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AttractionPros brings you into the room with the top leaders, executives, and influencers in the attractions industry, to gain the widest possible perspective of all areas of the industry. Most people are only exposed to the practices of their own organization without seeing how the rest of the industry operates. By following AttractionPros, you will gain the skills and knowledge needed to succeed and learn from the best of the best, whether you are the CEO or just beginning your career.
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Episodes
Nov 21, 2017
Nov 21, 2017
1hr 10 min
In this episode, Josh and Matt discuss their experiences at #IAE17, the IAAPA Attractions Expo. It's a week filled with great new products, insightful education and lots of geeky industry talk! Hear what Josh and Matt learned, liked and are looking forward to!
Nov 14, 2017
Nov 14, 2017
54 min
Eric Davis, founder of Awesome Ocean, Zoo Nation and Stand with Sea World, discusses being an advocate for zooloigcal parks and how wanting to be a zoo keeper at the age of 8 years old eventually lead to him taking on the task of debunking the movie Blackfish. He also discusses activism and what facilities can do to minimize the impact of radical organizations.
Nov 7, 2017
Nov 7, 2017
48 min
Matt Eckert, President and CEO of Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana, joins us to talk about the parks' history, how they won the Golden Ticket for the Cleanest Park, and their attitude toward trying new things. It's a fascinating conversation!
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Oct 31, 2017
Oct 31, 2017
1hr 31 min
In a very special episode, Matt and Josh reveal their best tactics for networking and building business relationships.
This one is chock-full of useful nuggets! Some of the topics covered are:
- Business cards
- Talking to strangers
- Putting yourself in a situation to start an easy conversation
- Exiting a conversation
- Preparing for a conversation
- Elevator speech
- Open ended questions
- How and when to follow-up after a conference
Oct 24, 2017
Oct 24, 2017
1hr 53 sec
Amy Hollaman is the Creative director and GM of Terror Behind the Walls and Associate Director of Events and Operations at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philedelphia, PA.
Our conversation takes some really interesting twists and turns as we explore what its like to run a Halloween haunt event in a creepy old jail. Josh, admittedly, was a little scared.
Oct 17, 2017
Oct 17, 2017
49 min
Chris Gray from Skyline Attractions talks about his lifelong obsession with "anything on rails", what eager wanna-be coaster designers can do to break into the industry and the unlikely importance of his model building career!
Oct 10, 2017
Oct 10, 2017
53 min
Jennifer Berthiaume, Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Lion Country Safari in "West, West Palm Beach" Florida joins us to talk about social media, how marketing has changed, preparing a large animal park for a hurricane and what everyone needs to know about birthing a giraffe!
To see Jennifer and Lion Country Safari's social media effors in action, check them out!
Oct 3, 2017
Sep 26, 2017
Sep 26, 2017
1hr 1 min
Adrea Gibbs, Managing Partner of Planet Aqua Group, shares some of the amazing work she is doing regarding access in our industry - fascinating stuff!!
To view the video episode, click here.
Sep 19, 2017
Sep 19, 2017
1hr 9 min
In this episode, we talk with Scott Brown of Family Entertainment Group. We talk about customer service, social media, marketing, company culture and yes, Jimmy Buffett!
For more information on Scott's book, WHO CARES?, click here.