Waves Connects Podcast
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe've witnessed first-hand the devastation that has occurred in the events industry over the last few months. And, like many others out there, we wanted to do something to help. We introduce you to the Waves Connects Podcast!We're engaging our connections to share stories and experiences of those that have started out on their own or can offer practical help for those of you looking at what’s next. We love learning about peoples own experiences and how it can help us and our listeners to prepare for a better future. We help people on the up!
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Combining Community and Commerce
June 04, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBMy latest guest is a little bit different. Different because she’s not currently “in” exhibitions as it were, but has certainly paid her dues working for a long time in them as most recently as Chief Marketing and Customer Officer at Ascential with time also spent at Informa and Reed Elsevier. I’d been following Annick’s journey for a while as she was launching this new platform and this was a key reason I wanted to talk to Annick on this episode. She references the site as a platform, not...
Creating teams with longevity
May 27, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBYou can’t help but feel calm and relaxed when you’re chatting to John Martinez from Shocklogic. Such a delight to have as my guest on the Waves Connects Podcast. We talk about the company, where it all started, but also the mindfulness and help and support they offer to their team. I say team, it comes across as really this is one big family that supports each other to achieve not only their business objectives, but their life goals as well. The companies aim is to create an environment ...
Dr Baris Onay - Automating Opportunities
May 20, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBDr Baris Onay is Co-Founder and CEO at Precision Communities Events have been growing uninterrupted for 15 years, acquiring and stitching together, and Baris has spent his time creating digital frameworks for businesses as well as commercial and marketing opportunities so brings with him a wealth of knowledge that we share in our conversation. Baris joined Tarsus in January 2020 for a new challenge to accelerate the growth of the business. His first board presentation was the second week ...
Opportunities in Events
May 11, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBFor the return of Season Three of this podcast, brought to you by HotelMap, I have two guests joining me; Iain Pitt, Managing Director at Clarion Events and Duncan Reed from Reset Connect, a recent events industry start-up. Now this season I intended to set up and talk about businesses or people rising up through the ashes throughout the pandemic year, but after talking to these two, I wanted to share our conversation. We’re talking about opportunities in our industry and what we can do ...
Reliving Season Two
March 16, 2021 10:00 - 5 minutes - 3.57 MBThank you so much for joining me over the course of my second season of inspiring conversations with some awesome guests helping me and hopefully you to look at what’s next for events. Some people ask how you keep it going and keep finding people to be a part of the podcast. To be honest, I’ve loved every single conversation I’ve had but what really keeps me going is that I’m learning with every conversation I have. I figure, for as long as I’m learning I’ll keep this podcast going. This...
Reinventing Live Events
March 01, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBIt’s pretty obvious there has been both positive and negative disruption to the events sector over the last twelve months, that’s why I was extremely excited to have Marco Giberti join me in conversation on the latest episode of the Waves Connects Podcast. For those that don’t know him, Marco is founder and CEO of Vesuvio Ventures, providing early stage entrepreneurs access to coaching, partnerships, advisory and capital. He has also recently release a book with co-author Denzil Rankin fro...
Twigged - A Launch Special
February 22, 2021 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBThe life of a start up. This week I’m introducing you to one of my new ventures, Twigged, your global events wallet. We are going to be podcasting about our progress of launching Twigged so that you can get to know the team, learn more about the product and about the trials and tribulations of launching a startup. I’ll return to the normal content of Waves Connects Podcast next week, but for now, I introduce you to some of the Twigged team. We aim for this series to be an honest and ...
Making Memories at Events
February 15, 2021 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBThis episode, we talk about a dry-cleaning business and we get down and dirty talking about reindeer poo…yes, this conversation has it all – but ultimately, it all comes down to understanding what makes people tick and in turn, creating memories for event participants. We dive into how to better understand your audience, but also your team so you know what makes them tick and in turn, drives them to better build your community. But what about unlearning something? Covid has forced us t...
We're going on a digital trip
February 08, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBWe’re going on a digital trip. No, not some 90’s rave style trip, but one that takes people on a journey to a destination… Yes, we’re talking destination marketing. It’s not something I’m used to talking about, but I met Sabrina a few weeks ago on a session myself, Dahlia el Gazaar and Adam Parry were “hosting” on the new kid on the block, Clubhouse. We were talking all things eventtech and marketing, but Sabrina mentioned something that caught my attention… Stavanger in Norway. I’d onl...
