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Monday, Feb. 8
Registration & badge pickup 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Bonus Seminars
OPEN TO ALL! SHOW OFFICIALLY OPENS TUESDAY

Noon-1PM Ballroom B The Art of the Quinceanera Cheryl Quinlan By the end of the presentation, attendees will know what a Quinceanera is and why is it so important in the Hispanic culture and the potential of another market to service. Learn the general order of events at a Quinceanera, the traditions and their significance. Glean information on how you can help your client make the event better and get tips how you can look like a Quince master even if you’ve never done one before.

Noon-1PM Ballroom CD Photoshop and Video Editing for DJs Mark Evans In this seminar / workshop you will learn about photo formats, sizes and color conversions and more. Learn photo corrections, how to adjust colors, exposure, shadows and highlights. Plus, learn how to take the photos and put them into video, exporting a project out to DVD or a movie format.

1:30-2:30 PM Ballroom CD Weddings 101 Bill Smith/Bill Goode Designed for the DJ who has less than 5 years of experience, or for DJs who feel that they need a refresher course in the basic skills of running a wedding reception. Topics included will be planning, working with the client, an interactive exercise for DJs who haven’t done introductions, and handling unforeseen events that threaten the flow and success of your client’s wedding reception.

1:30-2:30 PM Ballroom B 12 Steps To Better Performances Dean Carlson Do you find yourself struggling, unable to make that solid connection with your clients or their guests that creates the energy and synergy making it a truly memorable event? Having trained nearly 100 DJs, Dean Carlson will show you that it’s not about being “on”, but rather a matter of small steps enhancing performances in a short period of time

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Ballroom B Out of the Box Marketing Madness David Van Engen
Learn how to start your own corporate tradeshow (not bridal fair), put together a regional planner’s excursion and develop your own fundraiser from scratch.DJ veteran and marketing experimenter David Van Enger will present an in depth look at these three unique programs. His discussion will teach you some of the structures, procedures and ways to create these formats in your area. He will also elaborate on the success, potential concerns and benefits these three programs can bring you and your business.

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Ballroom CD It’s Time To Work Smart Doug Sandler-Doug is back with his controversial seminar that had people talking on the summer tour! Ever wonder what it would be like to get client referrals before you worked a gig? Would you believe that over 90% of your responsibilities occur prior to working a function? Did you know 9 out of 10 DJs and MCs focus on things that will not make them one cent in the DJ business? It’s time for all that to change. Let’s start NOW.

Badge pickup only 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Top of the Riv
SOUL TRAIN PARTY 7:00-9:00 PM Top of the Riv Come and wear your funkiest soul train outfit, afro, leisure suit, bell bottoms, classy, dress to the nines and artistic values to the opening night kick off along with dancing skills and fun attitude. Prizes will be awarded to the cool dressing females, and males. There will be many surprise guests and some interactive games throughout the evening to go along with all the fun. The show is created and hosted by DJ John Rozz.

Tuesday, Feb 9
Registration opens at 7:30 AM / Doors open 8:30 AM
No Exhibit Hall Today
All Sessions in Ballrooms B-C-D unless noted

9:00 AM Welcome & 2010 Hall of Fame Awards

9:30 AM - 10:30 Putting the passion back into your business and into you! Sean “Big Daddy” McKee/ Gerry Siracusa You have seen Big Daddy perform at many of the conventions. Having won the ProDj.com contest in 2008. The passion he has for performing is second to none. Gerry is a Multi op DJ company owner, he has also garnered DJ of the year awards on numerous occasions. These two are combining their passions, Gerry for the business end and Big Daddy on the performance end to make up this UPLIFTING seminar. They will share some of their personal and professional stories about their passions. They will also give you some helpful hints to get you back on track!! Be prepared to get on your feet!!! We have a feeling this is going to put the passion back into you and your business.

