Heather Rogers and Velia Rizzo are co-founders and CEOs of Curated Entertainment and perform as Rogers & Rizzo, America’s only female mentalist duo. They explain how they read an audience through energy, eye contact, volume and body language, and how humor, names and real connection win over skeptics. They make no special claims about mind reading and say what they do comes down to intuition, perception and persuasion.

They also cover how to build a serious entertainment business through customization, how to show buyers the value of an experience, and how co-founders with complementary strengths keep trusting each other.

👉 Part of The CEO Edition of Events: Demystified, hosted by Anca Platon Trifan, CMP, WMEP

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Original Podcast Music written by Fable Score Music.

“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events, a leading woman-owned boutique event planning and production agency offering a comprehensive approach to event management and production, with a focus on enhancing the attendee experience with the #FIT4EVENTS™ framework for a holistic event cycle in order to create memorable events.

Host Anca Platon Trifan and returning guest David T Stevens share practical strategies to thrive at IMEX America without burnout, emphasizing pre-planning objectives, protecting calendar non-negotiables, accepting you can’t do it all, and managing the show’s physical, cognitive, and social demands. They cover tactics like protecting “sleep inertia,” moving before the day starts, maintaining nutrition structure (including travel snacks and intermittent fasting), prioritizing sleep, scheduling meetings by show-floor sections to preserve attention, investing in social health, and recovering before depletion. They also explain the origins and purpose of the #Fit4events push-up and squat challenge and preview Circadian Cove RX at Mandalay Bay, featuring credentialed practitioners, recovery modalities, and assessments such as brain mapping, VO2 and metabolic testing, body composition, grip strength, and nervous system resets.

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👉 Episode Notes: https://eventsdemystified.com/--------------------------------------------------------------Chapters:00:00 Welcome and Overview01:42 Meet David Stevens02:31 Why IMEX Drains You03:06 Planning and FOMO06:08 Cognitive Overload and Names10:03 Six Survival Principles11:00 Prepare and Build Capacity15:00 Sleep Inertia Morning Reset16:34 Move Before Meetings20:02 Nutrition and Packing Hacks25:13 Protect Your Sleep29:25 Schedule for Attention35:05 Social Health Matters36:00 Recover Before You Crash38:27 Fit4events Challenge Origins41:45 Challenge Philosophy and Tracks45:55 Circadian Cove RX Explained50:53 Hours Location and Access51:28 Host Recap and What to Expect53:49 How to Join the Challenge58:19 Final Takeaways and Goodbye

David Peckinpaugh is President and CEO of Maritz and the first non-family CEO of a 132-year-old, fifth-generation family-owned company. He explains what it means to lead as a steward, and how the Tugboat Institute's Evergreen seven Ps (purpose, people, passion, perseverance, performance, principles, profit) guide his decisions, with profit treated as fuel for people and innovation. He also covers how Maritz led through COVID with weekly town halls, why his approach to AI is meant to make employees irreplaceable, why in-person events stay human, the difference between personalized and personal, and why time is what attendees really spend.

00:00 Stewardship Over Speed

01:11 Welcome And Guest Intro

03:30 David’s Path Into Events

05:50 Why In Person Still Wins

07:26 Leading With Stewardship

12:21 Evergreen Seven Ps Framework

14:10 Profit Fuels Purpose

15:12 Decision Filters Under Pressure

21:19 AI To Make People Irreplaceable

24:17 Human Connection Can’t Be Automated

25:35 Time Is The Currency

27:10 Trust And Loyalty

28:52 Personal Versus Personalized

30:34 Culture And Seven Ps

32:39 COVID Leadership Decisions

36:35 Stewardship And Accountability

38:38 Mentoring Future CEOs

42:14 Legacy Of Stewardship

43:35 Authenticity And AI Reading

45:55 Closing And Where To Connect

👉 Part of The CEO Edition of Events: Demystified, hosted by Anca Platon Trifan, CMP, WMEP

👉 Like and share this video to spread the knowledge.

👉 Episode Notes: https://eventsdemystified.com/

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Sponsored and Produced by Tree-Fan Events Production LLC

Connect with your Podcast Host at the links below:

LinkedIn | Instagram | Book Anca to Speak at Your Event

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Original Podcast Music written by Fable Score Music.

“Events: demystified” Podcast is brought to you by Tree-Fan Events, a leading woman-owned boutique event planning and production agency offering a comprehensive approach to event management and production, with a focus on enhancing the attendee experience with the #FIT4EVENTS™ framework for a holistic event cycle in order to create memorable events.