015. Rob Hickey and Jessica Ludders, Handling Responsibility Under Pressure

015. Rob Hickey and Jessica Ludders, Handling Responsibility Under Pressure

Jessica is Sound Planning’s Co-Owner and Manager focused on the company’s operations — its team, current clients and infrastructure. Since 2003, when Jessica began with the company, her focused, efficient work style and thoughtful, easy going attitude have earned her an excellent reputation across all lines of our business — speakers, content, conference and event logistics, project support, and sustainability endeavors. Jessica has a Bachelor of Arts in American History from Bates College in Maine as well as an MBA from Bainbridge Graduate Institute, now Presidio. She unwinds either with her hands in the dirt of her vegetable garden or with her KitchenAid mixer, butter and flour. And if she’s lucky, she has the assistance of one of her two young sons. Rob brings more than 30 years of business and technical experience to his role as Co-Owner and Manager, focused on business development and marketing. A 15-year Microsoft veteran before joining Sound Planning in 2014, his broad experience in global business development and owning large international events give him a deep understanding of the complex needs of our clients. In addition to his leadership abilities, humor and passion for the attendee experience, he brings a combination of creativity and critical thinking to every project. Rob has a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from San Diego State University, where he met his wife. Together they enjoy travel, music, and anything related to food and wine. Join us for the last episode of Season One as Mark tackles the problems CEOs have faced during the pandemic. You can find this episode and more at eventcore.com

014. Lisa Carrel, Using Innovative Tech to Increase Attendee Engagement

Lisa is CEO and Co-Founder of Proxfinity, a Chicago based wearable event technology startup. Her company uses hardware and software to deliver social hardware, for business. She is a female founder in manufacturing focused on fundamentally changing the way humans use technology to connect. Among her accomplishments her startup was a 2019 Momentum Awards finalist, Chicago Innovation Award winner, recognized by A.T. Kearney as a Digital innovator and by Chicago Inno as a top five startup to watch. She regularly speaks and guest lectures on her experience as a founder, trends and tools used to affect and measure diversity and inclusion initiatives and the importance of sales within every aspect of building a business. She is a member of 1871, WiSTEM, mHUB Chicago, the Chicago Connectory, Chicago Founders Circle and recently accepted into Catapult Chicago (where startups go to scale). Outside of work, Lisa enjoys spending time with her family (husband, two young daughters), cooking (anything but  baking), running in new cities, and acting classes. Join us on this episode as her and Mark dive deep into being a CEO during this time and how tech can be used to increase attendee engagement. Find this episode and more on eventcore.com.

013. Mark Petry, Using Critical Thinking to Find Secure Vendors

On today's episode of eventcore360, we wrap up our three-part series with eventcore Security and Compliance Director, Mark Petry! We dive right into what Mark knows best, critical thinking and research to determine what service is right for you, whether for business or personal purposes. It is not neccessary to listen to the other episodes we did with Mark, but it is helpful! You can find those episodes and more on our website, www.eventcore.com. To learn mre about Mark and his work with eventcore, you can reach out to us at hello@eventcore.com. We hope you enjoy this episode and our conversations with Mark. See you next time!

012. Chris Emerson, How Passion for Sales Drives Innovation and Engagement

We are excited to introduce the eventcore VP of Sales and Marketing, Chris Emerson, to the eventcore360 podcast! Chris brings over two decades of sales experience to eventcore, and has already made a tremendous impact on the team. On today's podcast, we discuss where Chris's passion for sales comes from, how he views the entire eventcore company as part of the sales team, and what he would have done in life if he never got into sales (hint: it is not what you are expecting!) In this episode, we also mention Untethered. "The UNTETHERED Design-a-thon is a different kind of event. You’ll find Inspiring keynotes coupled with small group workshops led by industry veterans. Come with your biggest challenges and we’ll work together to come up with solutions". Ann will be a speaker at the event and Lizzy will be a circle facilitator for the Future of Marketing. You can register here: https://untethered.events/ We hope you enjoy today's episode!

011. Therese Jardine, The Impact of an Event Procurement Strategy, Full Episode

On today's episode of the eventcore360 podcast, we are re-releasing our conversation with Therese Jardine, Founder and Principal of Strategic Event Procurement, in its entirety! The last time we spoke to Therese was in Epsiode 2, back in Ocotober 2020, with Pt. 1 of this conversation.  We found that our episode with Therese was still extremely relevant five months after it was recorded and we wanted to share everything we learned when speaking with her with you. We hope you enjoy listening in to today's full epsiode. For more information about Therese's company, Strategic Event Procurement, you can check out her website: https://strategiceventprocurement.com/