What we're talking about 💬

• Three reasons to standardize and simplify how you pay crew.
• How to leverage one of the biggest benefits our industry has to offer. 
• How to ensure fewer mistakes on paychecks. 
• Why complicated = expensive.
•  The two things that have acted as a catalyst to simplify pay rules. 
• Why a majority of companies are converting to weekly overtime. 
• Why your bill rules and pay rules do not have to mirror each other. 
• How standardizing pay rules will help recruit people to the live events industry. 

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What to expect...
🎞 National Crew Appreciation Week highlights & recap
🎖 Category winners announced ($250 each)
💸 $2,500 Grand Prize winner announced
🎁 Prize drawings throughout the call

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Here's What We're Talking About 💬

·      Intentional success and why it’s hard for event professionals who didn’t set out to start a business.

·      Why this industry is full of accidental entrepreneurs.

·      What the number one issue is for event business owners right now. 

·      Why we have to push forward when our tendency is to look backward. 

·      How to identify a bad client.

·      How we’ve taught our clients how to treat us.

·      The difference between a quote and a proposal.

·      The reason we have discounts in our industry and why it undervalues us. 

·      The problem with discounts in the live events industry.

·      What the biggest opportunity is for our industry is right now. 

·      What we can do as an industry to put ourselves on the map for investment dollars.

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Here's What We're Talking About:

• Why no one is upset about getting overtime at 8 hours vs. 10. 
• How embracing change can help us progress as an industry.
• Why holding onto the "this is how it's always been done" mentality” is costing you.
• Why sometimes daily overtime doesn’t mean you’re making more money. 
• Why we need to start asking the right questions when it comes to daily overtime vs. weekly.   
• Why your old way of thinking is standing in your way. 

Here's What We're Talking About 

·      Marriage and making decisions together to let your partner have buy-in.

·      Putting your family first and how to include them in the process. 

·      The importance of health, meal breaks, and keeping a healthy weight while traveling. 

·      The sustainability of events for the crew that makes events happen. 

·      The show must go on, but not to your own detriment or to the detriment of the people we love. 

·      The importance of a family system/schedule. (Tip: Create a shared family calendar!)

·      Using technology to stay present with your family while away. 

·      Figuring out what your non-negotiables are for your family. 

·      Creating a sense of consistency while living in a hotel.
·      Creating habits that help the transition back home smoother.

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Event companies, listen in as Angela Alea teaches you how you can save time, money and angst by going through the Perfect Customer Profile exercise in this episode of Corralling The Chaos.

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It's no secret the events industry is changing. Trying to supply enough people for the increase in events is a very real challenge for our industry right now.  

What we're talking about: 
1. The importance of industry relationships now more than ever. 
2. A pattern of crews not showing up to the job.
3. Why too much lead time can actually be a bad thing.
4. Companies giving little to no lead time in a high demand low supply market. 
5. Crew personnel being treated poorly at the show site due to high levels of stress.

For more information on Susan Conner: 
Susan Conner is a Labor Coordinator at Fuse Technical Group. She spent 9 years doing the same at VER.

She was married to a freelance tech for 11 years and understands life from that side. She also loves puzzles and mysteries, which is really what we solve every day! 

For more information on Aaron Merkin: Aaron is a founding partner and Director of Operations. He devises and directs our internal processes, working to create and implement business solutions that keep us on the cutting edge of the industry. Clients, vendors and partners rely on Aaron for strategic consultation on logistics, information management and team communication. His pre-event planning helps save valuable human, financial and temporal resources. With 20 years of experience in Event Production, Aaron has a big-picture vision and an eye for detail. He holds a regents diploma from Stuyvesant High School, a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Oberlin College, is a multi-instrumentalist, visual artist, and self-proclaimed logicist. Born and raised on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Aaron currently resides with his wife Sharyn, their son Max, and their dog, Taco, in Fairmount, Philadelphia. 

WHAT IS NATIONAL CREW APPRECIATION WEEK?

November 7th- 11th will be a single week out of the year for the events industry to show its appreciation for the people who make the events we know and love possible!

From sporting events and corporate events to concerts and festivals, and everything in between, we want to celebrate event professionals every day for a week!

We're going behind the curtain to shine the spotlight on the men and women who are the unsung superheroes of live events. 

WHAT'S THE PLAN?

Each day of the week, we are asking event companies to publicly share stories, highlighting the incredible crew that makes their events successful.

HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?

We're looking to reward some of the amazing behind-the-scenes crew and we need your help!

Each time you publicly celebrate and appreciate crew personnel, that person(s) will be entered to win various cash awards and prizes.

For their name to be entered each post must contain: 

• #NationalCrewAppreciationWeek
• Tag their name (for group photos tag each person)
• Share how they excel in one of the five areas outlined below. 

Each person nominated will be entered to win one of the following:

 ⭐️ ⭐️  $2,500 Grand Prize! ⭐️ ⭐️

Multiple winners will receive:

❏ $250-$1000 cash 💰
❏ AirPods 🎶
❏ Gift cards 🛍️
❏ A variety of swag items 😎

It's time to get to think about how you can celebrate your crew!

Tag a crew member on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram that you appreciate using the hashtag #NationalCrewAppreciationWeek and share why that individual is most deserving of one of the prize categories. 

Learn more: https://mpcrew.lasso.io/national-crew-appreciation-week-2022

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If you want to grow in the world of live events, a combination of good relationships and in demand skill sets are essential to building a successful career.

In today's episode we speak with Omar Colom of Evolve Technology and AV Educate about his never ending quest to build both his skills and his community and the opportunities that are available for ambitious techs who are willing to learn.

What we cover:

1. Advancing your career through education
2. Training resources for freelancers
3. The importance of mentors
4. The future of live events education

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In today's episode we peel back the layers of a hotly debated topic in our industry: the pros and cons of being classified as a w2 or 1099 worker. For decades we've operated in a space where 1099 seemed to be the only logical choice for freelance talent, but with the introduction of laws like AB5 in California and increased scrutiny of payment practices in the industry as a whole, you may want to re-examine your stance on the subject. Listen closely as Angela breaks it all down.

Key Topics:

1. The IRS & Department of Labor
2. Employee Protections
3. Taxes and writeoffs
4. Unemployment