Listen, Acknowledge, Create - Communities
February 01, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBCommunity. It’s something that is on the tip of everyone’s tongues at the minute in the event space but also is something that has been being discussed for an eon in our industry. Now, perhaps more than ever, we need to focus on new connections, new revenues and new ways to engage with audiences in the digital landscape; communities is the word of the day. My guest, Dahlia el Gazaar from Dahlia+ has delivered over 60 digital events through 2020 and with an “OMG attitude” about all thing’s ...
Listen, Acknowledge, Create - Communities
February 01, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBCommunity. It’s something that is on the tip of everyone’s tongues at the minute in the event space but also is something that has been being discussed for an eon in our industry. Now, perhaps more than ever, we need to focus on new connections, new revenues and new ways to engage with audiences in the digital landscape; communities is the word of the day. My guest, Dahlia el Gazaar from Dahlia+ has delivered over 60 digital events through 2020 and with an “OMG attitude” about all thing’s ...
Integrity in Community
January 25, 2021 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBThis week I’m in conversation with Adam Barber, MD of Tamariondo Group and we’re talking about how Adam’s business has built up a community in a specialist subject area and what we could learn from this “non events” guy in terms of delivering to an audience and looking at how they have built a community and commercialized the business but kept editorial integrity at it’s heart. Some of you may have heard of Adam before, not just because he’s created a very successful business, but because ...
What's next for event design
January 18, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBOn this episode we’re in conversation with Andy Hickinbotham from Human Built, an event and exhibition experiential agency that has risen up through this pandemic. If you don’t already, you should follow them on social (links below) as not only have they got a great brand style and identity, but they’re sharing many useful tips or ideas that you could think about with your own events or businesses especially for when we return to live. Andy is part of the Human Built team which is tied tog...
2021 - An honest conversation
January 11, 2021 16:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBTrends? Predictions? Or Just an honest conversation? This is a bit of a longer episode than normal... Trends? Predictions? Or Just an honest conversation? Every year for probably the last 10 years I’ve written some sort of trends blog or article about what I thought might happen over the year ahead. However accurate mine and others trends may have been, no-one predicted the year we’d have in 2020! I couldn’t think of two more awesome #eventprofs to have an open and honest conversation ...
A fresh approach to event sales
January 04, 2021 12:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBMy guest this week is Helen Harlow, director at Benchmark Collective where we are talking about a fresh approach to sales in a hybrid event world. Helen has over 18 years of experience within the events industry working within event management, logistics and brand ambassador roles, but her passion lies in global exhibition sales and rebooking. Following a professional career as a singer and dancer in musicals like ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ and ‘Singing in the Rain’ she hung up the tap shoe...
Time to Learn and Play
December 14, 2020 21:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBI’m your host Matt Coyne and today we’re in conversation with Tim Manning, executive producer from Jack Morton Worldwide and lecturer at Instituto Marangoni discussing the future of brand strategy post covid and what we can learn from the corporate space to evolve our industry. I first met Tim at Event Tech Live and the Facetime Exhibitor Masterclasses a few years ago when we were in conversation about the similarities and maybe also disparities between events and the retail space, so I’m ...
Organiser Teams 2.0
December 07, 2020 13:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBIn this week’s episode we are talking about event organizer teams. What do they look like and how can oragnisers prepare for their return, but we also look at what skills, across departments, you could learn to help you thrive in the future. We are in conversation with CTO of Easyfairs, Stephan Forseilles. Stephan migrated from the telecom industry to exhibitions 15 years ago and has a passion for all things digital. He is currently Head of Technology and Digital Transformation (CTO) but i...
Organiser Teams 2.0
December 07, 2020 13:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBIn this week’s episode we are talking about event organizer teams. What do they look like and how can oragnisers prepare for their return, but we also look at what skills, across departments, you could learn to help you thrive in the future. We are in conversation with CTO of Easyfairs, Stephan Forseilles. Stephan migrated from the telecom industry to exhibitions 15 years ago and has a passion for all things digital. He is currently Head of Technology and Digital Transformation (CTO) but i...
Changing Experiences
November 30, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBIn this episode, we are in conversation with Jasper Squier, Managing Director at Intergalactic about how we can better improve the experience between virtual and physical events as we prepare for what’s next in events. Our conversation covers: What corporate event organisers looking at today to create better brand engagement. Using augmented reality to connect in connection with live speaker presentations to connect brands and products. How we can make sponsorship more compelling than j...
Awesome Eventprofs Skills
November 23, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBWelcome back to the Waves Connects Podcast. We’re excited to release episode one of season two with my first guest, Parry Malm, CEO of Phrasee, in conversation about why transferable skills matter. We are talking about skills that make people in our industry so unique and what gives us a competitive advantage compared to other industries especially when looking at other employment opportunities at the moment. Parry is CEO and founder of Phrasee, the most advanced AI-Powered Copywriting t...
