Chatting with Lauren Smith; Event Planner & Founder of Modern Collective

Today I am chatting with Lauren Smith. Lauren is a passionate event planner, connection creating expert, and lover of all thing’s events + travel.  Lauren helps busy entrepreneurs create in person connection with their online community so they can strengthen their relationships, provide incredible value and turn their community into raving fans. With over 10 years of event planning experience working with Canada’s largest financial institutions, Lauren brings countless unique and innovative ideas, and an impressive tool-box of skills to the table for her clients, spanning from an unmatched ability to pivot on the spot, to killer negotiation skills and the creative ability to think outside the box.

 

Key points addressed were  

• The particulars of the event planning industry and how her company uniquely addresses the requirements in the industries she conducts events with
• We also examined some stereotypes of the event planning’s industries’s past and how Lauren endeavors to redefine some of these attributes in the future

 

This podcast series is hosted by Patricia Kathleen and Wilde Agency Media. This series is a platform for women, female-identified, & non-binary individuals to share their professional stories and personal narrative as it relates to their story. This podcast is designed to hold a space for all individuals to learn from their counterparts regardless of age, status, or industry.

 

TRANSCRIPTION

*Please note, this is an automated transcription please excuse any typos or errors

 

[00:00:00] In this episode, I speak with event planner and founder of Modern Collective, Lauren Smith. Key points addressed were the particulars of event planning industry and how her company uniquely addresses the requirements in the industries she conducts events with. We also examine some stereotypes of the event plannings, industries past and how Lauren endeavors to redefine some of these attributes in the future. Stay tuned for my informative chat with Lauren Smith.

 

[00:00:32] Hi, my name is Patricia Kathleen, and this podcast series contains interviews I conduct with women. Female identified and non binary individuals regarding their professional stories and personal narrative. This podcast is designed to hold a space for all individuals to learn from their counterparts regardless of age status. For industry, we aim to contribute to the evolving global dialog surrounding underrepresented figures in all industries across the USA and abroad. If you're enjoying this podcast, be sure to check out our subsequent series that dove deep into specific areas such as Vegan life, fasting and roundtable topics. They can be found via our Web site. Patricia Kathleen ARCOM. You can also join our newsletter. You can also subscribe to all of our series on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Pod Bean and YouTube. Thanks for listening. Now let's start the conversation.

 

[00:01:30] Hi, everyone, and welcome back. My name is Patricia and I am your host today. I am excited to be sitting down with Lauren Smith. Lauren is an event planner and founder of Modern Collective. You can find out more about it on her Web site. W w w dot. Modern collective dot. S.A. Welcome, Lauren.

 

[00:01:50] Thank you so much for having me. I am so excited to be here.

 

[00:01:53] Absolutely. I'm excited to unpack what you're doing, too.

 

[00:01:55] We've had a lot of audience and listeners reach out over the past year, actually, and talk about wanting me to talk with speak with the founder regarding what you do and your industry with events and things like that. And so I'm really excited to help unpack it all for everyone listening as well as for my own education. Before I get to unpacking everything with Lauren, for those of you who have not listened to before, I will give you a quick roadmap of today's podcast and then I will read a bio on Lauren. Before I start peppering her with questions. Today's podcast will follow the same trajectory as all of those in the series. Our inquiry will first look at her academic background and professional life. And then we will start unpacking everything that is based on a modern collective. We'll get into the logistics for those young entrepreneurs out there who, what, when, where, why, how. As far as when it was founded, funding all of those co-founders questions. And then we'll turn into the ethos and the populations and some of the industries that Lauren's company serves. And we'll then look towards future goals and endeavors that she hasn't. We'll wrap everything up with advice that Lauren has for those of you who are looking to get involved or perhaps emulate some of her success. A quick bio on Lauren. As promised, Lauren Smith is a passionate event planner, connection creating expert and lover of all things, e