ILEA Dallas Podcast: Recent Episodes
Don Branzuela
ILEA Dallas Podcasts featuring members and special guests. Talking events, networking, business, and personal. Spotlighting member profiles and services.
Scott Michaels, President elect for ILEA Dallas Chapter for 2021-2022 discusses with me a whole range of topics from upcoming ILEA events, membership benefits of ILEA, and what the outlook for the live events industry looks like.
John Martin, along with his wife Jamie and business partner Michael Cohen are opening up one of the most anticipated venues in Dallas. Even with their opening set back by the coronavirus, On The Levee has some exciting safety features they are debuting at the venue. Listen to hear more about their story and the venue.
Please follow on Instagram. And visit their website @ www.onthelevee.com
- Big D Party Rentals is doing BIG THINGS for the community during COVID-19 Crisis. Check out the story on CBS11. And follow the, on IG @bigdpartyrentals.
- TBA Music has been performing Friday night shows on Facebook. Brigitte and Trevor are doing an amazing job giving back to the Dallas community. Keep up to date on their next performance on their IG page @tbamusic.
- Partyfest has been rescheduled to August 12th. @partyfestdfw.
We have Chris Harmon, aka "Lil Fella" joining ILEA Dallas Podcast! Chris talks about how he is spending his time on his business and personal life during COVID-19. He delves into having time now to focus on creating processes for his business so that once we get back to work, he can hand off more responsibilities to his team.
Chris has also picked hobbies such as video games to keep his day filled and possibly trying a new side gig...dog training :)
For more information about Harmland Visions creative event services, visit www.harmlanvisions.com.
Corporate Event Magician Brian Masters talks about what got him started with magic...from growing up, doing street magic on the streets of Seattle, to moving to Dallas and performing his magic for corporate events. Brian also chats about his favorite magicians growing up and who he things the best magicians are in the world right now.
Visit Brian's website for more information: www.brianmagic.com.
President of ILEA Dalla Chapter Rebecca Roberts talks to us about adjusting from corporate life to quarantine life. We discuss how this time impacts the youth of today, what life after a pandemic looks like in the events industry, and what to expect from ILEA International in the future.
Melissa Weathington, VP of Events & Programs for ILEA Dallas Chapter discusses what she does during the day to keep herself busy (other than Netflix) during quarantine.
Useful links:
- Coursera - Build skills with courses, certificates, and degrees online from world-class universities and companies
- Skillshare - Join Skillshare to watch, play, learn, make, and discover.
- Altitude Fitness - Aerial Yoga in Frisco
New ILEA Dallas Member Corbin Bachall with NightOwl Coffee decided to go "all in" on his business in 2020. He left his job to dedicate all his effort to his business. He had plenty of momentum in January and February and like all of us...it stopped. Who would have thought a global pandemic would affect the entire event industry and the whole global economy.
So, what are the things he is doing to help ensure his business survives when everything gets back to "normal"?
Please check out Corbin's website @ www.nightowlcoffeebar.com and follow his Instagram @nightowlcoffeecart.
Paige Mejia with Pyrotex discusses what event professionals should be doing right now to keep their company and themselves relevant in a time when networking events are not allowed.
We discuss how they should be networking, the tools that are available to conduct visual networking and where to find these events happening online.
Be sure to visit www.pyrotex.com for more information on fireworks shows and other services provided.
CLICK HERE FOR A COPY OF THE DFW NETWORKING ORGANIZATIONS Paige mentioned in the episode.
Tori Gilbert has been a member of ILEA Dallas since 2016. She has served on numerous committees, was VP of Events and Programs, and currently Director at Large of membership.
Tori talks about her ILEA journey, what she has learned and how being a part of ILEA has benefitted her professionally and personally.