Category: Microsoft
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MCAPS Start 2024
A new year of MCAPS live show production. This was a fun and exciting year. Over 5,000 live attendees and many many more joining online. There was a lot of moving parts and I changed roles a few times. But while keeping up with the ebs and flows of production can be challenging its always…
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Microsoft Build 2024
There is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes of a live production. Recently I was a part of a hard working and unique group working to bring accessibility to everyone. For 5 days was in the bowels of the Seattle Convention Center working with the ASL interpretation team. I have done…
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ERG Engage 2024
Well I’m on to my third round of ERG Engage. For the uninitiated ERG is an acronym for “Employee Resource Group“. It’s a Microsoft internal production that focuses on the diverse community that makes up their company. For this show I was focused on Teams producing for the GLEAM, BAM and Disability resource groups. As…
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Ability Summit 2024
This is my second year of Producing video content for Microsoft Ability Summit. It is always a pleasure and a joy to work with these teams to draw attention to people with disabilities, and the work Microsoft is doing to give them a seat at the table. On this production I had a location shoot…
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Ignite 2023
Recently I was a Live Producer for Microsoft Ignite. Its a huge three day show show with Keynotes breakouts and interstitial programming. My role for this live event was to coordinate talent and a field crew to do live hits throughout the Seattle Convention Center. I logged over 98 thousand steps in the five days…
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Microsoft MCAPS Start
I was in charge of an exec interview for this show and I made the most of it. Working at such a high level can be a bit exhausting but its been fun.
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Microsoft Build
I’m heading up the ENG crew at Seattle Convention Center for Microsoft Build. I’m bouncing around the convention center doing interviews and live hits for three days with a host and guests. Its been a pretty great experience coordinating this crew through the show. For fun I told the host that I’d do 10 pushups…
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Microsoft ERG Engage
For my time here at Mighty if there is one thing I’ve gotten great at its teams producing. Born from the days of COVID the best way to put on a live show was to have everyone join via teams. There are lots of technical aspects of how the calls are routed to one another…
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Microsoft Ability Summit & Gaelynn Lea
I had the pleasure of flying to Duluth, MN to record the amazingly talented Gaelynn Lea for Microsoft Ability Summit. I was humbled and overwhelmed by Gaelynn’s amazing personality and her ability to tell a story through her music. We filmed in the beautiful Denfeld High School Theater and it felt amazing to be back…
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Microsoft Ignite 2022
Well its my first in person show since COVID took hold of the nation. Microsoft Ignite at the Seattle Convention Center – Arch is a great way to flex old muscles. I’ve been working with the team in charge of “Into Focus” which is a series of live shows that both virtual and in person…