001. Welcome to the Show! || The Joe & Todd Show Podcast

<p class="p1"><strong>Welcome to the Show!</strong></p> <p class="p1"><strong>Meet Joe & Todd:</strong></p> <p class="p1"><strong>Todd</strong></p> <p class="p1">Todd took Geometry and French 1 in 9^th Grade which inspired him to be an architect. He graduated with an architecture degree in 1994. He became a licensed California architect in 2000. Todd and Joe met in 1992 at Silver Dollar City www.silverdollarcity.com <span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> Todd was working as a tintype photographer that year.</p> <p class="p1">Joe and Todd met again in 2017 and Todd began working for Joe on a contract basis doing prop design and layout.</p> <p class="p1">RumbleDrum started in October 2017</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Joe</strong></p> <p class="p1">Joe was advised in 2015 New York Fashion Week www.NYFW.com that he should seek out an architect to help him with raising the professional level of service for the layout, permits and life safety aspects of events.</p> <p class="p3"><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Joe’s family was active in the entertainment industry which inspired him to go into the event planning industry. He was active in dance and music. Joe worked for a small college, the Tulsa Convention Center, and another Event company doing tradeshows and eventually started his own company in 2006.</span></p> <p class="p3"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> What is the first step in planning an event?</strong></p> <p class="p1">The most important step in planning an event is to discover the purpose of the event</p> <p class="p1">Other important first considerations that will be informed by the purpose of the event are budget, date and venue.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Establishing a budget</strong></p> <p class="p1">Consider budgeting per pers