THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

We asked DJ Lee Dyson who we need to pay attention to in the music world right now. Here is his Hot-New-Names-To-Know playlist.  Well as predicted (and even despite some controversy of musical cultural appropriation) Bruno Mars swept the 2018 Grammys. But let’s shine a light on the underdogs…..the “Best New Artist” category. ALESSIA CARA She took the award of course since she’s been on hit makers' radar since 2015 when she was releasing Youtube videos (33 million views) and then released her debut Album. Only 21 but with a vocal range equaling many of her idols she made waves with some strategic collaborations such as Zedd for “Stay” and Khalid & Logic for “1-800-273-8255” which called attention to suicide prevention. Not to mention touring with Taylor Swift and a guest spot on the Disney soundtrack for Moana!  Expect big things and more #1 collaborations from this alternative pop star! KHALID Speaking of Khalid, he also collaborated on Logic’s “1800-273-8255” b...

Our team worked hard over the past weekend. Floral Design Artist Rebecca Motus reports.  While we were all feeling Irish this weekend our team was hard at work producing a St. Patrick's Day themed event. Event Date: March 17, 2018 Event: a Closing Night Party Event Location: Monarch Beach Resort, Monarch Beach, California. The Challenge: the client wanted to use organic and eco-friendly materials. This requirement extended to all greenery. Rebecca Motus: "We selected only plants that are California grown and water-wise and therefore eco-friendly. We used Bells of Ireland, seeded eucalyptus, silver dollar eucalyptus, rosemary sprigs, Bupleurum, White ranunculus,, White Veronica, White Lisianthus, White Dahlias and Green Cymbidiums. The eucalyptus and rosemary took dual roles. Besides floral decor they acted as aromatherapy ingredients at the same time. Our team went to work in our floral studio to assemble it all. We used a variation of mason jars for the centerpi...

Alisa had the pleasure and honor of participating in MPI Orange County's panel discussion with FoodBeast's Geoff Kutnick, Chef Martin Salazar from Canyon Catering and Moderator Lisa Meller. The topic: Food and Beverage trends in the event industry. The Conference Topic: On a scale of 1 – 10: How confident are you that you fully understand the role of food in our business? We are seeing that there is significantly more pressure on us in our events industry to create experiences, not just “events”.    Food has always been a cornerstone for human connecting –in our house growing up, the kitchen was the center of the house – cooking together, entertaining, and dining with family and friends.  When it comes to  “going out”  - can we even do it without food and drink?    Now the role of food is taking center stage. We are seeing tours, trips, and travel experiences in our industry continue to grow and to even move into the general session. Food is no ...

The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board invited industry partners to attend a Crisis Preparedness Summit last Monday. We were very impressed! LATCB invited partners to the L.A. Convention Center for this half day event a week ago. On the agenda: The Importance of Planning, an Overview of the City's Emergency Response, Hardening Soft Targets, LATCB's Role in a Crisis, #Recoverstrong and Reviewing Your Response. Photo L-R: Alisa Walsh, Brandi Thigpen with LATCB and Kayla Kilpatrick with AEG. Alisa Walsh: "Security at events is on the forefront of everyone's mind. It is something that needs to be addressed. All of our clients are certainly asking all of the questions that they should be asking these days. What event security measures are in place? We rely heavily on the venues to have security plans in place but we as event producers have to ensure that we provide our customers with that information and that we ask these questions on our end as well. There i...

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...