The CEO Skydived into the Event: The Art Of Extraordinary Event Planning
The CEO Skydived into the Event: The Art Of Extraordinary Event Planning
August 3, 2020
49:58
There’s something about learning from an expert that can enhance every part of your life.
Today on Inside the Greenroom we talk to Gianna Guadini. She is an industry expert, best-selling author, and event planning master. You can tell Gianna has found her purpose and calling in event planning because her wisdom and passion goes far beyond a day job, it translates into every part of her life.
Learn Gianna’s keys and insight to creating unforgettable experiences to uplevel your virtual events and online presence, she shares her best tips for event planning that took her to the top and landed her the event planning spot with the biggest names like Google, the White House, and more.
This episode is for all of you who want to create better content, hone your speaking skills, strengthen your virtual events, and learn how the best event planners make their events stand out among the rest
Here’s just a fraction of what you’ll learn!
Here’s what we cover:
Cyber Security w/ high-profile groups
Ultimate high-end experience for tech companies
Being Thoughtful on what information needs to be communicated to who
What information a CEO needs, vs a team member
Compelling invitee lists + Speaker Lists
How to approach Privacy & security
Getting into the persona of your executives
Surprise & Delight & how to make things extraordinary
Encouraging connection outside of work topics
Customizing food & mini bar in the room for your guests
Interactive Virtual Exercises:
Virtual Wine Tasting
Networking Randomized format for digital
Crowd-sourced content
Giving attendees the power to create their own breakout rooms
VR- using it where it makes sense & keeping it engaging
Speaker Tips:
Being able to go with the flow and read the audience for adjustments
Taking comments and questions
Being authentic and flexible
Being distinct in having a clear point of view and clear takeaway
Simplify and have the main idea to have people walk away with
39:08 The speaker who have impacted Gianna the most
42:46 How to upstage any event
More about Gianna:
Gianna is former Global Head of Events for the SoftBank Vision Fund, Google Event Executive Producer, and author of Amazon best-selling book, The Art of Event Planning. Gianna drives global event strategy, directs content, strategic sponsorships, portfolio company + investor relations events, and delivers experiences that build community and brand equity.
Other career highlights include producing Google’s largest event, Google Cloud Next, a B2B enterprise conference in San Francisco for 30K+ attendees, producing Google’s VIP Brand and Reputation and Policy Events such as White House Correspondents Dinner and the RNC/DNC, and leading Google’s most prestigious executive retreats and thought-leadership events. Gianna has a powerful platform supporting the industry as a speaker and writer and published The Art of Event Planning to share her personal strategies for successful engagement in event planning. Gianna also holds her Court of Master Sommeliers certification, is a certified interior designer, former concert pianist and marathon runner.