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With the influx of new virtual event platforms coming to market and the need of virtual event talent in this new normal, the Soundings Connect Mock Events program was created to give freelancers a new opportunity to re-skill. Join us for the inaugural program, featuring the Zoom platform! See below for the schedule of events and register for the sessions you are able to attend.
Schedule of Events:
9 AM PST: Virtual Meets Reality: Keep Your Pants On!
10AM PST: Speaker Management in a Virtual/Hybrid World
11AM PST: From Virtual to Hybrid: Our Top 10 Must Haves
Register for the Events Below:
Virtual Meets Reality: Keep Your Pants On!
Presented by Team: Totally Trippin!
9AM PST/12PM EST
Just a year ago, video meetings were still pretty rare, utilized mostly by tech companies and cutting-edge start-ups. Today, even the most tech-averse professionals use video-conferencing on a daily basis.The surge in usage obviously initiated with the COVID-19 crisis, but - love it or hate it - the technology is here to stay.
How can you present yourself professionally in a virtual environment (or at least not embarrass yourself)? Who has the time or the extra cash to set up a pseudo-studio in their home? What if you just don't really care that much....?
"Virtual Meets Reality" will dive into what makes a digital meeting a good experience, and give you practical, reasonable, useful tips you can implement right away. Whether it's your first video meeting or your 10 millionth, everyone will leave with new ideas and things to try. Tip #1: Keep your pants on!
Learning Outcomes:
Learn best-practices for optimal virtual event/meeting success.
Discover simple ways to enhance your professional appearance on video without significant time or money investment.
Meet the Speakers
Moderator: Miles K.
Miles has successfully staged over 2,000 corporate events over the past thirty years. His experience covers major product introductions, entertainment extravaganzas, and large corporate meetings, as well as press and marketing events. Miles started in television production just out of college at a PBS affiliate that afforded him the opportunity to move through the various production positions, eventually into a management role. When he moved to the west coast he gravitated towards staging live events and never looked back. Miles enjoys the interaction between the production company, the client and the crew knowing everyone has one common goal – to stage the best presentation possible.
Keynote Speaker: Leandra A.
Tour guide, event planner, trip director, business owner, educator, mentor, world traveler, wine lover and lifelong learner describe Leandra Almodovar.
Leandra’s journey started in the DMC as a tour guide, moving up to operations manager, sales and marketing to starting a DMC for a 3rd party planner. It dawned on her, I can do this on my own. With a slight shift she ran The Event Connection for 10 years, focusing on creating B to B events for her clients to connect and impress their customers. From concept to completion, The Event Connection managed the details that added to their success. She was invited to speak at regional and national conventions to talk about the new field of special events, lead CUE courses for The Exhibitor Show and teach at San Diego State University new Certificate in Special Events and Meeting Planner. A position she expanded to cover Food & Beverage and held for five years.
After traveling the world visiting more than 43 countries for 20 months she returned to San Diego and began her career in Trip Directing. Today she is known for her skill in on-site logistics for a variety of meeting types and sizes across the high tech, pharmaceutical and destination management industries.
Her large event experience includes the Beijing and Vancouver Olympics, Super Bowl, Rose Bowl and US Open.
She has put her passion for traveling and curating small group wine tours on hold. These days you will find her reskilling for virtual meetings by taking certification classes. This adds to her formal education of an AS in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Professional Certificate in Marketing from UCSD and Certificate in the Business of Wine from SDSU.
Speaker Management in a Virtual/Hybrid World
Presented by Team: SoundConn Event Productions
10AM PST/1PM EST
Twenty-twenty is the year we adjusted to virtual events. Speakers are learning how to present without a live audience as well. Twenty-Twenty One will be the year of hybrid events. What will it take to be successful? Join us on November 23rd when we’ll share best practices and considerations for building your Digital Speaking Session Guide in working with speakers for highly impactful sessions whether virtual or hybrid.
Learning Outcomes:
How to choose the right virtual speaker for your event objective
Toolkit contents for full speaker management
Technology considerations for pre-recorded sessions
Meet the Speaker
Sherry Kupke-DeLaGarza, CMP, CMM
President
Key Standards Event Management, LLC
From Virtual to Hybrid: Our Top 10 Must Haves
Presented by Team: Alchemy
11AM PST/2PM EST
2020 is the year of virtual events! We’ve all been to one and many of us have put them on…Now what? Let’s take a look at the next frontier, hybrid events. What do you need to go from virtual to hybrid? Let’s discuss!
Meet the Speakers
Presenter: Susan H. - Owner of Santel Marketing & Events
After working 25 years in the San Francisco Bay Area planning corporate events at high tech companies I moved to the Seattle area and starting contracting for agencies as a travel director/onsite meeting planner and dinner/lunch moderator. As an outside contractor I opened my own business in 2016.
SanTel Marketing & Events is my personal dream of working directly with customers that are planning conferences, trade shows and events. SanTel Marketing & Events will create a unique and compelling experience that measures results, satisfies clients and stays within your budget - either small or large. My combined experience in conference planning and trade show management spans close to 20 years - along with all the logistical planning that goes with events.
Moderator: Julie E. - Founder at Alpaca Picnic
Panelists:
Yinka F. - Owner of Triple Pocket Events
Blake Mills - Corporate Manager of Family Center Farm and Home
Kimberly Hopper - Director of Clexacon