{"id":7495,"date":"2020-12-07T16:16:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/?p=7495"},"modified":"2020-12-07T23:09:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T23:09:12","slug":"loving-what-we-do-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/loving-what-we-do-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Loving What We Do – Celeb Sighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

We love trade shows. We love events. Most of all we love helping people come together to connect, learn, conduct business, get inspired and have some fun.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve had some fun with this article series, and learned more about our team and<\/strong> about you \u2013 just answer the question posed each month in the Comments Box below to share your own experience.<\/p>\n

One of the reasons we love what we do is the variety of experiences, so our question this month:<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s the most famous person you\u2019ve met thanks to a trade show or event?<\/h3>\n

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Seth Rollins (l) and Derek Lotfi<\/p><\/div>\n

Oh man don\u2019t test me with my famous encounters.\u00a0\u00a0 I think I\u2019ve met more famous people that anyone I know.\u00a0Stevie Wonder, Will Smith and Vince Vaughn are probably the top three most famous people I\u2019ve met on the show floor or walking around the convention center. Here\u2019s a great picture from a comic book show I was working though, with Seth Rollins. He was the current WWE champion at the time and let me hold the belt and take a pic.<\/p>\n

Derek Lotfi, National Sales Director<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Reggie Jackson. Met him at The Super Show in Orlando quite a few years ago. He was walking down the aisle towards me & stopped me & said Hey Joe, how\u2019s it going?!?!? LOL, OK, the 2nd<\/sup> part is a lie\u2026I stopped him & introduced myself to him, as if he would remember me if we met later, & he talked to me for a few minutes. I was surprised that he wasn\u2019t bigger but was pretty cool!<\/p>\n

Joe Onderick, General Manager, Orlando<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Well, I used to work for a professional baseball player so my fabulous encounters skew that way: Eddie Murray, Kirby Puckett, David Justice\u2026and Halle Berry when she was married to him \u2013 had dinner with them. I once had to turn down NPR\u2019s Bob Edwards because my player didn\u2019t want to have a regular on-air check in with him (dumb move!). I also had a few phone calls helping Chris Wallace refine his pitch so that my player would agree to an on-camera interview that involved his home and family. Oh and Barbara Walters and Holly Robinson Peet and David Robinson and Becky Calder, who was the first female Top Gun \u2013 she was amazing and so humble and fun. She had a bit of stage fright before going on \u2013 I assured her that if she could survive combat and air maneuvers, public speaking was a piece of cake.<\/p>\n

JoAnn Peroutka, VP Strategic Services, Level5 Events<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Todd Carruth (l) and Jim Cantore<\/p><\/div>\n

We were producing an awards show and Jim Cantore from the Weather Channel was the host for the event.\u00a0 Since I was the producer and stand-in, I was able to walk through the rehearsal with him and he played along great with our weather puns in the intro.\u00a0 Really good guy and a charismatic personality (as you might expect).<\/p>\n

Todd Carruth, Director, Brand Experience<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Apparently we are heavily titled to sports figures here at The Expo Group. What\u2019s your famous person meeting story?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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