The Power of LIVE. Sometimes, you’ve just gotta BE there. Live meetings and special events are immediate – and they immerse your audience in an engaging experience that nothing else can match. To inform. Train. Motivate. Honor. Persuade and unite. Our Corporate Meetings, Events and Presentations group manages every aspect of the behind-the-scenes production necessary to ensure a completely coherent, effective event.

Strategic analysis + out-of-the-box thinking = an immersive experience Your business objectives are too important to waste on a ho-hum meeting. So shouldn’t you put as much effort into your presentation environment as you have your message? When you’ve gathered an audience of people who are important to you, every aspect of the event must support your brand – and your goals. That’s why our teams of creative meeting and event specialists work with you so closely to tie every aspect of the event to your objectives. We plan strategically, using imaginative set design, art direction, presentations, music, lighting, video and entertainment to connect with your audience – in ways that get remembered and get results. So when you want your audience to understand your message and walk away wowed, we’ll do the work. You’ll get the applause.

Meetings and special events can happen anyplace – in a traditional venue like a hotel ballroom or a convention center exhibition hall. Or maybe you'll be on the top deck of a parking garage, in an airplane hangar or even an open field. Regardless, when you need lighting, sound, video and projection for your event, our technical managers have the experience to make smart recommendations, bring it all together and bring it to life in your venue – whether it’s inside, outside, across town or across the border. You concentrate on the high-level business objectives; we’ll sweat the technical details. Our services include: Site surveys, space utilization planning and room layouts Staging design, fabrication and installation Lighting, audio, video and projection systems Pyrotechnics and special effect systems Venue liaison services, permits and crew coordination

Think you need to get everyone in one big room to have a good meeting? [That’s SO twentieth-century.] Instead, think about it the way some of our larger clients do: with ‘networked meetings.’ Some of your audience might be in an auditorium with the presenters, some participating via satellite, even more interacting through broadband connections at home or in the office. We can help you reach your constituants on their home turf, wherever they may be, with a variety of digital connectivity options. Whether you’re releasing earnings updates to investment analysts, introducing a new product or announcing a new acquisition to the entire enterprise, we have distance meeting solutions that can help you break your company’s news without breaking the bank. We offer: Webcasting, streaming audio & video solutions Digital video & audio transmission services Videophone & teleconferencing systems Point-to-point and multipoint connectivity

The stakes are high and you’ve got a critical message for an important audience. A State of the Company address for an annual shareholders meeting. A long-awaited product launch. Appealing to major donors at a gala fundraiser. At times like this, do you really want to rely on a pre-packaged PowerPoint® template to get your message across? Many of our clients don’t, either. That’s why they call on our team of presentation design experts to craft state-of-the-art computer-based presentations with a custom-branded look that’s theirs alone. And presentations transformed from ordinary to extraordinary with embedded video, animations, sound and effects that work seamlessly on a mouse click. We offer everything for the polished presentation, including: Presentation concepting and visualizing Custom presentation templates Original art, design and illustration On-site PowerPoint® and Director® computer-based presentation support Speech coaching Handouts and collateral materials Prompter, computer and A/V rentals

Mills James is now partnered with TEAMNet, a consortium of top-tier meeting and event companies with offices in 19 key destination cities, including Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Orlando, Las Vegas and Honolulu. TEAMNet companies collaborate to support the traveling events needs of each partner’s clients. The TEAMNet affiliation benefits Mills James’ clients that take meetings and events on the road, eliminating the need to research reliable and professional destination management, meeting support and corporate entertainment in each city in which their event is located. For more information, visit www.go2teamnet.com.