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Objective

Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week is the largest SOF event hosted annually by the Global SOF Foundation. The gathering is pivotal for the international SOF community to learn, connect and honor its members.

Held in Tampa, Florida, the 2024 edition would feature keynote speakers, professional development seminars, industry engagements and more. One of the event’s most exciting highlights, and most complex, would be a Live Capabilities Demonstration — Battle of the Bay.

The demonstration needed to incorporate clear audio as part of its storytelling, informing attendees watching from the waterfront, convention center and live streams about each action-packed part of the ‘battle.’ Enter Encore, ready to take on the mission.

Solution

To deliver the wow factor for viewers, no matter where they were on the grounds, Encore:

  • Engaged audiences with resounding audio, narrating each part of the demonstration across the bay to attendees in various event spaces
  • Produced and coordinated each aspect of the fast-paced demonstration
  • Live streamed the entire event so it could reach in-person and remote participants
  • Pushed the live feed to the convention center, in outlets along the riverwalk and to remote viewers’ devices
  • Enthralled waterfront viewers with storytelling at sea, highlighting the vibrant video on a large LED wall on a floating barge
  • Ensured a flawless livestream to reach a broader audience

Outcome

The Battle of the Bay was a roaring success, drawing 19,000 attendees — 4,000 more than the previous year. Thanks to the clear narration, the audience gained a deeper understanding of the aircraft, halo jumpers, Navy Seals and more.

Chelsea Hamashin, Vice President of Marketing & Events, Global SOF Foundation, raved, “The Encore team was amazing to work with — they rose to every challenge. They tackled every obstacle and put together an amazing, finished product. No issue was too big and they weren't afraid of any of the ideas or concepts we put in front of them.

“If someone else were to have a similar project or proposal, I would 100 percent recommend Encore.”

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Objective

The iconic Ringing of the Bell at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange symbolizes the vibrant opening and closing of trading sessions. When OpenText planned to deliver a live studio production of the tradition in Canada for the first time, they turned to Encore to help craft the historic milestone event.

Hosted at the prestigious National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, the event would need to accommodate a live audience of over 135 attendees in the main room, while extending a similarly momentous experience to additional viewers in an overflow space.

Solution

Encore ensured the event was a standout experience by:
  • Enhancing the storytelling with two video walls and four downstage monitors with newsfeeds.
  • Capturing the experience using two tripod cameras, a 20-ft jib camera and a high-end audio package.
  • Delivering seamless video and audio feeds from the main room to attendees in the overflow space.
  • Broadening the event’s reach with two outbound satellite channels to Times Square and TV stations including Bloomberg, CNBC and Fox Business.
  • Connecting viewers in real-time through two inbound satellite channels with direct feeds from NASDAQ at Times Square.
  • Maintaining optimal lighting with a custom package adjusted to sunlight changes.

Outcome

“Working with Encore was such a joy! The team provided solutions to ensure a seamless event, especially given our natural lighting challenge created by the large windows. In addition, they ensured a smooth and professional production. We thank Encore for all their hard work!” — OpenText

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Objective

The World Culture Festival is held to bring people together through a celebration of diverse, global cultures, sharing messages of unity and joy. When the Art of Living Foundation, which sponsors the event, brought the fourth edition to the U.S. for the first time, it decided to host the experience at the nation’s capital, Washington, DC.

Creating the large-scale affair on the National Mall presented unique challenges and layers of complexity — specifically to logistics and infrastructure planning. Luckily, the foundation teamed up with Encore and its subsidiary brand Hargrove to bring the vibrant festival of cultures to life.

Solution

Producing  an event of this scale required building out the entire infrastructure from scratch to span the event space’s 3,000,000 square feet, while navigating the National Mall’s rules, regulations and multiple permits. Seeing opportunities in every challenge, Encore and Hargrove flexed the full breadth of their capabilities:

  • Encore supported foundational services such as power and internet needs for in-person attendees and the live streaming broadcast with expansive technical infrastructure
  • Encore enhanced inclusion with remote, simultaneous ASL interpretation
  • Hargrove served as the general services contractor
  • Hargrove provided creative, design, fabrication,graphics, tenting, logistics and labor services, including over five acres of matrix flooring

Outcome

Leveraging its full scope of production services, the Encore umbrella of organizations delivered an unforgettable cultural extravaganza.  

The event featured over 17,000 performers representing more than 180 countries around the world. Their breathtaking performances showcased incredible and diverse voices, talent and creativity on one central stage. It also engaged attendees with hands-on activities like workshops on meditation, culturally inspired crafts for kids and a wide array of cuisine.

Over the three days, the festival welcomed one million attendees with an additional 25 million viewers who watched the live stream, serving as a testament to the power of unity and the magic that Encore can create on a global stage.

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The Ask & Challenge

To set a clear path for the year ahead, the organization would unite 200 of their experts across the Americas. The event would feature a main General Session, split into bilingual mini sessions; educational breakout sessions; and a show-stopping awards dinner.

