This week's guest got their start working in hotels, has worked on major festivals, and has done quite a lot in their short time working in the events space. Ryan is tenacious and full of passion and will go a long way in this work. Saundra also started in hotels and her first job was at Seafair, Seattle's Summer festival. Lots in common, these two!

BIG thanks to Ryan for sharing their time and passion - and to *you* for listening 🤩

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Seattle broadcast legend, Stephen Kilbreath joins this week to talk about how his auctioneering side hustle led to becoming a fundraising events mainstay in the Pacific Northwest. We discuss how fundraisers have changed since COVID, some of the wildest things he's auctioned, and working with his teenaged sons. Fundraisers, volunteering and acts of service are deep in my bones, plus I developed some fundraisers in my day, so getting to share about that was an added treat.

BIG thanks to Stephen for his time - and to you for listening, as always.

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Mark Jaques (Jakes) worked in Microsoft events security for over 15 years. As he tells it, that 15 years contained about 30 years of experience, learning, and stories. In this episode, Mark shares stories of managing the aftermath of a show site devastated by Hurricane Sandy, gratitude for incredible moments amidst the chaos of working in events, and the various degrees of humanity that come with this work.

So much appreciation to Mark for spending time and sharing stories - and to YOU for listening 🤩

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This week, Angel Hanson shares stories of her long career in events - mostly with Microsoft. She's had the great fortune of building teams she trusts and who trust her. She and Saundra discuss the very emotional toll this job can take, as well as the absolute joys and pride in taking a step back and realizing that despite everything "I'm pretty freaking great at my job!", and the profound perspective shift that comes from a long career and lived experiences.

Deep gratitude to Angel for the generous gift of her time, to James for the wonderful introduction - and as always, to YOU for listening ✨

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Dr. Teresa Deveaux is currently a professor in Organizational Leadership at Pepperdine and Antioch Universities. Several years ago, though, as an executive at Microsoft, she was given a large conference to run as the Business Owner of the event. And so began her brief journey into the world of events.

Whether you take away any new knowledge about events, you'll most assuredly glean a few leadership gems from Professor Deveaux. ENJOY!

Boundless gratitude to Teresa for spending her valuable time chatting, to James for the lovely introduction - and as always, to YOU for listening ✨

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This conversation was really great and a tough one to edit. So many joy triggers!

Lori Luna has had a long career in events - starting at Ticketmaster at the dawn of the internet, later at the dawn of the blogoshpere with BlogHer, and now on the vendor side with D3G Productions. We talk about being yelled at to the point of tears, Lactation Lounges, and the glory of transparency & open communication. Lori also co-hosts a podcast called GenX Stories.

BIG thanks to Lori for this great convo and her time! Thanks to Elisa at Optionality for the intro. And heaps of gratitude to YOU for listening!

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Saundra & Laurisha have worked together on & off for over 10 years. Laurisha discusses her time starting out in events working on social media and her natural progression to content marketing. She's a filmmaker by training and shares how her experiences working around events have proven invaluable in her filmmaking career. There's talk of donuts and narwhals and the omnipresent AI.

Grateful to Laurisha for sharing her stories and her time - and to you for listening!

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This week, Saundra talks to long time friend and former Microsoft events colleague, Danny Morrow. He shares what it's like to work on an enormous show like CES - the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and his early days in AV when the 'V' in AV was overhead projectors and maybe a betamax machine. He also talks about his love of horses and being mistaken for Richard Branson on more than one occasion!

I'm so grateful to Danny for his time - and to *you* for listening!

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