THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

Quelle expérience! What an experience! Janet is happy to share news from the amazing C2 conference in Montreal last week. Janet: "This was by far the most high tech conference I have attended in a long time. By the same token, the organizers made sure to provide the human, low tech assistance to ensure that everyone had an incredible, worthwhile experience." We attend many conferences and trade shows but we were all raving about C2. "Transformative Collisions" brought together keynote speakers as varied as LGBTQ activist Chelsea Manning, rapper and agricultural entrepreneur Snoop Dogg and Oceanographer Sylvia Earle. The backdrop is a whole event village. High tech and low tech combine to inspire, inform and entertain. We experienced incredibly creative activations, master classes, interactive workshops and a mix of art, entertainment and education I find unparalleled in the conference environment. We also very much enjoyed exploring the old town of Montreal. ...

Brynne Peña and Kristen Rensch. Kristen Rensch is always happiest when working in her birthplace, Oahu.  A recent multi-day event series for an international client took Kristen and our team back to Honolulu. The events comprised a welcome reception, product launches, evenings with dinner entertainment and the closing gala. The last night posed the biggest challenge: how to serve 4,200 guests in a timely fashion with top-tier cuisine in style? We immersed guests in the ambience of tropical splendor with a beachside Welcome Reception, the iconic Diamond Head as natural backdrop. We closed one day with a Sunset Reception at the Royal Hawaiian. Closing Night Gala for 4,200 guests at the Hawai‘i Convention Center Matching the gorgeous location, we created a custom "Electric Luau" show. Our New Zealand based choreographer designed a fast-paced Polynesian themed show that ranged in elements from Phantom of the Opera to Hawai'i's very ...

Why is Janet surrounded by cheerleaders? Our iconic "Lakers" Girls were part of the non-stop entertainment for an event we produced for a European automaker who invited his Chinese VIPs to Los Angeles. What does it take to bring all of these international aspects under one hat? Angelenos are by nature an international population. We had the pleasure of welcoming clients and guests to the spectacular roof top venue South Park Center in Downtown Los Angeles. Wow them from the first moment. As guests entered the venue they were greeted by this gorgeous view over Downtown Los Angeles' skyline and evening sky. EventWorks' producers Alisa Walsh and Elizabeth Brazil took care of the rest. Alisa Walsh: “Working with this particular audience was a fun challenge for me!  I have had the opportunity to experience a bit of their culture through my travels and was very proud to see another event come to fruition.  Planning between time zones always adds an extra layer o...

“I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.” ― Maya Angelou, Mom & Me & Mom We are celebrating the most important women in our lives - our mothers - this week. Wishing all the caring women a wonderful Mother's Day!  Janet Elkins and her mom Beverly. That Smile! Kristen Rensch and Joy, enjoying Malibu during a mother-daughter visit. Alisa Walsh and her sister Amy honor both their stepmom Lynn, here eating Italian pastries in Florence together on the left, and their mom Diana, all three in stripes during a family visit in Newport Beach. Kate Brack and Sue who loves her role as Granny just as much as she loves being a mother. ynne Peña and her mom Christy. Brynne and her family just returned from a dream trip to London and Paris. You can see that Elizabeth Brazil and her brother Butch still listen to mom ...

Alisa Walsh had the pleasure of getting a preview of this brand new event space earlier this month. WOLFGANG PUCK CATERING Sales Manger Kari Mendez and Senior Director Catering Sales Ashley Lampe were happy to show Alisa around. City Market Social House just opened this month. The space and the location are a great addition to our options in DTLA. We can't wait to work here! Great things keep happening in Downtown Los Angeles. The Convention Center is proud to be the largest convention center in the U.S. to be re-certified on the LEED EB+OM Gold level and it now hosts over 300 events a year. At the same time hotel room capacity is growing. As of September 2017 2000 rooms within walking distance were under construction. The city's goal: 8000 hotel rooms by 2020 near the convention center. All this means that the need for event space is growing and WOLFGANG PUCK CATERING just opened a great new space, the CITY MARKET SOCIAL HOUSE. City Market Social House is a contemp...

As Director of Business Development Alisa attends networking events each and every week. While Alisa loves to mingle and see colleagues and make new friends, one event especially stands out - and it takes place in a kitchen! Most private affairs end up with friends and family gathering around the kitchen table. The same concept works in a networking setting. The casualness takes the stress out of the networking aspect. Alisa and City National Grove of Anaheim's Candi Lombard report. Alisa Walsh:  I love Kitchensync because it is an interactive event. Many networking events are fantastic and they always offer really amazing food and beverage. However, at Kitchensync we are mingling in an environment familiar to us professionally as we also share an experience.  We sell experiences to our clients after all. Having a networking experience adds extra value to this event. You get to spend time working next to potential clients or industry partners. We laugh as we learn more...

Coachella, in its 19th year, still gets credit for being a culturally defining moment and a representation of iconic California lifestyle. Besides art, fashion, augmented reality immersive events, brand activations and ultra lux clamping VIP yurts by W Hotels however, it is still three days of music with 166 acts performing. We asked pop culture pundit, rock critic veteran and Variety Contributor ROY TRAKIN what the event industry needs to know about Coachella 2018. EW: Other well-known festivals like Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza have seen declining sales. Why does Coachella continue to be successful? Roy Trakin: Coachella has become the benchmark for the modern festival era. It’s established a brand that engenders expectations and now certainly supersedes any of the acts on the bill, no matter how big. The show invariably sells out before the lineup is even announced, which speaks loudly to that name. It has become the one go-to destination on the spring-summer large-scale fest...