Events: demystified Tree-Fan Events Podcast

During today's episode with my featured guest, Faith Gladden, CMP, CEM -  president of Gladden & Associates Event Management, and we will dive into:


Relationship Building/NetworkingDiversity, Inclusion, and Equity
What should be the main focus or objective when networking
What have been some of the biggest networking mistakes and lessons learned

Way to make your clients and your team feel appreciated.

Faith is no stranger to conference and event planning, with over 20 years of working with corporations, nonprofit agencies, Christian ministries, and small businesses to plan conferences, special events, and meetings both domestically and internationally.

She is a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and a Certified Exhibitions Manager (CEM) and is highly skilled in both live and digital/virtual event design, implementation, and production. Faith has always been passionate about hospitality and her purpose is fulfilled by bringing people together to do good things. She is motivated by creating opportunities to create positive change and diversity, equity, and inclusion work is modeled throughout her personal life and professional work.

Faith is a member of the Reno Tahoe Customer Advisory Board and is also a member of the International Association of Exhibits and Events (IAEE), IAEE DFW Chapter, the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) DFW Chapter, and serves on the Board of Directors for Meeting Professionals International DFW Chapter as the Director of Finance/Sponsorships.

Faith’s biggest areas of expertise are in hotel contract negotiations, sponsorship and exhibit sales, exhibit/table-top floor management, as well as finding ways to express her creativity through her design skills and putting her special “Faith stamp” on every event she plans.

When not at work, Faith can be found rolling on the floor laughing with her grandsons, singing at church, or hanging with her family and friends. Faith and her husband (and G&A Co-Founder) Ken have 3 grown children and 3 grandchildren and live in Texas.

Connect with Faith on these channels: 


Facebook Business Page 
Instagram and Twitter
Website: https://www.GladdenEvents.com

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let's chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: @eventsdemystifiedpodcast  and Twitter: @DemystifyEvents

Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw


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Super stoked to have Janice Cardinale, a heart-centric entrepreneur and founder of Event Minds Matter join me on the air to demystify the concept of mental fitness, and share strategies for having and maintaining this state of well-being that help cultivate awareness of how we think, behave and feel.

Janice has been in the event industry longer than most #eventprofs I know, and in 2022, she was awarded the BizBash 15 over 50, Top 100 Smart Meetings Entrepreneur, #WomantoWatch by Courtney Stanley, and a Powerful Business Woman by Reiimagine Destination Travel.  Janice considers herself a societal influencer but has also been known as a Heart-Centric Entrepreneur.   In 2022 she founded a community known as Event Minds Matter.

Janice writes about mental fitness and wellness for The Meeting Professional, and for United Colors of Design, a lifestyle magazine.  As an advocate for wellness in the event industry, her community has built pillars for education, resources, and initiatives that support a caring culture and demonstrates that the event industry can become the first most mentally fit industry.

UNIQUE FACTS

Have started and sold two businesses and I am on a mission to "build brave spaces to amplify the industry's conversation on mental health." 
I founded Event Minds Matter in February of 2022 and have affected event profs around the world in less than a year.
I write content for The Meeting Professional on mental fitness and wellness.
I am the board chair for the Creative Design and Event Management course at Seneca College 

Take the Saboteur Assessment to find your mental fitness saboteurs: https://assessment.positiveintelligence.com/saboteur/overview

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Connect with Janice on these channels:


https://www.linkedin.com/in/janice-cardinale/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/event-minds-matter/
https://linktr.ee/eventmindsmatter

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let's chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: @eventsdemystifiedpodcast 

Our BRAND NEW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw


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On today's episode, I get the honor to highlight another friend and event partner of mine, Andrew Ybarra, CEO of Lifted AV, Audio Visual Wizard, International Speaker, DJ & Live Event Expert. Andrew Ybarra is a unique soul with a fascinating redemptive story, someone obsessed with healing and growth, remembering who we really are, and learning more about the life force that binds us all together. 

He has over 15 years of experience in the Audio Visual Industry, working with grass-roots organizations and billion-dollar companies like CBS, Paypal, & Facebook alike! After years of studying transformational enrollment events from all angles, he now specializes in helping 6 & 7 Figure Transformational Leaders rock their events with seamless event tech, whether it’s live, virtual, or hybrid, Andrew is a PRO at them all. His specialty is creating unique events using a clear event vision process, aligned preparation, and fluid execution, so the experience is co-created, goal-oriented, and all with your brand essence being amplified!

