THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

We recently had the pleasure of transforming two large, blank spaces into exciting, themed event venues. We conquered some challenges in the process. Here is our report. Event Location: Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Date: January 18, 2018, 6pm to 1am. Guest Count: 1200 Event Theme: Nineties Kristen and Alisa with client Eliza. Kristen Rensch: "This group had experienced a number of events in the San Francisco area. The client wished to invite them to a fresh new venue. The waterfront Fort Mason, with gorgeous views of the Golden Gate Bridge, was selected. We started with a blank space that was actually too large for this group. Our solution: we pulled in the perimeter and created catering corridors. Next, we created intimacy through strategic placing of a variety of colorful seating areas and bringing in a central curved salon bar. Three more bars were placed on the sides to avoid lines. Nineties themed decor and activities, such as...

The talk around the water cooler - well, okay, we also texted about it - at our office this week: what was your personal favorite moment of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games Opening Ceremony? Here is a list of the moments that moved and impressed us the most. Brynne Peña, our in-house sports event expert and ice hockey fan: "The Korean ice hockey players, scaling that huge flight of stairs with the Olympic Torch. Talk about a calorie burn! Go hockey!" #Brynne2028 Ted Bowers: "Shaun White's exuberance during the opening ceremony was infectious and reminded us that these are games. He posted really fun video clips on his social media channels. I'm also happy to see that he won the Gold medal again." Elizabeth Brazil: "I consider myself pretty patriotic and I loved that they used the LED lights mounted to each seat in the stands to depict each nation’s flag as the teams entered and that it traveled around with the team as they moved th...

Left to right: Paul Tramonte, Alisa Walsh, our official New Orleans greeters, Janet Elkins and Douglas Johnson. Thank you to all who attended our two seminars, Sales Strategies and Crushing It, We are happy to report that both forums generated very interesting discussions and we received wonderful feedback. Here a quick recap for those who could not attend in person. Sales Strategies Thank You to all Expert Panelists, from left to right: Kathy Miller, Total Event Resources , Chicago, IL Dianne Budlon Devitt, Dianne Devitt, New York City, NY Alisa Walsh, EventWorks, Los Angeles, CA Sally Webb-Berry, The Special Event Company, Raleigh, NC Janet Elkins, EventWorks, Los Angeles, CA Janet Elkins: "We have presented this seminar in the past, actually for several years. However, we redesign and update Sales Strategies each and every time to remain relevant and fresh. And lots has happened in the last 12 months. In 2018 our seminar was structured to be a l...

Our SITE Young Leader and Business Development Director, Alisa Walsh, was honored to be one of two winners of euromic's scholarship to attend the 2018 SITE and MPI Global Forum in Rome, Italy. Alisa: "This was the annual forum for both SITE and MPI combined. It was a truly unique opportunity since SITE and MPI joined forces and gathered about 700 people." Here in the photo: Alisa meets with Joe Lustenberger, Director - Americas, for Brussel, Belgium, based euromic and the other 2018 Young Leader Scholarship Winner, Sam McNeil, Creative Director from Song Division, London,UK. Alisa: "The forum culminated with the Crystal Awards Night but there was a lot of education as well. It was actually one of the best educational conferences I ever attended since the leaders and speakers hailed from global executive levels. I learned a lot about what the future of companies looks like and how to rebrand and gain inspiration from other areas, not just the events/meeting/hos...