This year marked my fourth time participating in the annual conference of the Association of Bridal Consultants. Like any other professional conference, it’s a great time to catch up with old friends, make new friends, and learn about what’s new in the industry.
The ABC conference drew about 400 attendees, with a number of international consultants participating. Some of the people I’d worked with in the past, like Sandee Monaghan (PA State Coordinator), did not attend this year. Philadelphia was still represented well, with Sheila Corbett, Mark Kingsdorf, Melissa Paul and Haeri Lee among the crowd. Our friends at Weddingvideo.com even produced the official conference video.
We met our goals here, which were to promote professional event video generally, and The 4EVER Group membership in particular. We passed out a bunch of 4EVER Group DVD’s, and had many more conversations about professional video. We heard the concerns of some consultants about some experiences they had with videographers, including poor-quality productions and even camera operators still using tripods, bright lights and AC power during receptions.
In addition to promoting our membership, we will likely be adding a benefit for members of The 4EVER Group Videographers Network. One of the other vendors offers an on-line service that could be very beneficial to our members. We should have the discussions wrapped up shortly, after which we’ll make the announcement.
The ABC conference drew about 400 attendees, with a number of international consultants participating. Some of the people I’d worked with in the past, like Sandee Monaghan (PA State Coordinator), did not attend this year. Philadelphia was still represented well, with Sheila Corbett, Mark Kingsdorf, Melissa Paul and Haeri Lee among the crowd. Our friends at Weddingvideo.com even produced the official conference video.
We met our goals here, which were to promote professional event video generally, and The 4EVER Group membership in particular. We passed out a bunch of 4EVER Group DVD’s, and had many more conversations about professional video. We heard the concerns of some consultants about some experiences they had with videographers, including poor-quality productions and even camera operators still using tripods, bright lights and AC power during receptions.
In addition to promoting our membership, we will likely be adding a benefit for members of The 4EVER Group Videographers Network. One of the other vendors offers an on-line service that could be very beneficial to our members. We should have the discussions wrapped up shortly, after which we’ll make the announcement.
