Exploring the key steps to building your team including finding the right fit, onboarding, and implementing training plans based on your current scope of work and your growth strategy.

Making sure that the visions you create are executed in a way that is successful and profitable from all aspects of production including costs, labor, risk, environment, and design concept execution. ⁠

Implementing a daily workflow of teams in front of house, back of house, and support positions. Creating standard operating procedures and workflow processes with your team to save time, money, and effort.

Understanding the technology, tools, and systems available to help in daily workflow, team support, event production, and inventory management.

Speaking each vendor's language is a key foundation to working with an array of experts in their field. By understanding how to work with each unique vendor type, one can create a strong network of partners who help each other create successful events and businesses.

Understanding that a bedrock for all businesses is communicating efficiently with clients, partners, vendors, and internal teams. Streamlining communication and setting boundaries to protect and grow your business.

Growing a financially healthy business begins with a foundation of understanding income, expenses, and taxes. Strategic planning for growth and constant proactive analysis are crucial. ⁠

Todd Fiscus is the fearless leader and creative director behind all Todd brand companies – Todd Events, Party! Dallas, and Avant Garden. His 30+ years of experience in the industry include full scale event production, floral design, hospitality sales and management, culinary art, interior design and consulting, restaurant design and ownership, event space and logistical consulting, and more. At the heart of each of his endeavors is the desire to make others feel the joy and zest for life that he does – through beautiful experiences that thoughtfully bring people together. No one has the ability like Todd to pair “personal” with “pretty” in a way that makes everyone feel special, seen, and celebrated!

Randi Ray has been producing events around the world with Todd Events for over 15 years. She came to Todd Events armed with a Bachelor's in Floral Design and a Master's in Hospitality Management, and quickly developed the skills to oversee large scale event productions and specialize in destination event management. In addition to her role as an Event Producer, she led the Todd Events team as Todd's #2, Executive Director overseeing event production, sales and development, hiring and training, and financial management.

Armed with an MBA and a background in retail management and consulting, with a side hustle assisting wedding planners, Laura joined Todd Fiscus over 25 years ago to help solidify and grow his first event production business. Since then, she has continued to develop and help manage multiple businesses with Todd, including retail, restaurants, hospitality & event consulting, luxury furniture rentals, and floral & event production. Laura's focus is operational, financial, analytics, and team support, ensuring the structure is sound so that businesses and their people can create and flourish.

Christina Matteucci (aka TeucciMama) has galvanized audiences of thousands with her compelling and utterly candid performance style. By reframing how to define & attain professional success, she’s earned the moniker Professional Provocatrice. As Executive Director of David Beahm Experiences NYC, Christina has spent over two decades traveling the world, executing unfathomably complex soirées––adventures that have inspired the stories and lessons she shares. Christina credits her rigorous theater training at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with her ability to conceive and produce lavish event experiences; she asserts that same education has been instrumental in attaining her stature as a sought-after public speaker.

PartySlate is a photo-rich website where leading event professionals share their work & build their brand. With over 20 years of digital marketing experience with some of the biggest brands in the world, Julie is excited to bring this expertise to the events industry. After she planned 50+ large-scale galas & events, Julie became increasingly frustrated while planning a high-profile gala, spending hours online looking for ideas and venues, only to find wedding blogs, sterile vendor listing sites, and Pinterest dead-ends. Julie was inspired and set out to create a Houzz-like website to address the $143 billion events industry. Since its founding in 2015, over 15,000 of the country’s top event professionals and venues have uploaded over 1 million event photos to their beautiful profile pages.

Andrew Leavitt has over 20 years of experience in the live event industry, starting his early career producing and planning charity events, weddings, and mitzvahs, then moving into large-scale festivals and concert tours in partnership with AEG Presents / Goldenvoice and Live Nation. After years of producing live events, Andrew combined his passion for planning & event safety to launch Ironic, a Concierge Meteorology Service specializing in Event Meteorology, Event safety, and Risk Management.

John started tenting in high school and balanced a seasonal passion for tents and skiing before founding Skyline Tent Company at age twenty-four with his twin brother, Miles. He was then joined by a third brother, Jay, and a core team from inception that still works together today. John has grown Skyline into a national brand, where he and the team travel constantly and working with top Planners, Event Designers, and corporate partners across the US and beyond. He is committed to elevating the newest tent trends, yet always maintains a relentless focus on technical details and overall execution. Staying true to these core principles has led to enduring partnerships, meaningful friendships, and deep understanding of the tent industry.

After accumulating 30+ years of experience in the retail and wholesale luxury market, Cathy has a proven track record of growing sales, clients, teams and individuals. Her style is focused on using leadership, analytical, organizational and communication skills to build sales, improve processes and motivate people to their fullest potential. Having held leadership positions at Dillard’s, Donna Karan Beauty, Estee Lauder, Avon, and Perennials & Sutherland LLC., Cathy has developed a winning formula for success. Increased Orbit was started due to her unapologetic passion for improving performance with growth-minded entrepreneurs and leaders.

Patrick has 20+ years of experience designing technical solutions for special events including A-List weddings, parties, and galas across the U.S. Patrick has a unique knack for creatively integrating the most demanding technical needs into challenging and intimate environments. He enjoys collaborating with event designers, producers, and entertainers to create the most impactful overall guest experience for each and every opportunity.