American Disc Jockey Association
Dallas - Fort Worth Chapter
Meeting Schedule
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Meetings
- Date: 1/5/2010 6:30 PM
- Date: 2/2/2010 6:30 PM
- Date: 3/2/2010 6:30 PM
- Date: 4/6/2010 6:30 PM
- Date: 5/17/2010 5:30 PM
- Date: 5/4/2010 6:30 PM
- Date: 6/1/2010 6:30 PM
- Date: 7/6/2010 6:30 PM
- Date: 8/3/2010 5:00 PM
- Date: 8/18/2010 5:00 PM
- Date: 9/7/2010 6:30 PM
- Date: 10/5/2010 6:30 PM
- Date: 10/17/2010 10:00 AM
Are you a DJ interested in becoming one of America's Finest Group of Entertainers?
Or are you a Bride or Event Planner searching for a qualified Master of Ceremonies for your event?
Please feel free to contact us if we may be of service to you or your group!
Dallas - Fort Worth Chapter
Email: info@dallas-ftworth.adja.orgPhone: (817) 233-0024
National Offices
Email: office@adja.orgToll-free: (888) 723-5776
Beat Mixing 101
Date: 1/5/2010
Time: 6:30 PM
6:30 to 7 - Networking and card-pass
7 to 7:30 - Dinner and "table topic" open discussions
7:30 to 9pm - Beat Mixing 101
Location: Spring Creek BBQ 315 W State Highway 114 Grapevine TX 76051
Sales & Marketing
Date: 2/2/2010
Time: 6:30 PM
6:30 to 7 - Networking and card-pass
7 to 7:30 - Dinner and "table topic" open discussion
7:30 to 9pm - Featured Presentation
Location: Marc Events 1130 Dragon St., Suite 120 Dallas TX 75207
Book Yourself Solid by Working for FREE!
Date: 3/2/2010
Time: 6:30 PM
6:30 to 7 - Networking and card-pass
7 to 7:30 - Dinner and "table topic" open discussion
7:30 to 9pm - Featured Presentation
"Book Yourself Solid By Working For FREE"
by Scott Shirley of Party Machine Celebrations
Offering your entertainment services free of charge to charitable organizations is not just good P.R., it''s good business.
Scott Shirley will explain how hooking up with charitable organizations creates fierce customer loyalty, references who become advocates for you, and best of all, customers for life. His presentation will include real-life examples, and explain how your DJ business can grow while helping the community.
Whether you are a rookie or an "old dog", you will learn how to benefit from the benefit!
Location: Spring Creek BBQ 12835 Preston Rd (@ Preston & 635) Dallas TX 75230
DMX 101: Take Control of Your Light Show
Date: 4/6/2010
Time: 6:30 PM
6:30 to 7 - Networking and card-pass
7 to 7:30 - Dinner and "table topic" open discussion
7:30 to 9pm - Featured Presentation
"DMX 101: Take Control of Your Light Show"
by Tommy Evans of Specialty Sound
We''ve all heard of DMX...some of us use it and love it...some of us have tried it and don''t get it...and some of us are scared to even try it.
No matter where you are in this spectrum of knowledge, you will benefit from this presentation on DMX lighting by one of our industry leaders, Tommy Evans. Tommy will show us some basics and useful tricks on how to truly take your light show to the intelligent side.
Location: Ozona Grill 4615 Greenville Ave. Dallas TX 75206
ISES Olympics
Date: 5/17/2010
Time: 5:30 PM
The Industry Olympics is an annual event which brings all of the Hospitality Industry Organizations together for an evening of fun and competition. Each organization puts together a team to battle the other organizations in industry related games to claim the prize as the best team. This year the DFW ADJA will compete with their own team against other special event industry networking groups. The name of the game is to have a LOT of fun. Whether you attend to compete on the team or you would just like to hang out as a spectator and witness the experience, this is an evening that you will be talking about all year. Email Colby at colby@astoundingsounds.com with any questions you might have about attending or competing on the ADJA team.
Location: Texas Discovery Gardens 3601 Martin Luther King, Jr Blvd. Dallas TX 75210
Stay Booked Every Weekend!
Date: 5/4/2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Is it May already? Is your 2010 calendar full of gigs? Next Tuesday we will meet at Ozona Grill again to hear Randy Ro talk about various ways to keep your sales pipeline full.
Location: Ozona Grill 4615 Greenville Ave Dallas TX 75206
The WED Guild
Date: 6/1/2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Join us for another great meeting to chat about growing your business. We have CPA''s coming in to talk with us about how to improve our standing with the IRS and keep ourselves out of trouble. Also, Chad Wandel will be giving a formal presentation on the WED Guild.
Location: Ozona Grill 4615 Greenville Ave Dallas TX 75206
Communication, Behavior, and Productivity
Date: 7/6/2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Sarah Zink will be talking to us about gender communication and how we can make improvements that will greatly affect how we deal with our clients. Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 - 6:30pm @ Spring Creek BBQ 1509 Airport Fwy, Bedford, TX 817-545-0184 Featured Presentation "Communication, Behavior, and Productivity" by Sarah Zink Planned Agenda 6:30 to 7 - Networking and card-pass 7 to 7:30 - Dinner and "table topic" open discussion 7:30 to 9pm - Featured Presentation
Location: Spring Creek BBQ 1509 Airport Fwy Bedford TX
Family Night at Lake Grapevine
Date: 8/3/2010
Time: 5:00 PM
Join us August 3rd at 5pm on Lake Grapevine for ADJA family night...complete with live entertainment, food and boating fun!
We will be at the Trawick Pavilion in Oak Grove Park at 5pm to kick off the festivities. Bring your boat, jet ski, your family...bring it all and enjoy an evening of fun and fellowship with your industry colleagues.
Please RSVP to randy at randyro.com with the head count of your group. This is a very important step in planning for the food and beverage inventory.
Location: Trawick Pavilion in Oak Grove Park, Lake Grapevine Grapevine TX
Mobile Beat Tour
Date: 8/18/2010
Time: 5:00 PM
Head to MobileBeat.com to register for the Wednesday, August 18th Mobile Beat Tour event in downtown Dallas. The event is from 5-10pm in the Magnolia Hotel''s Pegasus Ballroom...and it''s FREE!
Check out some of the items on the agenda
* Prize giveaways
* Presentations on business (Danny Brewer), lighting (Ben Stowe) and social media networking (Andy Ebon)
* Product demos by QSC, Pioneer, American DJ and more
* High energy networking all evening
* Special price discounts on products
1) Simply login or create a new account here
https://members.mobilebeat.com/
2) Register for the conference...go ahead and sign up your friends as well
Check out the promo video on the Mobile Beat Tour...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeURnwUaRIw
Location: Magnolia Hotel Dallas TX
Marketing, PR, & Social Media
Date: 9/7/2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Join us for another educationally fulfilling meeting with marketing industry leader, Nikki Nuckols, of Doodle Dog Advertising. Nikki will lead us through an interesting discussion of how marketing, PR & social media work together to propel our businesses toward greatness...or leave us stranded in the past when we don''t keep up.
Location: Ozona Grill 4615 Greenville Ave Dallas TX 75206
The BIG Event
Date: 10/17/2010
Time: 10:00 AM
The BIG Event is the annual ADJA continuing education seminar. This years'' seminar include marketing guru Alan Berg (VP @ TheKnot.com), George Lopez, and Dr. Drax (ADJA National President).
You don''t want to miss this all-day seminar that will help you take your business to the next level.