THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

The Event: Budtender Appreciation Day Southern California Event Date: March 12, 2017, 6-10PM Event Location: The Container Yard in Downtown Los Angeles, a "creative collective with the capacity to facilitate and welcome collaborations that align with their ethos". The first event of this kind in Southern California was "invitation only" and featured many sponsors from the industry. We were tasked with providing event support: creating an art-inspired decor to match the space and the unconventional event style, as well as interactive, fun activities for this mostly young group of guests. Here is our event report. Visitors to our offices in an industrial area of South Los Angeles had gotten a "whiff" of our greenhouse neighbors in the past. We have been surrounded by budtenders for quite a while, literally just around the corner from a Sheriff station! Well, it's now legal. California voters passed Proposition 64 in November 2016, lega...

SXSW 2017 just concluded - we asked our friend Cindy Y. Lo, DMCP President & Event Strategist from Red Velvet Events in Austin, TX, to share the latest news. Cindy has 14 years of hands-on experience, either producing SXSW related events or attending the conference and festival, for "unparalleled discovery, networking, and inspiration". It's also about having fun, as you will see! We are happy to share Cindy's expert report. Cindy: "We have been going to SXSW for 14 years and we have seen it change, as in "grow"! Obviously, the interactive events became more popular over the years. Attendance has grown dramatically. As the conference and festival expanded, we were getting more agency work. Attendance was up again this year, but the event aspects involving local help of SXSW decreased. In previous years, the conference was always incredibly chaotic for us. This year, my team could handle our workload very well, allowing me to actually atten...

Just to clear one question up immediately: Brynne Peña had absolutely nothing to do with the envelope mishap! But Brynne did fulfill a childhood dream and worked behind the scenes at the 2017 Academy Awards! Yes, it was all she dreamt it would be and she did fulfill several "bucket list" wishes in one evening! Brynne, still glowing from the experience, explains how she ended up at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood's biggest night: "One of my friends at church is also an event producer. Mary is specialized in award show production and I have helped her out in the past when she was short staffed. So when she called just four days before the show looking for experienced producers, I jumped with joy and said YES!" If you watched the show you know, that host Jimmy Kimmel let candy rain on the VIP audience. The Candy gag was added just days before showtime, thus requiring 10 trustworthy event pros on very short notice. What you did not see on camera w...

Ted Bowers is not prone to tweeting, but if he did it would contain #I❤️MyJob. We have been lucky to work in beautiful Florida on several occasions lately. Here is Ted's reports from Boca Raton. The Event: The 3-day Spring Meeting of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Guest count: 800 Our Task: Technical and Event Support. Location: Boca Raton Resort and Club, a Waldorf Astoria Resort. As a few weeks ago in Miami, where we brought the local art and design into the event decor, we got inspired by our surroundings. We incorporated the iconic pink flamingos in our opening night stage set. Ted Bowers: "These conferences need live event audio and video support as well as a complete recording of all events for meticulous archiving. We have been working together for many years and we adhere to a strict protocol to ensure 100% secure service. Capturing top quality video and audio and preparing the material is essential to the very structured archiving. Any moment of a...