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Are You Planning to Hire An Event Production Company For Your Next Event? Here Are 10 Questions To Ask Before You Hire An Event Management Company As a professional event production company, our clients (and potential clients) ask us a lot of questions. The questions...

What Does An Event Production Office Manager Do? https://youtu.be/jit-LtXazlo If you want to meet a rockstar event production office manager, meet our very own Kim Klein. Our Wired Production Group team is incredibly lucky to have the best of the best taking care of...

Create Memories This Fall With These Party Ideas Everyone is back to school, fall sports are in full swing, and everyone is gearing up for the holidays. Fall is a great time to gather with some friends for a good time and it’s the perfect season for fun group...

Planning Your Next Event   Planning an event is stressful. It involves planning, coordination, project management skills – and a lot of stress! In fact, being an event coordinator made it on the list as one of the top most stressful jobs in 2017. Despite the...

Make Your College’s Graduates’ Big Day Memorable: College Commencement Ceremony AV and Staging Production Tips As college seniors frantically cram for finals and pull all-nighters writing research papers that they waited until the last minute to start, it’s time for...

How to Pull Off Planning and Putting on a Political Event   When an election cycle hits, political candidates are on the road constantly. Politicians travel locally, regionally, nationally and even internationally for a variety of special political events. For...

Fun Ways to Make Your Employees Happy With Special Events It’s important to keep employees engaged in their work, but it’s also critical to keep them happy. There is more to a happy team than just casual Fridays and occasional bagels in the break room! It’s always fun...

Are You Live Streaming Your Next Event? Here Are Some Things to Consider Before You Go Live It’s time to get on board with the hottest trend in event marketing: live streaming. Video has made it to the top in the marketing world and if you haven’t jumped on board...

https://youtu.be/g0_TvVkSGno Doug Netolicky has followed the Wired Production Group company since Ron Rausch began his video production business in 1997. In May 2011, he joined the Wired Production Group team as the Vice President of Business Development with more...

Cedar Rapids 2008 Flood: A City Growing Ten years ago the City of Cedar Rapids experienced one of the harshest natural disasters in our city’s history. The Cedar River, which runs through downtown Cedar Rapids, crested to a record level of 31 feet. The brutal flood...

Meeting Planners: Lighting Tips for Indoor and Outdoor Events If you’re planning an event, don’t overlook the importance of lighting. The table decorations, stage displays, pipe and drape, and registration table are important, but the lighting at an event can make a...

https://youtu.be/R5t1tSKUIik Wired Production Group Team Member Highlight: Rob Silver   Once upon a time in the city of Cedar Rapids, there was a man named Rob Silver. Rob has the title of Production Specialist Engineer at Wired Production Group and does many...

Event Planners: 3 Tips For Event Planners To Maximize Stage Design in Small Spaces Most event planners have to work within a budget for their event. It makes sense for you to be cost conscious when you decide where to host the event as well as how you produce it. If...

https://youtu.be/_NMcbMhIl3s Wired Production Group Team Member Highlight: Billy Peifer Billy Peifer has a long history with Wired Production Group. Dedicated, loyal, knowledgeable, fun, kind-hearted, hard-working…These are just a few words that describe our Billy P....

https://youtu.be/IkfiKdnYQcc Wired Production Group Team Member Highlight: Aaron Wells This month, we would like to share a little bit of information and appreciation for our Wired Production Group Chief Operating Officer, Aaron Wells. *insert epic drum solo here*...

7 Cool Technologies You Should Have At Your Next Event, Conference or Tradeshow Booth If you’re an event planner or oversee tradeshows and conferences at your company, you probably spend a lot of time and money on the events you host or the tradeshows or conferences...

https://youtu.be/j-juG7xpHRs On February 4, 2016, the entire world at Wired Production Group (WPG) changed in one swift motion. Josh Busche came aboard the team. Josh (also known as Busche, Maverick or Sir Josh) is a Director of Photography and Creative Producer in...

Wired Production Group is more than just an event production company. One of our many facets is video production. The majority of what we do in the world of professional video production is for corporate clients across the United States - but we love working with our...

Get Creative With Your Event Lighting At Wired Production Group, we are creative problem solvers and artists. When we begin the early stages of helping our clients plan events, we think outside of the box to create full-service event solutions that are stunning and...

The digital age brought about the fall and revamping of #InstantCameras By Mackenzie Moffitt Planning an event and want to make sure your guests remember it? Let them take snapshots of the memories they want to make by providing them with the technology to make it...

Learning new things is a trend around here, and last week a few of our video gurus dabbled in the art of cinemagraphs. If you aren't familiar, these are pictures that only have one component in motion where everything else seems to be just a photograph. Cinemagraphs...

Important Stage Design Tips for Event Planners There is a lot to be mindful of when you are setting the stage for a presentation. Your stage highlights important items for your audience and your presenter’s experience. The stage design budget may seem to be something...