We're kicking off 2021 with a discussion on how to infuse wellness into your virtual event. As many attendees continue another quarter of working from home, many are feeling "zoomed out" spending most days online and continuing to balance the blurred lines of home and work life. On this episode of EXPOsed Conferences Podcast, I’m speaking with Dr. Kim a health a health behavior scientist (with a Ph.D. in Community Health from the University of Toronto), professional speake...

On today's episode we sit down with Mo Husseini, Senior Vice President of Design with Freeman. Mo is well-steeped in print design, exhibition booth designs, and film and has a deep background in brand strategy, messaging narrative, creative ideation, experiential marketing, and a variety of digital and physical media. He helps clients launch products, services, and brands into the world through live and digital experiences. On this episode of EXPOsed, Mo shares his sentiment...

Today marks the first episode of Season 3! On today's episode we sit down with Steve Mapes, Senior Vice President of Strategy at Impact XM. Steve is a 30-year veteran of the event and trade show business. Steve leads the development of integrated exhibit and event communication strategies for clients that include award-winning Design, Business Theater, Biointeractivity, Interactive Learning and Virtual Events. He presents at conferences on various topics and writes for diverse publicati...

On Today’s Episode I’m speaking with John Capano, Senior Vice President of Client Development of Impact XM. John brings two decades of experience as a strategy and marketing leader across several industries including automotive, technology, travel, and business services. With a wide range of expertise in B2B and B2C strategy, brand development, and experiential marketing, John’s brand experience includes multiple Fortune 100 global clients. John applies his expertise in strategy, ...

On Today’s Episode I’m speaking with Alyson Shane the CEO and co-founder of HeyAlfa, a tool that generates complete social media marketing campaigns for events, and owns Starling Social Inc. a digital marketing agency specializing in content strategy.A passionate communicator, Alyson serves as the Communications Director for TEDxWinnipeg and gives dozens of talks and workshops focused on marketing strategy each year. Want to learn more about how Alyson Shane and how HeyAlfa can help you autom...

On Today’s Episode I’m speaking with Jess Ekstrom the founder and CEO of Headbands of Hope, a company that donates headbands to kids with cancer with every headband sold. Headbands of Hope has been featured on the TODAY Show, Good Morning America, QVC, The View and worn by celebrities like Kelsea Ballerini and Khloe Kardashian. More importantly, Headbands of Hope has donated over 600k headbands, reaching every single children's hospital in America and 22 countries.Jess is also the bestselling...

On Today’s Episode I’m speaking with Dana Freker Doody, Vice President, Communications and Public Relations for The Expo Group, which works with organizations to help grow revenues and advance causes through the design and execution of compelling, memorable experiences. Dana excels at strategic thinking, communications programming and bringing communities of people together to achieve their objectives. A 19-year employee of The Expo Group, Dana started her career in newspapers and still subsc...

On Today’s Episode I’m speaking with Lauren Schwab creator of Unplugged Mornings. Lauren created a 9-step process to help individuals disconnect to reconnect back to their true self! In connection to that effort Lauren has hiked Mount Kilimanjaro, spent almost 60 days living in a cave, and competed with more than 1 million people to win one of 50 coveted spots in a competition reality TV show held on NBC.Lauren has also opened and sold two fitness studios, is a certified personal traine...

On Today’s Episode I’m speaking MICHELLE M. GOMEZ, MBA, The Latina Career & Life Coach, speaker and author of Own Your Brilliance: Overcome Impostor Syndrome for Career Success. Michelle has earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and a master’s degree in Business Administration. She has over 21 years of experience learning, navigating, and overcoming obstacles that plague women in the corporate environment. Gomez is passionate about helping Latinas achieve positions of pow...

On Today’s Episode of EXPOsed Conferences™ Podcast is Shay Wheat a Certified Event Producer™ & Creator of popular programs such as “The Powerful Event Process” and “The Ultimate Event Planner Certification Program.” Producing events as large as 800 attendees, and collaborates with many well-known celebrities such as Dr. Oz, Martha Stewart, Bill Baren, Lisa Nichols, and many others. She has assisted Speak-to-Sell clients to be extremely profitable with their events: generating over $2...

