So while in California, John and I have discovered the world of Event Marketing/Promotional Jobs. We are hired as staff to work at various events through Event Marketing companies. After trying it, we decided to stick with it while we are here because it's a great way to make money, have a flexible schedule, and get to experience so many different events.
So far, we've had the opportunity to work with the Discovery Channel's Animal Planet Expo, a GAP promotion, Zone Perfect Nutritional Bar sampling at the Palo Alto Arts Festival, Colgate's free dental screenings at the back-to-school health & family festival, and a guerilla marketing sampling for Venom Energy drink (that was a lot of fun -we worked with a fun group of people).
The most recent one we worked for was for an event by "O Magazine" (Oprah Winfrey's Magazine). It was a day designed for women and took place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. There were seminars by individuals affiliated with Oprah, such as Stacy London (you may recognize her name from "What Not to Wear"), financial expert Suze Orman, fitness expert Jim Karas, etc. There were 4000 women who attended (John was maybe 1 out of 15 men who were there, including staff.. he he :)
We were there to help with registration, and then stuck around the whole day to help out with other small things needed. In the middle of the day, it was announced that Oprah was going to make a surprise appearance. Now I admit I am not a huge fan of hers or anything - I've watched the show, but I don't follow it... but after seeing her and hearing her speak, I have a lot more respect for her. She spoke from the heart, and what she was saying made sense and would probably relate to most people we know - about taking care of yourself, listening within when not sure what to do, and believing in a higher power that is in charge. It was also pretty cool to see a celebrity up close :)
Below are a few pics:
Saturday, October 25, 2008
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