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Gregg Eilers, VP, Business Meetings + Live Events, shares what makes live content “click” with the audience. Strap in, sit back and experience the Power of Awe. <\/address>\n

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Most of us can remember the first time we felt goose bumps or experienced that transformation in your endorphins (or wherever those emotions live \u2026 sorry, haven\u2019t seen Inside Out<\/i> yet). I can vividly remember sitting in my hometown one-screen movie complex, \u201cThe R Theater,\u201d for countless hours of spy movies, westerns, horror flicks and fantastic adventures. There was not a time when sitting in that dark womb that I wasn\u2019t entertained or exhilarated or fascinated. But as I got older, I remember being in AWE when I saw films like Jaws or The Exorcist or Apocalypse Now or Fantasia \u2013 these movies were transformational and enthralling \u2013 and supported with recreational mind alteration, as I recall.<\/p>\n

Wonderment<\/h1>\n

Those days led me on a quest to get that sense of enchantment and engagement on a regular interval \u2013 in fact, preferable for a career. It led me to live theatre and film\/video production and live entertainment. The sensation of \u201cbeing moved\u201d by a performance, of amazement at the mastery of an audience or the ability to shape and mold my senses for those moments of being spellbound in the presence of captivating talent, had me hooked. The profoundly stimulating sensory emotions and remarkable realization of \u201cout of body\u201d experiences was a lifelong mission for me. I needed to understand how to get that immersion from the artist, the communicator, the performer, the screen, in my ears and washing over the audience. I wanted to be awed. And so do our clients. And their audiences. <\/p>\n

Connecting the Dots<\/h1>\n

I know this yearning is a shared experience; that\u2019s why millions of us consume sports, concerts and live performances. And it\u2019s why any number of seemingly remarkable professionals deliver their art. We long to revel in that awe-inspiring satisfaction of \u201cI was there.\u201d We want to take part of the celebration, of the remarkable experience. We want to be absorbed in the pure joy of the act, fascinated and astonished at the beauty of the occasion … we want the AWE \u2013 the delight, the transformation in our reality … the bewitching of our senses.<\/p>\n

I came across an interesting quote from one of today\u2019s masters of popular entertainment \u2013 sorry Kanye \u2013 that perfectly summarizes the challenges and rewards of the power of awe:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy generation was raised being able to flip channels if we got bored, and we read the last page of the book when we got impatient. We want to be caught off guard, delighted, left in awe. I hope the next generation’s artists will continue to think of inventive ways of keeping their audiences on their toes, as challenging as that might be.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2013 Taylor Swift in the Wall Street Journal<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I share Miss Swift\u2019s goals for our own clients and their audiences \u2013 to delight them and amaze them and leave them wanting more. We want people to talk about what they experience and share it and spread the word … \u201cI was just part of something AMAZING.\u201d For me, that is what moves us forward … being part of the profoundly delightful, whether that is a motivational wholesalers meeting, a one-on-one consumer experience at NASCAR\u2019s Midway or a shared moment among strangers in Times Square. I\u2019m in awe of anyone who can make that happen \u2013 in a positive, hopeful and entertaining style. Long live joy! <\/p>\n

Check out Gregg’s other post, “Elvis has Not Left the Strip,”<\/a> to see how some of the rules have changed for putting on a successful show in Sin City. To reach Gregg, send a note to GreggE@Switch.us.<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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