11AM - 12:15 PM KEYNOTE Live (and Earn) It Forward - living and earning WAY BEYOND Your Average! Kent Julian REAL Success is not just about business–it’s about life. What that means to you is that learning to live it forward is more than a phrase, it means experiencing Real SUCCESS & PROFIT in the most important roles of your life. Professional, personal, and more! This keynote will be about success as a DJ; but it will be about so much more!

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Mining Bridal Show Gold Andy Ebon - Are you having challenges with meeting brides and grooms, face to face? A Bridal Show is your answer. This seminar will help you discover how to prepare, exhibit, and follow up successfully. Andy draws on direct experience on over 100 local and national trade shows to coach practical planning and execution that will make any bridal show exhibitor more successful.

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Longevity (More Then Just Games) John Rozz Get motivated on fresh ideas and being UP in a down economy. This seminar will feature the love and passion of the mobile DJ business. John will touch on the balancing of an entertainer’s life; health, good attitude, and include some great icebreaker interactive games! So you think your tired and burnt out after 10 years? 15? 20? 25? Meet John Rozz, one of the pioneers in the mobile DJ industry, and learn how to handle the next 25!

4 PM Sponsored Session: American Disc Jockey Association’s Annual National Meeting (non-members welcome) Open to all attendees of the show. Highlighting the accomplishments of 2009 and plans and goals for 2010. This past year the ADJA has represented DJs at the following events and with the following major groups: NACE,ABC, NAMM, Wedding MBA, RCRA, PPA, NARAS, The Mobile Beat Tour as well as several tour stops of our own to local chapters. The ADJA, bringing education, networking, support & representation to & for the Mobile DJ industry. Join the ADJA at the ADJA booth in the Exhibit Hall.

12:15 PM Capri Room 102 “Mini-Topic Tuesday” The Virtual Chatboard! Mobilebeat.Com forums present small, moderated free-wheeling discussions, in a less formal setting. Arrive (”Log On”) and leave (”Log Off”) as you wish. A three topic session moderated by Eric Sands Session One and two will combine the two subjects of video and bar mitzvahs, running from 12:15 to 2:15 with a ten minute break, demonstrating the numerous ways to incorporate VIDEO at Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, as well as talk about hardware and technical issues. Then at 2:30, are you the MASTER OF DISASTER? Do you ever find your heart racing when you discover that your equipment is not working 10 minutes before an event starts? Come bring your ideas, stories, and solutions! We will share common equipment mishaps, potential horror stories, and discuss what YOU can do to prevent a catastrophe from happening at a future event. You are encouraged to bring your ideas and any small gadgets to “show & tell” what you have seen to be a lifesaver when disaster strikes. Become the MASTER OF DISASTER!

7:00 PM Top of the Riv
Mobile Beat, the American Disc Jockey Association and NLFX Professional are proud to announce the latest act on the lineup of Mobile Beat Las Vegas performances. Coolio, winner of a Grammy and 3 MTV Video Music Awards, will be singing his hits: Fantastic Voyage, Gangsta’s Paradise, 1-2-3-4 Sumpin New and more. It’s all part of a double bill party night with the Sugar Hill Gang sponsored by Pioneer ProDJ to follow. Free for all full badge holders, all others $20.

Wednesday, Feb. 10
Registration opens at 7:30 AM
Exhibits open 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM in Grande Ballroom

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Ballroom B BEATLES 1964 Steeled on long nights in the cavernous, nocturnal clubs of Germany in the early 1960’s, the Beatles were far from an overnight sensation when they stormed America in 1964. But, no act in recording history enjoyed a year quite like the Fab Four did in 1964. Trace their meteoric rise in the States through their songs, concerts, album releases, groundbreaking television appearances and more in this in-depth, engaging look at John, Paul, George and Ringo in 1964. Mike Ficher guides you through the Beatles transition from a novelty import to the high-pitched, decibel-busting screaming adulation of America’s teens–and the frequent dismissal of the older generation–in “A Year in the Life: The Beatles 1964″.

