Our Encore team in Auckland partnered with Activities & Events Unlimited to deliver a vibrant ‘Motown’ theme for this year’s Diversity Ball. The annual gala dinner is organised by the Auckland Middlemore Hospital and Counties Manukau Health Board and was held at Cordis, Auckland. As the in-house AV provider, Encore provided all the technical event production including AV, lighting and staging. Various lighting fixtures were used to illuminate styling elements around the room, including the dance floor, ‘Motown’ letters and mirror ball. We used 6 installed projectors and screens in the Great Room to showcase the event’s content including a short presentation of winners, short video clips of ‘Motown;’ themed loops, as well as live footage of the presentations and dance floor.
Over 700 stars and guests came out for this year’s The ONJ Gala 2016 put on every year by Austin Health. As the in-house events and audio visual partner at Crown Melbourne, Encore was tasked with making every guest feel extra special. An elegant, engaging and utterly spectacular affair was created, welcoming attendees including business leaders, philanthropists and fans to celebrate the achievements of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Supportive Care Programs.
Encore (formerly Staging Connections) delivered the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for Scentre Group in early May 2016, as Mr Frank Lowy (AC) performed his final duties as Chairman of the company that he began 57 years ago in front of 250 attendees at Centennial Hall, Sydney Town Hall. Mr Lowy’s farewell received a standing ovation from the audience, as the Encore lighting team doused the enormous event space in the Scentre Group’s brand colours.
Encore was tasked with working seamlessly in three locations across New Zealand – SKYCITY Convention Centre, SKYCITY Theatre and Crown Plaza – for the country’s largest annual technology conference, Microsoft Ignite. Themed ‘Art of the Impossible’, Staging Connections was briefed to provide advanced AV for the duration of the four day event, which attracts over 1200 of the country’s best technology engineers and IT gurus to learn about the latest and greatest software and hardware coming to Microsoft. As part of the tailored audio visual solution, Encore provided live audience polling via Event Poll and live streaming of the keynote sessions.
“Having worked with Encore (formerly Staging Connections) as our AV suppliers for Microsoft Ignite 2016, I can recommend them as competent providers of configured audio visual equipment… and their availability for rehearsals pre-event across SKYCITY and Crowne Plaza for our 2,500-person event during October 25-28 and in the seven month lead up to the event. We were satisfied with the service and communications we received during our eight-month engagement as well as on-site during the event.”Kylie Williams, Senior Audience Evangelism Manager, Microsoft New Zealand
Hyatt Regency Sydney marked its official opening with a spectacular launch event for 300 VIP guests on Thursday 9th March 2017. In-house event services provider, Encore, provided a truly sensory experience to showcase the outstanding services the world-class venue has to offer in the events space.
As the in-house AV and event services provider to Canberra’s iconic National Convention Centre, Encore (formerly Staging Connections) were tasked with showcasing the venue as part of the Canberra Convention Bureau’s business tourism event – aimed at encouraging more business events to the Canberra region. The team used creative AV with a focus on projection mapping to highlight the venue’s capabilities and showcase Canberra’s selling points as an event destination.
Read more about this event via our blog post “How to use creative AV to win major incentive events at your venue“.
Encore were engaged by Encompass to produce an exciting, dramatic extravaganza for over 1000 Honda India employees and dealers, including a cocktail function, business session and gala evening. The Honda Motorcycles India Dealer Incentive was produced with merely 2 weeks of lead time from confirmation to show day, leaving Encore to go into overdrive to see it delivered seamlessly. The theme of the incentive event needed to incorporate the company’s values and theme of RAW 6.0 (Reach, Acquire & Win), with a key component to showcase the new range of motorcycles’ ability to easily transition from city to outback. The end result was a turn-key event solution provided by Encore, from AV and lighting through to entertainment and production with the aim of providing guests with a money can’t buy experience, proving Honda to be a world class company.
Encore amped up their premium concept design capabilities at the Conventions & Incentives New Zealand (CINZ) Gala Dinner, exhibiting custom hexagon-shaped screens onstage at this year’s event. The impressive visual displays ensured the CINZ brief was reflected strategically throughout the space, and complemented the stunning interior decorations which tied in the ‘mosaic’ theme beautifully. Encore (formerly Staging Connections) have worked closely with CINZ for eight years, and as such, were given full creative licence to design the event.
CINZ hold the dinner to showcase to international guests what the New Zealand conference and incentives industry has to offer, and this year did not disappoint. Heather Cornish, CINZ Event Director, later said of Encore’s involvement, “Just wanted to send you a formal note to say THANK YOU for your amazing support of MEETINGS – we really appreciated it. Your personal commitment is very much appreciated. As a sponsor, you play a crucial role in the success of this project – we simply cannot pull off MEETINGS to the standards we aspire to without your generous support so thanks again.”
For the sixth consecutive year Encore (formerly Staging Connections) powered an inspirational event at Barfoot & Thompson’s Annual Convention with 2,500 commercial, residential and property management attendees from all over Auckland. The theme for this world-class event was “Opportunity Knocks” tied in brilliantly with the calibre of guest speakers on the day who came together to celebrate the companies’ highest sales achievers and Garth Barfoot’s retirement.
Encore were engaged to deliver all AV aspects of the event, from stunning lighting to audio and impactful visual content. Central to the proceedings was the main stage, where an impressive 12 m x 4.2 m LED screen was hung via a truss above four ground level 1.2 m x 2.4 m LED panels on either side of the stage, that at times projected doors to cleverly incorporate the event theme.
Anil Anna, IT Manager and 2IC to CIO at Barfoot & Thompson commented, “I can’t thank you enough for putting up such a wonderful show this year. I am really impressed working with both Marjoree and Llewellyn. They were so calm and composed. They made everything possible and always had an option or solution to a problem in a very timely fashion.”
1000 guests in 3 waves across 12 events equals 1 massive incentive road show. Leading Indian event company Encompass Events, approached Encore (formerly Staging Connections) to produce and deliver the Asian Paints Privilege Club Incentive Event Series.
The event series was held in various venues in Sydney and the Gold Coast with the aim of strengthening personal ties within the Privilege Club and reward the Asian Paints staff for their hard work and commitment. The theme was ‘Ultimates’ and Staging Connections were tasked with bringing this to life throughout each of the 12 events including the Welcome function, team building and social events, the grand conference and closing Gala dinner.
The incentive gave our Sydney and Gold Coast teams the opportunity to collaborate and produce a truly unforgettable experience through a complete event staging solution. It was a masterful celebration of everything we love; from design to delivery, including production and stage management, logistics, audio visual, styling, design and even interactive technologies.