Eager and ready after her academy training at Encore, a multi-certified technician, supported by in-venue and regional network experts, led the charge in bringing the customer’s vision to life.

The Solution

Encore transformed the venue’s ballroom and its sections with flexible technology solutions and support optimized for its diverse space needs. These included:

  • Illuminating the main stage with lighting and gobos
  • Delivering engaging content with a three-screen projector setup and audio package
  • Providing real-time footage of the presenter onstage with a camera-operated third screen source
  • Supporting PowerPoint presentations, video content and audio
  • Adjusting all solutions accordingly for the concurrent bilingual sessions

The Result

The customer raved about the continuous support and standard of excellence provided by the tech lead and her team’s partnership.

The CEO of the organization told the Encore team: “Months of planning lead to productions like these. It's a lengthy process, and we greatly appreciate both the support we received, and the outstanding results achieved.”

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Objective

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is the largest association of neurologists and neuroscience professionals. For the AAN’s 76th annual meeting, the goal was to create an immersive experience and activate different areas. The objectives included:​

  • Refresh and invigorate attendees

  • Create a plenary within a non-traditional venue

  • Ensure compliance and avoid regulatory concerns

  • Deliver the “best professional gathering of the year”













Solution

Encore can always leverage the natural strengths of a venue and maximize any experience created within it. AAN engaged Encore as an end-to-end solutions provider, managing everything from creative content development and AV technology to production management and sponsor compliance. As long-time partners, AAN trusts Encore which enables them to function as a single team. After consulting with AAN on their vision and goals, Encore delivered the following

  • Designed an immersive general session in an existing theater, by adding a LED screen that spanned the theater’s proscenium to create dazzling graphics and lighting that increased participants’ depth of experience.​

  • Created memorable experiences through education and hands-on activities at the eight Hubs for attendees to train, engage and learn with AV, creative and production support.

  • Oversaw regulatory concerns to ensure compliance with the sponsor team and CME grant process.

Outcome

AAN's event production process was simplified by having a full-service partner for their event needs. With decades of experience around medical and pharmaceutical meetings, Encore provided fluency in compliance and regulatory concerns few event production providers can match. Management of compliance issues for AAN freed up their time to focus on choices that optimized the guest experience. The Encore depth of event technology, creative design and production knowledge ensured that AAN members had memorable, immersive experiences within the venue’s meeting spaces.

The numbers speak for themselves:

  • 82% of the 14,000 AAN attendees considered the 2024 annual meeting the best neurological professional gathering of the year.

  • 95% of attendees are likely to attend a future AAN Annual Meeting




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Imagine coordinating 10+ event providers while hosting the 3-day Latino Tax Fest conference – for nearly a decade. Enter David and team in 2022. Now, imagine having a single partner who can do it all and grow attendance by 44%.

David Eck

Customer Engagement Director
The Challenge

The Latino Tax Pro customer recognized the multi-provider approach was not working for them or providing a quality experience for attendees. There was a real need to holistically understand the event experience and identify the right overall solutions.

While the Encore team was elevating the production experience at the 2022 conference, David shadowed 12 different customer teams to create a thorough event analysis with recommendations.

The Solution

Encore provided a full-service proposal to Latino Tax Pro for their 2023 event that completely satisfied their unique needs – relieving multi-partner management stress and boosting attendance and satisfaction in a big way.

Everything was reimagined from marketing campaigns, digital solutions and bilingual services to the multifunctional general session space, continuing education breakouts, expo hall and the annual pool party takeover.

 

The Result

The marketing campaign boosted attendance a whopping 44% – from 1,800 to 2,600! The attendees complimented the smoother, more inclusive experience. And Teena Lopez, Director of Development at Latino Tax Pro was so happy, she came up to David, gave him a hug and exclaimed, “This is the first time in 10 years I was actually able to network and enjoy the event!”

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Nicole and team were unexpectedly given four hours to transform a hotel suite into an event hosted annually for women in leadership and VIP customers. Just 45 minutes before guests arrived, they learned an unexpected, framed sign for a major sponsor was too large to move up to the room. But that’s okay. This is what Encore’s people do every day.

Nicole Russell

General Manager
The Challenge

Encore in Sydney, Australia, never hesitates, even when there is a change in plan to the original timeline. This is exactly what happened when an unexpected late checkout left only four hours to set up an annual VIP event for key customers. Plus, an unexpected oversized framed branding sign for a major sponsor didn’t fit in the elevator or stairwell, and it couldn’t be disassembled. Just 45 minutes from doors opening and with two merchandise lines on display, it would have been an incredible missed opportunity to not set the stage.

The Solution

Noticing the sponsor was in a frenzy making calls for an alternative branding solution, Nicole thought fast on her feet with an idea. She engaged her production team to provide the perfect solution. The Encore team obtained sponsor approval and raced into action to deliver a monitor and supporting gear to the suite. The Coach® Australia logo was provided electronically and placed above the purse line display for all to see with 10 minutes to spare. Collaboration, on-site solutions and creative problem solving helped the team overcome unexpected obstacles.