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Ballroom D Favertism Scott Faver Interactive games and activities for a variety of different events - Corporate training vs. party, Relevant Reunions, Magical Mitzvahs, Wonderful Weddings and more. All designed to put you in “Faver” with your clients. Special emphasis on adding photos, video and other visuals effects to enhance your show, wow your audience, and make you their “Faverite” entertainer. Facts tell, emotions sell. This is your front row seat to see, touch and play the games. Learn how to play, create and sell personalized entertainment that will touch your audience, make them laugh, make them cry, and make them buy!

8:00 AM-9:00 AM: Capri Room 102 NLFX Professional ProAcademy SPOTLIGHT ON Lighting Up Selling - Up lighting Mike Fernino Mike will explain how he has taken over 40% of his wedding business to lighting upgrades, and increased his company’s gross revenue stream tremendously. Learn about Selling, effectively communicating, creating emotion with lighting, how to get your rate and stand out from your competition

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Ballroom B Owning Your Market - The Revolving Door^TM Strategy for Marketing Your Services Kent Julian Are your creating TOMA (Top Of Mind Awareness) within your market? It’s not hard to OWN your market; but most businesses have no idea how to do it. This breakout session will walk you through the process of owning your market by creating TOMA within your market. Follow these principles and you WILL create Top Of Mind Awareness and OWN your market!

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Ballroom D The Video DJ:an Inevitable Evolution Nick Covino Nick has evolved from a 1990’s CD Jock in to an All Digital VJ of 2010. The Evolution was only natural as Clients begin to want to take their events to another level. Tips on how to get into the video game and tricks on running the videos themselves. Learn the difference between a DJ that plays Videos and a VJ. The VJ evolution is coming, and staying ahead of the game is critical to those that are looking to book even bigger clients and engage a wider audience.

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM : (Capri Room 102) NLFX Professional ProAcademy SPOTLIGHT ON Lighting Take control of your lighting 1
Technical presentation discussing DMX and it’s operation, changes In the evolving standard and it’s future. The difference between mic cable and DMX cable will be explained, as will adapting, splitting and terminating. Wireless DMX, Addressing and trouble shooting will also be covered. This is a complete and informational session for any DJ wishing to use DMX more effectively in their show.

11:00-Noon Ballroom B The WHY of the BUY for the Bride Rick Brewer Learn to understand the mind of the typical bride, her state of mind, and why she will or will not respond to your marketing. A discussion of the 6 stages of the buying process and the 8 legs of successful marketing in the Wedding industry.

11:00 AM - Noon Ballroom D SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for DJs: Get Your Website Found! Jeff Meuzelaar As this new era of consumers enters the market, how are you shifting your marketing strategies into the online mediums? Jeff Meuzelaar, a professional digital marketer by day and successful mobile DJ by night, will be guiding you through the steps of developing a comprehensive SEO (search engine optimization) strategy to get your website found by Google, Bing, and Yahoo. After all, what good is a website if it doesn’t drive traffic? Jeff’s seminar will be broken out into four sections that will include 1) Background Knowledge, 2) On-Page Techniques, 3) Off-Page Strategies, and 4) Industry Tools.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Capri Room 102  NLFX Professional ProAcademy SPOTLIGHT ON Lighting Take control of your lighting 2
In this presentation a light to sound show will be built and the curtain pulled away on the tricks employed to build exciting shows very quickly. Discussed topics will also include programming basics, different controller types, and simplifying fixture control. See how to integrate lighting, video and audio into seamless shows, perfect for a grand entrance! Bring a laptop (Windows XP, Vista or Mac OS) and a free copy of lighting control software will be provided so you can follow along from your own computer!

