Post your name, age, and department you’re interested in (audio, video, lighting, rigging, or power). Then tell us a little about yourself and what brought you here!

Reason 1) Communities Create Opportunities: My goal is to give you as much value as I possibly can, and to create a community full of people with that same goal in mind. I work with some of the best technicians in Vancouver, setting up and operating events at the Vancouver Convention Centre and Roger’s Arena. This community won’t just be full of people interested in learning, it will be full of my colleagues who are experts interested in sharing their knowledge with you. You can ask questions about anything in the event industry and know that you will get a response from a mentor you can trust. This is a great opportunity in and of itself but I also plan to eventually offer other exclusive opportunities like video calls with experts from each department to members on a regular basis. These opportunities will help you gain the knowledge and skills you need to get job opportunities in your local event industry. Reason 2) You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: In the Information Age, it’s easy to think that you can become a YouTube expert for free. And while I’m definitely not bashing YouTube and think it can be a great resource for learning a particular subset of a subject, it is not a replacement for a structured and cohesive learning course. The problem is that you don’t know what you don’t know. If someone tells you something untrue or even partially untrue, you have no point of reference to gauge whether it’s accurate or not. Imagine you’re following someone who claims they’re leading you North. If you have a compass that says South, you know that you’re getting bad information. But if you don’t have a compass, you have no idea whether you can trust the information or not. When you join a community of experts and subscribe to a learning course from an expert who claims to value truth and humility, there’s a pretty good chance that you can trust the information. And there’s also a pretty good chance that if any one member says something imprecise, that another member will correct them. Those corrections are encouraged here.