A New Career and Fresh Marketing Prospectives
A year ago I walked away from being a law firm marketing professional and joined The Showpros Group to work with an incredibly good friend, John Brown, at his highly successful business of producing live events. It was a move from being the buyer and sponsor representative on a committee, to being on the vendor side, and oh-my-gosh... after 25 years as "the client" I am really enjoying being on the side of producing the magic! It is like working at Disneyland and knowing what is happening underground to produce the miracle above.
Today we orchestrated the 17th Annual California On-Location Awards event at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in L.A. – a 16 hour day of load-in, set-up, flow check, sound check, USTREAM check, walk-in, show control, load out and of course, working with an outstanding client throughout.
What I am learning along the way will be troubling for some, and enlightening for others. The horror of decision-by-committee and the politics of narcissistic want-to-be leaders is unfortunately rampant – and there are also an equal number (at least) of incredible people out there really giving their all to do great things.
I am not sure how, exactly, this blog will evolve... I will continue to write about what I learn along the way.