The Result

With years of experience guiding the collaboration, Nicole led her team to seize the opportunity of turning the hotel suite into a special event for all participating. The client was thrilled to have such a successful event, and the sponsor was relieved to have their last-minute problem solved. The invitation-only luxe event was a brilliant success, and everyone got the VIP treatment.

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From Make-A-Wish Dream to Make-A-Wow Extravaganza. 

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“There is no problem without a solution"

Alberto Castillo

For decades, Encore has helped bring the Annual InterContinental® Miami Make-A-Wish® Ball to life, making it bigger and better each year. The challenge for the 2022 festivities?  Make the event more magical than ever by immersing the participants in an unforgettable experience to increase levels of excitement and inspire greater donations. With Alberto and team on the task, consider the wish granted. 

Alberto Castillo

Director, Event Technology
  • Thousands of events
   
  • National Ambassador for Encore
   
 
  • Developed/runs local workshop for Event Managers
 
 
  • Loves ATVing in the Everglades with his daughters
 
  • Always entertaining guests at home
   
 
  • Family and faith are his guiding forces
 
The Challenge

For the 27th Annual InterContinental Miami Make-A-Wish Ball, Alberto and team were tasked with making the gala event more magical than ever in unique, immersive and memorable ways — with just three compressed setup days. The creative ask:

  • Stage an engaging opening reception, including a branded publicity “step and repeat” backdrop and reception with silent auction areas.
  • Create a “supernature” themed experience between the reception/silent auction areas and the grand ballroom gala event space. 
  • Bring to life an immersive “NY aquarium” in the grand ballroom for the main dining and open auction event.
  • Delight participants with live performances and an iconic entertainer.
  • Further surprise guests by executing an afterparty featuring a multi-act cabaret show and nightclub experience, requiring a major room flip in just two hours. 
The Solution

Alberto and team worked closely with multiple stakeholders from the hotel, the Make-A-Wish Southern Florida chapter and their third-party designers to make the dream come true.

Solutions included: 

  • Sourcing people and gear from 20+ regional venues, with Encore working 24/7 shifts over three days.
  • Creating a transitional experience between the opening reception/silent auction and grand ballroom that featured a mesmerizing “supernature” LED tunnel depicting the New York subways overtaken by nature.
  • Producing the grand ballroom event, including a 140-foot LED wall to create a “NY aquarium” experience with coral-like décor, beautiful lighting and ambient audio that brought the underwater world to life. 
  • Creating an outfitted performance stage for the live auction and applause-worthy entertainment.
  • Quietly flipping the prior reception/silent auction rooms into a surprise afterparty with a multi-act cabaret show and DJ while guests enjoyed the grand ballroom event. 
  • Perfectly planning and executing everything from staging, video and audio to complex lighting, rigging and power for an astounding start-to-finish event experience, using three highly skilled project managers across rooms and a stage manager for the big show. 

 

   Key Solutions Used in This Story
   ProductionTechnology 
   Staging Services
   Scenic & Décor
   Show Management  
Audiovisual Solutions
     LED Walls
     Audio
     Video

Infrastructure Services
     Rigging
     Power
                                        
The Result

The inspirational event left both the customers and charity ball participants in awe. The guests were so moved by their experience that it was a history-making year with a record-setting $5.4M raised in just one night. This was more than twice as much as the previous charity ball! For the customer’s vision and charitable event goals, it was truly a larger-than-life dream come true.

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From Traditional Dinner to Multi-Sensory Experience.

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Miguel Sanchez

With a customer’s most important dinner of the year coming up, they wanted to ensure the event would be memorable. Their vision? Elevate a traditional dining experience into a festive year-end celebration gala, integrating storytelling, gastronomic, visual and acoustic elements to wow their important guests 

Enter Miguel and team, ready to help deliver a multi-sensory experience set to impress.

Miguel Sanchez 

Project Manager
The Challenge


Develop the idea that the client envisioned to create a whole experience and not just serve a traditional dinner. Part of the challenge was to achieve synchrony at the time of the service for the 380 guests, thus merging gastronomy with technology, in addition to matching the size of the venue with the hanging points and the space between each table.

The Solution

With the technical experience of Miguel and his team, it was possible to have the same signal that would simultaneously reproduce the content at the 38 tables and individually for the 380 diners. 

With professionalism, it was possible to maintain excellent communication, successfully coordinating all those involved (venue, business partners and our production staff), 

By capturing the different elements in a layout, it was possible to adapt the technical needs to the infrastructure and hanging points of the venue.   

The Result

Thanks to Miguel and team’s technical expertise, collaboration with all parties and innovative mindsets, the gala was a memorable celebration for all attendees. Due to the team’s collaboration and dedication to each detail, the more than 380 guests experienced a truly unique gourmet dinner adventure. The attendees left impressed by the year-end festivities, and the customer was equally pleased, delighted at how Encore had helped plan, synchronize and transform their critical event into a unique sensory experience. 

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