener for the recent Ford Geneva Motor Show. It is great to see how flexible and how they can be incorporated creatively.
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The box…
There are a lot of metaphors about thinking “outside the box”. So many in fact that it’s become a cliché and a punch line. But, that was the first thing that occurred to me when I received a package...
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Yan Heim CEO of Venue Booking Service Froomz.com Show 211
On todays show we have Yan Heim CEO of Venue Booking Service Froomz.com. Yan discusses how Froomz.com can save venues and event planners time using this breaktrough online service.
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Less Logistics and More Designing Experiences Show 212
Todays show we talk about two blog posts one from the Velvet Chainsaw Consulting written from speaker Jeff Hurt at Midcourse Corrections. Check it out here: Improving conference attendee experiences....
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When to Outsource Social Media & Meeting Production Show 213
Elizabeth Glau from Social Media Building Blocks and Mike McAllen from Grass Shack Events & Media discuss outsourcing in social media and meeting production. How does a client know when they need a...
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What Happened at the GSA Scandal in Las Vegas? Show 214
Jon Trask and Mike McAllen discus what happened at the GSA scandal in Las Vegas MResort in Las Vegas. Links: So since we recorded this podcast the GSA Scandal Mushroomed, Almost $1 Million in Meeting...
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Creativity + Action = Happiness & Change
Creativity + Action = Happiness & Change I finished a proposal yesterday for a long time client. I have to say I enjoyed it more than many others I have done in the past. Since we have been more...
View ArticleMobile Map Projection
Why not take your stage to your audience instead of the old model. This Verison Fios asked BiWorldwide and Cuelabs to do some Projection mobile mapping. Which means they made a movable stage and took...
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Build your meeting with Meeting Architecture
As we head into another pitch for Grass Shack Events & Media I was thumbing through one of the bibles of meeting and event production: Meeting Architecture and thinking in the 10 years we have been...
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BlogWorld Virtual Ticket Experience
IMG_1696 (Photo credit: mmcallen) When starting Grass Shack Events & Media my passion was media. I love the act of storytelling through digital media to engage audiences. I have been a big fan of...
View ArticleConnect with Industry Outsiders
Great Ways to Connect with Industry Outsiders Many people these days are jumping into the Meeting Planners/Event Industry and it can be very intimidating. Especially with the new social media outlets,...
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Best Event Photographer in San Francisco?
I have been working in San Francisco producing events, meetings and videos for many years now. Yesterday, I was asked once again for the best event photographer in San Francisco. I always say Orange...
View ArticleEvent Industry Pet Peeves Chat
Scanning through Twitter this afternoon (the usual places like #eventtable and #eventprofs) and came across this chat from @JeniseFryatt and @PYMLive about event planning and the pet peeves that come...
View ArticleLive Experiential Event Installation to Build Collaboration for Attendees
I came across this event video today about a live experiential event installation in Canada and loved the way it brought the event attendees together to make something through collaboation. Obviously,...
View ArticleMeeting Engagement Ideas
I really love this winery video. It sparked some meeting engagement ideas. Two things grab me. One the video itself tells a nice stand alone story. The second is the way they are using art to get the...
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We’ll Knock Your Socks Off!
Our very first Meetings Podcast newsletter went out yesterday! Join our subscription to hear about event and media production, event planning, events industry, technology, etc. Our most recent podcast...
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iMex Event App is Updated!
With iMex America 2012 right around the corner, we’re curious if you’ve gotten the chance to download the Event App? This great up-and-coming piece of technology is great for, not only the event...
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Get the meeting production support you deserve!
Grass Shack Events & Media‘s first Newsletter went out this week! What were all of your thoughts? To Subscribe to our weekly newsletter where we will discuss the events industry, event planning,...
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Passbook: Event Industry Game Changer?
The new iOS6 was launched just a few days ago for all iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and the new iPhone 5. With this update (waited for months by many) the new Passbook App was included. This new app is said to...
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Ways to Prevent Event Management Disasters
Ways to Prevent Event Management Disasters: Your boss gives you the task of planning a company function and the first thing you do is start planning in your head. You think of how this event will be...
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Book an Appointment Today!
Book an Appointment Today! Grass Shack Events & Media has been serving the video production and hybrid meetings industry for over 10 years and have put together some amazing presentations for...
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iMex Overview
Last week the AVforPlanners team launched their new company at iMex America! Not only was there a buzz going around about their AVMan, but there was a constant flow of traffic and appointment...
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Sustainable Tip of the Week: Event Planning
Listening to Doc Hendly talk about his efforts with “Wine to Water” has really got me in the mood to become a more sustainable person. There are so many easy and simple things that anybody and...
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Some Meeting Planners love a good one night stand.
I watched a movie last night called Crazy, Stupid, Love. It starred Ryan Gosling, who showed Steve Carell how to pick up women at bars. Steve Carell is told that he is doing it all wrong, how he...
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4 Ways Firefighting is like Meeting Production- Show 243
On todays show Mike McAllen compares his experience firefighting is much like running a meeting production company. (Minus the blood and heat of course) 4 Ways Firefighting is like Meeting Production...
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121212 Concert
Anyone out there watch the 12-12-12 Concert last night? This was such a cool event, with such a great concept, that I just had to share with all of you. Those of you who missed it, here’s an overview...
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Running a Successful Startup Event with Cassandra Phillips Show 245
Cassandra Phillipps of FailCon is interviewed by Mike McAllen for MeetingsPodcast San Francisco’s Cassandra Phillipps from WebWallFlower Events talks to Mike McAllen about running successful startup...
View ArticlePCMA Meeting and Event Design- Show 247
PCMA or the Professional Convention Management Association completed their annual meeting Convening Leaders in Orlando this past January 13-16. Tahira Endean of Cantrav Services Inc in Vancouver...
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The Special Event Chicago- Show 249
The Special Event The Special Event completed their annual meeting in Chicago this past January 15-18. Tahira Endean of Cantrav Services Inc in Vancouver Canada gives you a taste of the buzz at this...
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Bringing Your Ideas to Life!
We are here to help you bring your vision to life! Grass Shack Events & Media understands you want to portray your event a specific way, and we know the best ways to do it. Since we have been...
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Launch Festival Startups- Instaplayer – Luis Hervella – Show 253
Great Walk In Video Option Luis Miguel Hervella from CHIPOTLELABS is an indie app developing company that builds “apps to spice up your life”. They take this motto very seriously and have made it...
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Podcast: INFOCOMM, Matter of Trust, Hack Your Event
305 Meetings Podcast INFOCOMM, Matter of Trust, Hack Your Event We are down at InfoComm in Las Vegas. Show notes to come. 1) INFOCOM with Jon Trask 2) A Matter of Trust: with Dana Freker Doody The...
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