Some say fun & law can’t coexist, but that means they haven’t met Annette Stepanian, a real lawyer who makes the law practical, approachable, and dare we say it – even a little fun. Not only can she lay down the law, but Annette equips other creative professionals and small business owners with the legal and business knowledge needed to confidently start and grow their businesses. Committed to making legal information accessible for small business owners and entrepreneurs, Annette f...

On Today’s Episode of EXPOsed Conferences™ Podcast I sit down with Jefferson Davis - President of Competitive Edge. Jefferson is a leading tradeshow productivity expert who for 29 years has been helping show organizers get, keep and grow exhibitors. His company provides advanced level sales training for show organizers along with award winning exhibitor communication and education programs. His client list reads like a a “who’s who” in the exposition industry. Learn mo...

On Today’s Episode of EXPOsed Conferences™ Podcast I’m discussing Virtual Event Sponsorship Packages. I'm going to be helping you build out your sponsorships, give you examples of some unique and innovative sponsorship offerings. I'll show you how to create value for your stakeholders and give you some key items that you can offer in your list of benefits. And finally I"ll give you some suggestions on how to determine the appropriate cost for your virtual event sponsorships.On to...

On Today’s Episode of EXPOsed Conferences™ Podcast I’m talking with Sasha, Virtual Event Strategist helping corporations transition their offline events into the online world and showing entrepreneurs how to host successful virtual events to accelerate their businesses. Sasha started her career in the corporate world, working for big international companies all over the world, however she then decided to follow her entrepreneur itch and started her own online business to support her noma...

**This episode has a bit of static throughout, I apologize for any disruption it might cause.On Today’s Episode of EXPOsed Conferences™ Podcast I wanted to take this time to acknowledge the current climate that we are in and share with you some resources that can help you and your organizations during this difficult and challenging time.We are all in this together. We are all navigating this the best we can. I recently shared a post on instagram re: creating a Plan B for our event...

On Today’s Episode of EXPOsed Conferences™ Podcast I’m talking with Laurel Mattice, Event Manager at the New Orleans Marriott. Laurel attended Hope College in Holland Michigan. After she graduated she moved to Greenville South Carolina and in her time there worked as the Event Manger at the Greenville Marriott handling social groups and many college sports team. After almost three years at the property she moved to New Orleans and began working at the New Orleans Marriott as...

On Today’s Episode of EXPOsed Conferences™ Podcast I’m talking with Roxy Jahangeri, Co-founder of DC Brunch Club, a Washington DC based entrepreneur focused on event curation and entertainment. With a knack for creating unique event experiences for young professionals, DC Brunch club has hosted a wide variety of small to large scale pop-up events since Roxy and her co-founders launched the company in 2015. Roxy spent 5 years working as an IT consultant at Deloitte and recently lef...

On Today’s Episode of EXPOsed Conferences™ Podcast I’m talking with Traci Reuter, Founder & CEO of Divine Social. Traci helps business owners build and grow their brand so they can focus on providing value to their customers. She has 25 years of experience in sales and marketing and is blessed with the uncanny ability to take a companies mission, vision and message and get it in front of the right people at the right time through authentic marketing.On this episode Traci will ...

On Today’s Episode of EXPOsed Conferences™ Podcast I’m talking with Cassandra Thompson, LinkedIn & Networking Consultant. Cassandra helps motivated professionals build their careers by taking the overwhelm out of career building through practical tips on networking both online and off. On this episode Cassandra will be sharing her knowledge and expertise to help conference professionals create opportunities for attendees to find valuable connections at any stage of their event...

On Today’s Episode of EXPOsed Conferences™ Podcast I’m talking with Nick Borelli President and Strategist of Borelli Strategies which focuses on consulting, coaching and management of digital marketing for events. Nick has over 20 years of experience in the event industry and has spent his career developing marketing and sales strategies for companies of different scales, missions, and markets. Nick has been named Top Event Management Influencer and also industry Changemaker by Me...