Employee Engagement Fosters Ideas
October 20, 2020 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBI’m really excited to share our final guest of Season 1 of the Waves Connects Podcast. I had the pleasure of having an open conversation with Ashley Roberts, General Manager of Omanexpo. I wanted to speak to an experienced organiser such as Ash to talk about our people or rather, his employees. Ashley is a seasoned senior event professional, with over 20 years experience in the industry, so he has learnt a thing or two about what works (and what doesn't!) with his teams. As it's our l...
The ETL20 Lowdown
October 12, 2020 17:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBWe interupt our regular broadcast with an important announcement... We’re having a mini break from our main theme of podcasts this week as there’s an event coming up that I think you all need to attend. Ok, don’t get too excited, it’s not face to face but, it’s the next best thing… Event Tech Live 2020 I LOVE this event and have done since year one, so no, this is not a paid for or sponsored podcast, but I wanted to dig a bit deeper to see what is going on with the new format and give you...
What do you stand for?
October 06, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBNothing beats seeing each other face to face! In the events space particularly, we know that. But, how do you keep communication channels open to continue to build trust and transparency between your team and your customers? We talk to Tamar Beck, CEO of Gleanin about exactly that. Trust and transparency is part of the team at Gleanins DNA and the way that Tamar talked openly and honestly with me, is the way they talk to their customers as well. Through this episode, we’ll hear what Tama...
What do you stand for?
October 06, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBNothing beats seeing each other face to face! In the events space particularly, we know that. But, how do you keep communication channels open to continue to build trust and transparency between your team and your customers? We talk to Tamar Beck, CEO of Gleanin about exactly that. Trust and transparency is part of the team at Gleanins DNA and the way that Tamar talked openly and honestly with me, is the way they talk to their customers as well. Through this episode, we’ll hear what Tama...
How do I get through this
September 28, 2020 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIn this episode, we have an open and honest conversation with long time industry pal Miriam Sigler from Ways and Means. If there was one person in this industry that I would turn to and say - "her over there, she's one of the most merriest of people in this sector that I've ever met" I would be completely shocked to hear that she found it difficult too. I was shocked. I had to record her story to see how she got through it. We talk to Miriam about the tough times and how she coped not s...
Keeping your connections alive
September 22, 2020 16:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBMy guest this week is Dan Corderoy from Vista Events. Dan is one of those guys you love to know in our industry. Always honest, humble and appreciative of what he has around him. Dan was hit hard by this pandemic. He launched a business at the start of 2020 and things were looking great for an epic year ahead. Two months later... he tells a very different story. We have an open conversation with Dan about how this pandemic has affected him personally but crucially how he got his hands di...
Turn your network to your net worth
September 15, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBThere are few I've met that have as much energy and excitement as Jason Allan Scott. You can't help but feel energised and inspired when you hear Jason's story and his outlook on life is somewhat infectious! We can all learn a thing or two from this man. On this episode, I talk to Jason from A Podcasting Company about, well...podcasting! It's been a fantastic experience for me to learn a new skill and have something else I can add to my repertoire, but Jason takes us a step further and ...
How to get noticed
September 06, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBGetting noticed, especially when the job market is so saturated can be extremely stressful and can be hard to know where to start when it comes to raising your profile. It's a good thing we came across Chloe Richardson of Acier Events on Linkedin, who shares her experience in getting your professional profile noticed and tips and tricks you can use to stand out from the crowd. Support the show
Money - what do you do with it?
September 06, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBIt's the subject no-one likes to talk about and even more so when you're setting out on your own. We talk to Katie Morhen from 52Eight3 about her experience with money or rather, how she learned the hard way. Katie shares her personal experience and how she now saves for tax and as well as the tricky subject of what to charge. A big lesson learned? Don't undersell yourself! Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wavespodcast)
Money - what do you do with it?
September 06, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBIt's the subject no-one likes to talk about and even more so when you're setting out on your own. We talk to Katie Morhen from 52Eight3 about her experience with money or rather, how she learned the hard way. Katie shares her personal experience and how she now saves for tax and as well as the tricky subject of what to charge. A big lesson learned? Don't undersell yourself! Support the show
It's OK to fail!
September 06, 2020 21:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBIn this episode, we talk to founder of Events Industry News and Event Tech Live, Adam Parry about failure. Sounds ominous but it's actually OK to fail, as long as we learn fast from those mistakes and move on. Every successful person and business has failed at some point in their story. It could be spending hundreds of millions on a failed product launch or, it could be a simple event idea that flopped. Be honest, be transparent and learn from your mistakes! Adam talks to us about lesson...