UNIQUE FACTS

Andrew's healing journey: from alcoholic to alchemist music at events.
He's been a DJ for over 10 years.
He is obsessed with healing, remembering who we are, and learning more about the life force that binds us all together.

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Connect with Andrew on these channels:


Business Website: https://liftedav.com/speaking/
Personal Facebook: www.facebook.com/andrewcybarra
Personal Instagram: www.instagram.com/andrewcybarra 
Business Instagram: www.instagram.com/liftedav

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let's chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: @eventsdemystifiedpodcast 

Our BRAND NEW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw




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Today I have the honor of talking with Amy Gile, CEO of Silverdraft. Entrepreneurship and high-performance graphics technology.

Amy began her career in the media and entertainment industry in multiple aspects of the industry, including actor and producer.  Amy identified a need for a faster solution and workflow for the entire production and the artist. The demands of rendering, animation, and visual effects required a sophisticated approach to computing. Amy knew there was a better, faster way to bring complex content to the masses.  She co-founded Silverdraft and has dedicated herself to enabling and accelerating the visualization workflow with complete solutions for various industries, including Automotive, AEC, and Media and Entertainment.  Amy is a TEDx speaker and is passionate about technology and pushing what’s possible.

PS: I ended up ordering myself one of the plate machines Amy was mentioning that's primordial to her physical fitness. She was right, it's pretty rad. 

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Connect with Amy on these channels:


www.silverdraft.com
Twitter/Facebook/Instagram : @AmyGile

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let's chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: @eventsdemystifiedpodcast 

Our BRAND NEW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw


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With me on the air today I have Merijn van Buuren, founder of Event Mender,  on a mission to make the world a better place together 🌐 by developing a tool that takes out all the guesswork for event organizers. This tool is a fully customizable one-stop shop for organizing wildly successful and profitable events, from speaker acquisition, and marketing to AV services and virtual platforms all in one central place. 

We're going to be touching on this tool as well as the importance of finding the right event platform, the future of events in 2023, what it looks like to be bringing the industry together, event tech, monetization, engagement, building a business, and much more. 

A few more things about Merijn. Whilst helping physical event professionals embrace virtual events during the pandemic, Merijn realized that evaluating different platforms was taking way too much time and that there must be a better way to do this to help even more event professionals. 

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Connect with Merijn in the following places:


https://www.eventmender.com
https://virtualpositive.com
https://platform.eventmender.com

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Platon Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let's chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: @eventsdemystifiedpodcast 

Our BRAND NEW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw


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With me on the air I've got a trailblazer in the meetings and events industry, Adrian Segar - the Founder of CONFERENCES THAT WORK. He has convened, designed, and facilitated hundreds of meetings over the last forty years, specializing in participant-driven and participation-rich events that become what attendees actually want and need. He’s the author of three books on meeting design and runs conferencesthatwork.com, the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. Adrian is an acclaimed presenter at just about every major meeting industry conference, where he leads workshops on creating truly effective meetings that people love. He's been named 3 years in a row, 2019-2021, as one of the 100 most influential people in the event industry, one of Connect Meeting's 2021 Connect Corporate 15 Trailblazers over 50, his books are selected as must-reads for event professionals by Meetings Net.

UNIQUE FACTS

Adrian has a Ph.D. in high energy particle physics, he owned and ran a solar manufacturing business in the late '70s, and has been a consultant of various kinds for the last forty years.
It took him about 50 years to realize that he loves to facilitate connections between people. That was after decades of convening conferences on topics he was professionally involved in.
Adrian developed his participant-driven and participation-rich approach to meeting design by accident in 1992.

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You can connect with Adrian on his website: https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/


LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriansegar/

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“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events and your Podcast Host is Anca Trifan, CMP, DES. 

Let's chat about your event, and schedule a time that works for you via the 20 min free consultation link. 

Original Podcast Music written and produced by Fable Score Music. 

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For event and podcast updates, tips, and tricks of the trade, follow us on these social channels:

Instagram: @eventsdemystifiedpodcast 

Our BRAND NEW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2_hOoPp_DhYCvaH2SznPNw


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