THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

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...

Procrastinators, you know who you are. You have one week before your return is due. We are in the business of motivation. We are happy to share tips. This could be the most stressful week of the year for some of us: 7 days until your tax return and possibly payment is due, We hear the sighing and complaining from our procrastinators over here.  Take heart, this too shall pass.  We are happy to share some motivational advice - and DJ Lee Dyson's Tax Day Playlist. Read on and SMILE. Janet Elkins: "The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success" - Anyone who knows me has heard me speak about perseverance .. maybe even too often? But I do feel that life is filled with boulders that need to be removed and that to survive, one needs determination and tenacity. Alisa Walsh:  Always a good fallback for me is a good ol' fashioned sports motivational quote and none better than a comparison to my fave, America’s favorite pastime...

A sign of the modern workplace times: our EventWorks family has become a lot more dispersed. We share our experience with remote working. The number of telecommuting workers has increased 115% in a decade, according to a new report from Global Workplace Analytics and FlexJobs. We have certainly taken notice here at EventWorks. Our old-fashioned phone numbers rarely ring anymore. Our L.A. offices seem empty. We have joined the Remote Workforce.  Please meet our remote team - from Houston, Texas: Creative Writer Elizabeth Brazil Dickson. Please describe your role and history with EventWorks.  I have been fortunate to have been a member of the EW team since 2010.  Originally my role was that of proposal writer but through the years that has expanded and, although I still write many of the proposals, I have been able to share my skills in pre-production, vendor relations and even some onsite event management when needed.  It has bee...