Presentation Thinking™ #195. “Some Guy From the Crew” Part 3: Budgeting & building a team
Cameron Magee, Founder of the avad3 event production company, returns for the final installment of our “Some Guy from the Crew” trilogy peeling the curtain back on everything you need to know about planning events.
For this episode? We’re talking openly about money: what you can get for your budget, general allocations for event sizes Small, Medium and Large and what unanticipated costs people often forget about.
Cameron also maps out the ideal production team for each size event and the roles you can expect to see them take on.
With hundreds of experiences under his belt, Cameron makes you feel like he’s got the often unpredictable event industry down to a pretty perfect science.
This is an episode for: first-time event planners, the production team or whoever’s in charge of the SKO budget.
What’s in the Spice Cabinet?
Tune into the rest of the series here:
“Some Guy From the Crew” Part 1: The importance of rehearsals with Cameron Magee
“Some Guy From the Crew” Part 2: Live events with Cameron Magee
Cameron’s favorite resources for event production?
[When asked by a young person for the best apps in event production, Cameron replied]: “I got good news and bad news. The good news is they're already on your phone. The bad news is this is not going be a very sexy conversation.” Shoutout Notes app and Google Suite.
Book reccos?
Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends and Influence People
“…because almost everything in this industry, as you alluded to earlier, it’s note regulated. It's actually quite negotiable. But negotiation hinges on being relational.”
Atul Gawande - The Checklist Manifesto
Edgar Papke - True Alignment
Goal for 2026?
Encourage more live music at events!