Hi and welcome back to Corralling the Chaos. I’m Jess Cook — Head of Content at LASSO — and this week’s episode is a little different. We’ve rounded up our five favorite moments from the show this year, and put them together into one, insight-packed episode. 

• First up, we listen to Nancy Shaffer of the Live Events Coalition. Nancy shares why it’s important people understand what it really takes to produce a live event, and why the industry needs strong advocates.
• Mel Baglio, Director of Operations at AV Chicago, explains how a shortage of crew and an increase in demand for live events has led to gaps in training and investment in crew — and what we can do to fix it. 
• Omar Colom, Director of Education at Evolve Technology, shares about the importance of live events education and how we can attract new talent to the industry.  
• Tom Stimson, President of the Stimson Group and consultant for the AV and events industry. Tom shares his thoughts on patterns and trends in the industry, and advice for how to lead your clients. 
• Finally, we have our very own Clay Sifford, Founder and CEO of LASSO. Clay founded LASSO thinking he was solving one specific problem but realized along the way that it actually solved several bigger issues for the event industry at large.

We’ll be back in 2023 with all new episodes of Corralling the Chaos. Happy Holidays! And we’ll see you in the New Year.

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