Jon Trask
CMP, CMM
CA, USJon Trask, CMP, CMM - I am the co-founder of AVforPlanners as well as a member of the team at Grass Shack Events & Media. A member of MPI since 1994, I earned my CMP designation in 2003 and my CMM in 2013.
I've spent the last 28+ years in the audiovisual sector of the events industry. Prior to founding AVforPlanners in 2011, I worked for a number of AV/Staging companies in Southern California as a Technician, Project Manager, General Manager, Senior Account Manager, Director of Sales and as an independent Technical Director. This includes significant time with national staging companies supporting large-scale corporate events both in the US and internationally. It also includes work supporting trade shows and conventions, and some time providing AV in a hotel/resort environment. This experience, cutting across so many different types of AV support while dealing in logistics, pre-production and project management, along with spending many years in sales has given me a unique view of the disparate elements required to create a successful AV vendor relationship, and ultimately to successfully support a meeting of any size.
I was named "Meeting Professional of the Year" by the Orange County Chapter of MPI in 2004 and served on the Board of the OC Chapter of MPI as Director Advocacy and of Publications from 2003 to 2007. I have presented at MPI Institutes, IMEX, WEC and PEC as well as numerous MPI Chapters on Audio Visual, Technology and Social Media topics. At the local level, I have spoken to college classes and to CMP study groups on the subject of basic audio visual for planners. In 2013 I contributed to multiple chapters of the updated CMP Study Guide.
Since 2008 I have co-hosted the "Meetings Podcast" talking about meetings industry related information and topics.
Jon Trask, CMP, CMM - I am the co-founder of AVforPlanners as well as a member of the team at Grass Shack Events & Media. A member of MPI since 1994, I earned my CMP designation in 2003 and my CMM in 2013.
I've spent the last 28+ years in the audiovisual sector of the events industry. Prior to founding AVforPlanners in 2011, I worked for a number of AV/Staging companies in Southern California as a Technician, Project Manager, General Manager, Senior Account Manager, Director of Sales and as an independent Technical Director. This includes significant time with national staging companies supporting large-scale corporate events both in the US and internationally. It also includes work supporting trade shows and conventions, and some time providing AV in a hotel/resort environment. This experience, cutting across so many different types of AV support while dealing in logistics, pre-production and project management, along with spending many years in sales has given me a unique view of the disparate elements required to create a successful AV vendor relationship, and ultimately to successfully support a meeting of any size.
I was named "Meeting Professional of the Year" by the Orange County Chapter of MPI in 2004 and served on the Board of the OC Chapter of MPI as Director Advocacy and of Publications from 2003 to 2007. I have presented at MPI Institutes, IMEX, WEC and PEC as well as numerous MPI Chapters on Audio Visual, Technology and Social Media topics. At the local level, I have spoken to college classes and to CMP study groups on the subject of basic audio visual for planners. In 2013 I contributed to multiple chapters of the updated CMP Study Guide.
Since 2008 I have co-hosted the "Meetings Podcast" talking about meetings industry related information and topics.
Change the Conversation with your AV Vendor
So many conversations between planners and AV Vendors focus solely on price. Yet, simply picking your supplier based on just price ignores the value and effectiveness of the choices contained within the quote. In this session we will examine the basic parts of an audio visual quote, discuss how prices are set and discounted and then look for ways to avoid potential problems while getting the best value from a vendor that meets the specific needs of an event.
Ditch your binder and pick up your tablet
So you bought a great new tablet to use, but have found yourself wondering "now what should I do"? Join us for this specific and in depth session about how you can ditch that old 10 pound binder full of paperwork and begin using your tablet while on show site. We will discuss what apps do you should know about, how they work, and how you can store your information for best onsite accessibility.
Basic Social Media for Planners
We'll cover the highlights of numerous popular apps and how they can fit into a planners toolkit. We'll talk about some beginning steps to help a planner introduce social media into their event. And, we'll talk about the technology and techniques to bring physical presence from social media and apps into the venue and meeting spaces.
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