Thank you for clarifying. I didn't realize I was sounding so sexy. Okay, so there's 35 nonprofits, and we had asked all the nonprofits to do something engaging, like at a carnival at their event. So people were doing games, and there were all kinds of things. Well, one of the nonprofits that we had was a parrot nonprofit, and which. I don't have a lot of experience with parrots, and I don't know that that you do either. I mean, we do now, but we didn't at the time. And they were there.

They got there really early in the day, so we spent a lot of time with these parrots. They made more sounds than I was expecting, which was fine. But the real clincher was. And I want to also let people know, that we had over a thousand people at this event, and it was also being broadcast on live television. Yes, live television. And now this happened during one of the commercial breaks. So this did not get caught on live tv, which I'm actually a little bummed about. But one of the parrots.

You have to stop slurping.

You have to stop slurping. I'm sorry.

I thought that the straw was further.

Down in the drink. I didn't think it was gonna make a noise. I'm so sorry.

Let me get back to my story. Welcome to Beats Winning the Game of Events, where we share stories and strategies to turn any event or life moment into something unforgettable.

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So come with us behind the curtain for a look at their most memorable experiences as they.

The show must go on. So let's get on with the show. Elise, why did we decide to start Beats Working?

I think because we like to hear each other talk or we like to laugh together. We want to get paid to talk to each other.

Yeah, yeah. We've been doing that for, like, 15 years now. So we just. You know, that's true.

We have. We really have figured that out. We. You know, I don't know that it was that we decided. We were asked if we would host season two because the. The topic was changing from winning the Game of Work, which we were not asked to do, so apparently we're not winning over there, but winning the Game of Events. We definitely said we're pretty good at events. You know, if.

If anybody knows us as a pair, which is how I think most people know us in Seattle, I think they know that we're pretty good at events, at least consumer events. Maybe not like large scale, huge conferences with millions of people, but, like, we can rock a party.

We can. And clearly we still have a lot to learn. And we know so many fun people in this industry, and we've had so many great experiences, good and bad things that were maybe awful that we laugh about now or things that were so great that we cried about because we don't want them to be over. And it's fun to share all the behind the scenes stuff with people because you don't see most of the good stuff that happens at an event as a consumer.

And like, for those of you listening, you should know, Libby and I, we are definitely not trained podcasters. Like, we are here. We have no idea what we're doing. We're just talking into these fancy microphones and we're just inviting friends and new friends and strangers to come and, like, pour out their hearts and souls and fanny packs and tell us everything that goes on behind the scenes. Libby, what. What do you think makes this podcast different than the other events podcasts that we. That we researched or that we've listened to over the years?

I love telling stories. It is really fascinating sometimes to hear those very kind of technical details about things. I think what we. One of the things we love most about events are the storytelling components and focusing on that with our guests and having them share their experiences so that they're relatable to people who don't just do events, but, you know, people who probably have no experience at all with events. I think that's what's going to be a little bit different.

Well, and we're both very curious people, like, genuinely curious. Now you go a little more hardcore into your Nancy Drew researching, which I appreciate that. That's not a joke. You know that I appreciate this skill that you have.