THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

Can you imagine Janet in a dawn yoga class, relaxed and mellow at 7am? We could not, either. But it happened a few weeks ago when Ted and Janet attended TPG's Luxury Lifestyle Reboot in Napa Valley, For the Love of YOU 2017. Janet and Ted came back happy, relaxed and glowing.  We were excited about TPG's invitation to attend the 3 day weekend at the luxurious Meadowood Napa Valley. A weekend of great wine and great food in the company of great industry colleagues sounded enticing enough. However, it turned out that the experience left us much more inspired than we anticipated. TPG allowed us to share details. Source: http://www.tpgfortheloveofyou.com/ There's a sea change happening in today's uber-connected world. Employees, colleagues, partners, and friends want more purpose, more daringness, less of the scarcity caused by our 24/7 bombardment of BS. Together we'll become Life Ninjas, our phrase for rad folks who live authentically and with c...

It is "Coachella Time". This festival strives to add new bells and whistles each and every year, that set the bar higher for us in the event industry. In 2017 everyone is talking about "festivalization" of meetings and events. Here is our round-up of top trends and inspiring aspects. “All experiences are morphing together into the festivalization of events. Concerts add conferences, meetings add new styles of collaboration, trade shows add consumer elements. Training conferences are like going to Lollapalooza. In a competition for our attention, event organizers are engaging all the senses." - David Adler/BizBash Medium "The meetings industry is evolving beyond its preoccupation with event technology and the impact of Millennials over the last five years. The new focus for 2017 revolves around developing more multidisciplinary business events, integrating education and entertainment, to engage attendees in new ways on different levels....

The Event: a 3-day Conference in San Diego Event Dates: March 19-21, 2017 Guest Count: 1400+ Our Tasks: we provided full production services for a series of events surrounding a conference, culminating in the Closing Night Extravaganza at Petco Park. We had spent 2 years on planning this event, especially the Closing Night Extravaganza in Petco Park, in great detail. And then Murphy's Law applied. The weather forecast changed, TV announcers were aflutter, RAIN was in the Southern California forecast for event time. Our event was planned as an outdoor event. Brynne Peña explains: "After two years of discussing, planning, drawing and sourcing the event we literally had to do a 180 with 48 hours to go. We went back to the drawing board, created new diagrams and put the whole event under cover. The entire Field portion of the event had to be moved up off the field because of the impending rain. We moved the bars into the locker room to create a sort of secret, "h...

Alisa Walsh had the pleasure and the honor of chairing the MPI Orange County Spring Social and Fundraiser on March 22, 2017. The Theme: "Back to the Blues". The very appropriate Event Location: the brand new House of Blues at the Anaheim Garden Walk. The excitement among MPI members to be the very first to experience an event during opening week at the new location was palpable. Alisa: "The event was very well attended and we raised over $12,000 for MPI! Everyone had a great time! The new House of Blues Anaheim at the Garden Walk is much larger than the previous HOB at Downtown Disney - and it is a great event location!" Here is our location report. The excitement among MPI members to be the very first to experience an event during opening week at the new location was palpable. Alisa: "The event was very well attended and we raised over $12,000 for MPI! Everyone had a great time! The new House of Blues Anaheim at the Garden Walk is much larger...