6:00 pm Capri Room 102  NLFX Professional ProAcademy SPOTLIGHT ON Lighting Lighting Design w/ Jason Weldon Learn the basics of getting involved with conventional lighting as an add-on to your DJ packages for weddings, including the fundamentals of four key components of lighting design: up lighting, dance floor washes, monogram projection and pin spotting. Intelligent lighting is great, but when you see how easy (and cheap) conventional lighting is, you will want to start adding to your shows as soon as you can. See how to bring the room together with all of these options, creating a unique lighting scheme for a wedding reception.

Wednesday Sponsored Seminars
1:00-2:00 - Capri Room 102 Advanced Internet Strategies: So you have a website, now what?
Scott Kartsounes and Darren Hughes of DJ Intelligence It’s the internet age and brides & party planners are no longer “wishing for” the ability to book and plan their events online, they’re expecting it! Learn how to harness the incredible strength of the web and put your website to work for you by converting it from an ordinary static brochure into an interactive online destination that will keep clients and prospects coming back for more! This action-packed power seminar is a must-attend for all DJs, whether you have a major web presence or none at all. Learn how to take your website to the next level with interactive website tools from DJ Intelligence for booking events online and complete online event planning. It’s time to make the web work for you! This is an informational demonstration and educational seminar, geared towards both beginners and pros.

2:15-3:15 - Capri Room 102 DJI Outside The Box + Increase your Uniqueness Arsenal!
Stick around after the DJ Intelligence Seminar, as founders Scott Kartsounes & Darren Hughes pass the mic over to Robert Starkey (Sales Manager). Robert shares HOW TO further enhance your DJI using little unknown TIPS & TRICKS - Items that will take your business and your DJI to the next level. This is not just a re-hash on planning forms, but secrets packed to the max. Additionally, Robert will be also be discussing some other items he offers to set you and your DJ Business apart from the competition. Add some of Robert’s items to your “Event Uniqueness Arsenal”. SPECIAL DEALS & DISCOUNTS on all services for in attendance.

3:30-4:30 Capri Room 102 Game Show Mania-Dean Lichtenwalner Discuss how game shows can increase your profits by accessing corporate events, schools, colleges and municipalities. We will discuss real life situations and how to get these events. Game Show owners will tell their stories and explain how they have been successful with their game show offerings.

6:30 PM American DJ Customer Appreciation Party Top of the Riv

Thursday, Feb. 11
Registration opens at 7:30 AM
Exhibits open 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM in the Grand Ballroom

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Ballroom B Everything Old is New Again! Ed Spencer
With the recent changes in society, the DJ industry is no longer competing with just DJs, we’re competing with movies, TV and other media to captivate and entertain our clients and their guests. In this seminar Ed helps you battle the ever decreasing attention span by walking you through the process of using creativity, theatrical concepts, and a flair for the dramatic to turn old routines, boring music and tired concepts into fresh ideas that can directly translate to happier clients, better parties, and more money for your DJ business.

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Ballroom D ELVIS 1956 Few performers in the long and storied history of pop music entertainment enjoyed a year quite like the King of Rock’n'Roll did in 1956. In the span of less than ten months, Elvis Presley transitioned from a mama’s boy to America’s idol, from the Boppin’ Hillbilly to the scourge of the older generation and the adulation of the younger set. Hear clips from many of his hits from 1956–including alternate versions of ‘Heartbreak Hotel’–and the oldest known live recording from the King. Trace all the concert stops, recording dates, key television appearances, and learn about his budding movie career in this insightful and entertaining account of Elvis’ 1956. Mike Ficher offers an in-depth review of the most exhilarating year in the life of Elvis Presley when the veteran entertainer and radio personality presents “Elvis 1956: The Year That Changed Pop Music.”

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Ballroom B “HEADLINES: Create Print Ads That Drive Leads & Sales” Andy Ebon With free wedding publications everywhere, print is not dead to most brides. Any wedding industry business that spends money in print media wants its investment to work harder and be more effective. This proactive session will break down the imagery and copy in ads to show why some ads pull response and others do not, helping you design or revise your print ads to give you more bang for your marketing buck.

