Oh, Canada!
Bert Hensley and I have spent the past week working on a show in Niagara Falls, Canada. Our client, Orion Performance Group, works with NAPA Auto Parts on the development of sales and marketing strategies and programs in the US and Canada. UAP (NAPA's Canadian division) held their annual sales "Summit" at the Sheraton on the Falls. My hotel room directly overlooked the US side of Niagara Falls. Needless to say, it was a really impressive sight! Here are a few shots of the falls, as well as some scenes from the general sessions. We developed a concept of creating a set of "building blocks" to help NAPA drive home its messaging of building "One Team, One Goal". The show was tremendously successful. One of the highlights was a series of performances by three former Cirque du Soliel artists during the awards dinner. Acts included hoops, peg balancing, and silks. They were a hit with the audience and amazingly talented.
One of our meeting rooms was directly above the Hard Rock cafe. I got some cool shots of the sign from a unique perspective.
Here is the General Session stage. Simple, but very message oriented. The building blocks were scattered around the stage at the opening of the session, then were moved into place by each speaker as the meeting progressed. The final set up was a series of 9 3'x3' blocks stacked to reveal the theme for that session.
This is the closing banquet set up just before doors opened to guests. The entertainment was from Cirque Sublime... and it was.
