Opportunity The Hughes annual sales and marketing meeting brings together senior executives, engineers, and sales leaders from around the globe to recap their accomplishments, share their goals, and excite the company for the coming year. Hughes teamed with TalkingTree Creative for the 20th year in a row to create a live experience with a hybrid component – their first live event since the pandemic. TalkingTree Creative coordinated and managed each division’s presentations with the collaboration… Read More
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2020 Chizuk Amuno High Holidays
During the fall of 2020, the TalkingTree team produced virtual High Holidays services for the Chizuk Amuno Synagogue in Baltimore. Because they could not meet in person, our goal was to bring this 1200-person congregation together on the holiest days of the year. We used virtual event technology to create a sense of community and make them feel as if they were all together in the sanctuary. The services were accessible to all – even… Read More
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Hughes 2021 Sales and Marketing Awards
The 2021 Hughes Awards show was part of the 2021 Virtual Sales and Marketing Meeting. The awards are usually the last part of a week-long conference. The awards honor stand-out employees for their performance in the previous year. This part of the event is glamorous and has its own branding – it’s really more of a stand-alone gala. The award ceremony has its own set of goals and obstacles as well. The goal was to… Read More
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Hughes Virtual Sales Meeting 2021
For 14 years, TalkingTree Creative has produced the day-long general session for the Hughes Sales and Marketing conference. The event has always been a glamorous live production with elaborate set designs, signage, branded video content and graphics, sound, lighting, and more to create a cohesive and exciting atmosphere. Pivot to virtual Obviously, this year would have to be different. We knew we needed to come up with something that would be stimulating for virtual audiences… Read More
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NIF Virtual Gala
Overview and Goal The New Israel Fund (NIF) is an international non-profit working to make Israel a more progressive society and promote diversity, justice, and inclusion in Israel. Each year, NIF US produces an annual fundraising gala and in the fall of 2020, they chose TalkingTree Creative to produce the event entirely online. The NIF virtual gala would need to be broadcast-quality to engage their high-end audience of donors. All of the on-camera participants would… Read More
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TxA Virtual Conference and Showcase
The Texas Society of Architects hosts an annual Conference and showcase that features in-person building tours, educational sessions, a tradeshow, keynote presentations, and various networking activities. When 2020 made it impossible for TxA to proceed with their plans for an in-person conference, they turned to their trusted partner, Shepard Exposition Services to transition to a virtual event. Shepard engaged TalkingTree Creative to execute the design and production of the event. TxA’s goal was an event that preserved… Read More
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Bolton St. Synagogue Virtual Gala and Auction
Date: May 2020 Location: Virtual Client: Bolton St. Synagogue Goal: Create a live-streaming virtual gala with enough engagement to make it feel like a shared experience while raising funds for the synagogue’s community funds. Background: The Bolton St. annual fundraiser gala is a community fundraising event featuring a live concert, auction, great food and drinks and lots of socializing between the guests. This year due to COVID-19, Bolton St. asked us to transform their in-person events… Read More
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GSK Virtual Set
Client: GSK Project: Virtual studio set Location: Madrid, Spain This September, TTC traveled to Madrid for the 2019 European Respiratory Society congress where medical professionals present new findings to the community. At the event, we set up a branded studio set for our client, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). GSK hosts brief on-camera studio sessions in which speakers and event attendees come to review and discuss the information presented at the congress. In the past, we’ve designed and… Read More
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HughesNet – When You Need it Most
Client: Hughes Date: January 2019 Location: Puerto Rico Job: This year, we were asked to deliver a hard-hitting short-form documentary about the impact of Hurricane Maria on the people of Puerto Rico after it devastated the community and HughesNet satellite internet was the only source of communication available. TalkingTree spent time on the island connecting with locals and collecting their stories about what it meant to finally get cell and internet connection after the hurricane. … Read More
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Kearney All-Hands Meeting
Date: March 2019 Location: Baltimore, Washington DC Client: Kearney & Company Event: Kearney & Co. is a fast-growing accounting firm specializing in auditing and consulting for the Federal Government. Each year, they hold a day-long meeting in which all of their employees come together for a general session meeting and networking afterparty. Challenge: Kearney is always fun to work with because they like to inject humor into their original video content, so we typically knockoff scenes from… Read More
