If you're considering the purchase of a mobile stage for your business, your municipality, your church, or just because you like big toys, todays guest is going to provide the advice you need to make the right purchase decision.

Today's episode was recorded live at the Mobile Stage Conference in Fort Lauderdale Florida. This biennial conference is produced by our friend Mike Laino with the Mobile Stage Network. Give Mike a call if you need to find a stage rental anywhere in the U.S.

Today's guest is the Executive Sales Manager for Apex stages based in Kansas. Home of the World Champion Kansas City Chiefs. Jeff Hess is our guest today, on the Event Producer Podcast.

Todays guest is a serial entrepreneur and an influencer in the world of event production. In this episode of the podcast he will share some creative event ideas and we'll discuss the power of creating a mini conference in your niche. Mike Laino of the Mobile Stage Network is our guest today on the Event Producer Podcast.

I recently drove over an hour each way and paid to attend a luncheon on a subject matter I was really interested in. Only to find speakers with poor presentations. It was obvious that the promoters of the event did not work with the presenters to tailor their talk to the specific needs of the audience. It was also clear that they did not review the presenters slides prior to the luncheon.

We’ve talked on this show about not doing boring presentations and incorporating gamification or hackathons into your events. If you haven’t listened to these episodes I encourage you to go back and give them a listen.

Today's guest is our first repeat guest. He is the Founder and Producer of Podfest Multimedia Expo, a rapidly growing niche conference held in Orlando Florida every March. He’s also the author of the book Start Ugly-A Timeless Tale about Innovation and Change. He is a professional speaker, and the host of the Live Event Profits channel on YouTube. Chris Krimitsos is our guest, again, on the event producer podcast.

Take an empty space and transform it into an experiential restaurant with a professional, custom-built, open kitchen that serves a 100-course tasting menu to up to 100 people two times a day. Sound crazy? It's just the logistical and culinary challenge that today's guest craves. After all, this is the guy that once served an elegant meal on a NYC Subway. Michael Cirino, Founder and Creative Director of A Razor/A Shiny Knife is our guest today on The Event Producer Podcast.

Todays guest likes to think differently about experiential marketing and her white paper titled "The 10 new Rules of Experiential" Is a must read. Today we're going to discuss rule #6 titled Death to the Panel, or more appropriately, Don't Do Boring Shit.

She ran the experiential division of Conde' Naste, she was the Global Head of Marketing at Fast Company. She has written two books (on politics and sports), and optioned a TV show about the summer she and her dad ushered for the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. Erica Boeke, Founder and CEO of Liberty and Company is our guest today on The Event Producer Podcast.

Have you done this? You're working on an event with a small staff so you decide that once things get started you'll be able to snap a few photos for social media. Then you find yourself in "event mode" and you're so busy that you don't have time and you grab a few wide shots of the stage and the audience, or forget altogether? I'm not saying that I've done this personally, I just heard about it from someone. That looks a lot like me.

Well, this is where UGC, or User Generated Content comes in. Your guests have the best view of your event and the images you gather from them are helpful beyond just filling out your instagram.

Our guest today is an expert at connecting businesses with their ideal customer via social media, she is the host of the TraDigital podcast, and she likes to run marathons. Stefanie LaHart, Founder of BoomTown Marketing, is our guest today on The Event Producer Podcast.

Todays guest may very well be the hardest working man in the event Business. He is an active industry influencer with a few podcasts, and a youtube channel, he's a speaker and most importantly he's the founder of a nationwide AV company. So let's dig in to content creation and changes happening in the AV industry that will directly affect Event Planners. Our guest today is Will Curran, Founder and Chief Event Einstein at Endless Events.

In this episode of the podcast we're going to pass on some valuable tips about lighting your event that every Planner should find useful. And we'll discuss how lighting is one area of your event where you can go green. Jacob Towe, Lighting Designer and DJ is our guest today, on The Event Producer Podcast.