We're excited to share that #NIVA25 is coming to Milwaukee in June 2025!
As local Milwaukee members of the NIVA - National Independent Venue Association, we’re thrilled to host the fourth annual conference in our vibrant city. With over 1,300 attendees at #NIVA24 in New Orleans, we can’t wait to showcase our incredible independent venues through panels, programming, and unforgettable performances. From our world-class dining and museums to our supportive community, NIVA ‘25 attendees are in for an amazing experience. Stay tuned for more details. We can’t wait to welcome you all to Milwaukee!
🔗 For more info and updates ➤ nivassoc.org/conference
Museum thinker & consultant💡I help museums innovate and manage systemic change across the institution ⚙️Mentor▪️Training and Research▪️Workshop facilitator▪️Exhibition development and outreach▪️socio-museology practice
A leaf from a journey's diary - Museum cafes and restaurants
Cars are not produced to consume fuel. Likewise, museums are not there to make money and yet funds are necessary and welcome by just about any museum. Some bank on ticket sales but others can be much more creative. Restaurants and cafes are yet another case in point.
There is a fine line between generating revenue and selling an experience. For a start, it has to do with what the museum’s public is comfortable with and that cold be just enough to make a visit worth the ticket price. Experiences that sell consistently are of a totally different kind. They do not relate to the immediate gain but focus on the potential enrichment of the museum’s public, the unexpected, the pleasantly unusual and the impactful.
Such museum cafes do exist.
#experience#museumcafe#oneweave#blurredlines
Under this year’s theme of “Navigating Change Together,” leaders of co-operatives and mutuals from Coast to Coast to Coast will attend thought-provoking plenaries, as well as participate in interactive workshops and breakout sessions. These plenaries and workshops will discuss one of the three main following sub-themes:
-Taking action in a Changing Economy and Workforce.
-Leading the way in a Digital and Technological Era.
-Leveraging Innovation and Transformation to Build a Just and Equitable World. Learn more at:
https://lnkd.in/gm5Ak65y
Wow, I loved this project...🍗🔥
As many of us know, sometimes as an event marketer you have to 'step into' the role of graphic designer/video editor (thank you Canva).
I had such a vision for this, but no idea where to even begin executing it. Teasing a panel that nods to such a viral sensation like 'Hot Ones', naturally I wanted to do it justice.
A part of me was praying they would release a free version of Sora AI today, so it could do it for me 😂
However that got me thinking, can AI still help? It might not be able to generate the video, but could it at least get me off my feet with this idea?
So, I put in a full editors brief into ChatGPT. The panel we were teasing, the release dates, location, style we wanted. I gave it all. I also added that we would need to make this on Canva.
This AI spit out a full step by step guide, on how to execute this purely through Canva for me. It gave me a script, it gave me timings for each frame, it gave me recommendations for stock footage, sound effects. I was completely blown away.
The thing is, is that though it was super helpful, it still wasn't perfect. It had allowed me to jump start this little video, but I knew we could do more. For example, I wanted the neon signage at the end, but also wanted to give it that 'flicker' like you see on the show.
I asked my colleague GPT to help, and in seconds it gave me a step by step guide, on exactly where I could find that style and how I could animate every frame effectively to achieve what I wanted, as a sort of 'Canva work around'.
It's actually blown my mind.
But, it's also reassured me. Even with AI's new capabilities, we will always rely on people to bring their own creativity to a project. There was so much it helped me to execute, but the ideas were still my own. And I love that.
AI continues to be a HOT topic, so I hope to keep the conversation going at our ELX Annual Congress this year...
Can't wait to see all our members again in Las Vegas soon! 👀☀️
P.S. I recommend listening with the sound on 🔊😎
#AI#Video#EventMarketer
The agenda for the ELX Annual Congress 2024 drops next week! Catch a sneak peek of one of our hottest panels below... 👀🔥
Are you ready?
📋 Full Agenda drops May 28.
📅 Happening July 10-12 at ARIA Resort & Casino
📝 Members can register now through our community platform: https://bit.ly/4bTbLkh
Not a member? Click here to see if ELX could be the right fit for you: https://bit.ly/4dS1gzd#ELX#Eventprofs#LasVegas#AgendaReveal
Complianza's Christer Hutchinson-Kay shares insights after the last ever ICE event in London.
Change is key! Interested in how Complianza is reshaping compliance in gambling? Let's connect and talk about it.