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Ballroom D “90 Minutes in Heaven- a True Story of Death and Life” Don Piper is a dynamic speaker and the author of New York Times bestseller, 90 Minutes in Heaven - a True Story of Death and Life. In 1989, an 18-wheeler struck his Ford Escort head on. He was killed instantly - pronounced dead by four sets of EMTs. But then what happened? No matter what you THINK you believe about the supernatural, his story will make you rethink and perhaps reorder your priorities.

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Capri Room 102 NLFX Professional ProAcademy SPOTLIGHT ON AUDIO Audio for Entertainers 1
Fundamental, yet highly informational presentation on audio including discussion on decibels and noise ordinance compliance, weighting scales and how you make more decibels. This session also will address the effects of frequency on speaker placement to help you get more out of your system. Hard hitting technical information, delivered in an easy to digest format.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Ballroom B Built To Last! Rich Cranston From fledgling independence to developing and maintaining a world-class brand, make your business survive the test of time, including Tips on how to find operational and economic stability in a dynamic industry.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Ballroom D Running a Successful DJ Business Danny Brewer How many Hats are you wearing? In this seminar, the many responsibilities of running a business are covered. How many hats do you wear in your business? What hats do you wear most often? What hats do you really want to wear and what hats do you not want to wear? As the owner of the business, address your strengths and weaknesses. Delegate out work to those that are stronger at a certain part of the job and do the parts of the job that you are good at yourself. Surround yourself with hard workers and great talent and you will succeed in your business

11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Capri Room 102) NLFX Professional ProAcademy SPOTLIGHT ON AUDIO Audio for Entertainers 2
The next step in audio for entertainers. Building on the fundamentals covered in the first session this session breaks down a loudspeaker datasheet and explains it in plain, simple terms. Included topics are Frequency Response, Maximum SPL, Power handling and Impedance. Connecting multiple loudspeakers to an amplifier will also be covered, as will the differences between Class A/B, H and D amplifiers. A brief update on the FCC and wireless microphone systems will also be discussed.

Thursday Sponsored Seminars
1:00PM-2:00PM Capri Room 102 Open Air Photobooth “How to Make $1000’s” Seminar
With the debut of the Open Air Photobooth at MBLV 2009, many DJs took advantage of the opportunity to purchase this hot new product. DJs from around the country and beyond have literally made thousands of dollars offering Open Air Photobooth Services. Watch the ease of setup, operation, and teardown from the inventor, Nick Andrews. Nick will also touch on the tremendous marketing opportunities and Up-Sells associated with owning an Open Air Booth. Hear first hand from DJs who have purchased one or several booths and who have already made thousands. Don’t miss this opportunity!

2:15PM-3:15PM Capri Room 102 High Powered Lasers: Design, Safety, and the Law
Dan Goldsmith of X-Laser presents this jam packed seminar which will teach you everything you need to know to make money safely using high powered lasers. There is no better time than now because lasers are
HOT and you will learn everything from licensing, to purchasing, to rig design with multimedia examples. Stay to the end and receive a certificate of completing training for use toward your FDA licensing!

3:30PM-4:30PM Capri Room 102 EZDJ Websites Gets You Online Fast and Affordably! Mark Evans
Mobile Beat Internet Services has developed EZDJ Websites, an option to set up a basic website so a company can establish their web presence easily, inexpensively and be able to customize it on their own. You setup your account, choosing from the design options available, the buttons and pages and other fantastic web based tools and more! We will show you how to search the web to see if your desired web
address is available, the basics of our software, photos, DJ Intelligence integration, and integration with other services via our virtual pages.

5 PM-Exhibit Hall The Traditional Mobile Beat Grand Finale: The Sensational DJ System Giveaway! Sponsored by American DJ, B-52, Frankenstand, ADJA, QSC, DigiGames, Promo Only, Odyssey Innovative Designs and more.

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