Working on follow-ups from another fantastic #ICE show. However, it’s somewhat bittersweet that this marks the last show in London. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed coming here since 2004, appreciating the English hospitality. Change is often beneficial, and it will be interesting to see if Barcelona and Fira Gran Via can maintain the excellent standards of the venue and show that we’ve come to enjoy at Excel by Clarion in London. See you at #ICE2025!#ICE2024#ICELondon#GamingIndustry#Compliance#RegulatoryCompliance#rMony
Adelaide Fringe 2024 was a massive season and it took herculean efforts from everyone to get through! Incredible numbers attended, just over 1 million ticket sold and 4.6 million attendances .. (if anyone has questions about the difference between those numbers please ask! It's quite simple, there's lots of ways to attend that doesn't involve a ticketed show) it was fantastic to see so many tourists come to Adelaide for Fringe 2024 - they bought huge numbers of tickets and spent big in local hotels and restaurants. in many ways a big triumph, but of course there is more to the story and one of the scariest elements is the fact that festival presentation costs have gone up by about 30% in the last year or so .. the ticket sales were up by around 4% (1,040,305) and the average ticket price remained the same around $33. So it doesn't take much to look at the sums and realise it is very tough to make it all balance. Lots of festivals have cancelled and closed down in recent months because of these rising costs in the supply chains. We are going to work harder than ever to try raise enough money to shore up the Fringe in future - Adelaide Fringe is a precious jewel of the nation and we need all the help we can get to survive this storm.
Happy New Year! 🌟2024 is starting with a bang with $81.9M+ in event-driven spending this January, and that’s just for the top 5 cities across the US!
5️⃣ First on the list is Bakersfield, CA where local spending is expected to surge by $792,037 due to sports matchups including AHL Bakersfield Condors vs Abbotsford Canucks 🏒
4️⃣ Next up is Wichita, KS with a spending surge of $4,332,321 as a result of sports events combined with major expos such as the Wichita Bridal Expo 💍👰🏻
3️⃣ Chandler, AZ starts the year off strong with a demand surge of $9,629,768 spanning across two weeks due to overlapping shows and festivals including the Chandler International Film Festival 🎥🍿
2️⃣ Sacramento, CA is our runner up this month with a demand surge of $13,279,289 in local spending due to attractions such as Monster Jam Sacramento and the Sacramento Chocolate Salon 2024 during the last week of the month 🍫🎉
1️⃣ Tampa, FL stays in demand surge territory for most of the month with a whopping $53,897,955 in event-driven spending over three weeks. The Gasparilla Pirate Festival alone accounts for most of this, bringing together 300,000 attendees who are predicted to spend $24.7M+ in just one day! 🏴☠️
Discover these incredible events and more with your free copy of the January 2024 Demand Surge Report! 📊 #predictiveanalytics#predictivedata#localevents
Another day down! As of today I've decided I definitely wanna be back here at PAX next year in some form or another. Check out today's post on my blog!
https://lnkd.in/e9KC_cxE
Our latest case study reveals how Lachlan and the North Australian Festival of Arts team utilise event planning tools such as OnePlan. Not only providing them with knowledge and control but also resulting in more precise and secure events!
Follow the link below to read about their festival management journey and how OnePlan has reshaped their planning process 👉
https://lnkd.in/g97tiJMXTownsville City Council#casestudy#eventplanning#eventplanningtips
ChristchurchNZ invites interested parties to review the delivery and curation opportunity for the World Buskers Festival 2025–2027 and to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) if they wish to be considered for an invitation to respond to the Request for Proposal (RFP).
The World Buskers Festival (WBF) has entertained audiences in Christchurch since 1994. ChristchurchNZ took over the responsibility for the Festival in 2018 as part of our Major Events mandate for Christchurch. We recently commissioned an independent strategic review to establish a 10-year growth strategy alongside a 3-year implementation plan to ensure a sustainable future for the WBF with the aim to grow the impact of the Festival to deliver against the outcomes sought through the city’s Major Events Strategy.
📄 Respondents who wish to submit an EOI must complete this document: https://lnkd.in/gsk-6CgF
📁 Applicants must fill out Appendices 2, 3, and 4 before Friday 10 May 2024 5pm.
📧 Email them to major.events@christchurchnz.com
Please be advised that during the EOI process, no questions, enquiries or responses will be facilitated or entered into. ChristchurchNZ may, at its discretion and in adherence to the EOI Terms & Conditions, initiate a closed RFP process starting on the 14 June 2024.
Responses received after the closing date and time may not be accepted.
Talent Procurement | Brand Partnerships | Entertainment Marketing | Sponsor Activation --- Previously @ GMR Marketing/Omnicom
2moCongrats, PTG (and Milwaukee)! Well done teaser with great cameos!