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Chad Evan Collins is an entrepreneur, inventor, author, speaker, philanthropist, and LEGO fanatic. He is the Founder and CEO of Collins Commerce Inc., and his event production company has produced nationally acclaimed family events including Brick Fest Live, Comic Con for Kids, and Minefaire.  Chad also holds the Guinness World Record for selling the most tickets to an event for a single video game, selling 18,000 tickets for Minefaire at the LA Convention Center in 2018. Chad has been featured on CNN, The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, NBC, and more. He is also the host of the Marketing on Demand Show.  In this episode… Chad Evan Collins is an American entrepreneur. His live event planning business produces gigantic family events, including Minefaire, Brick Fest Live, and Comic Con for Kids, which have attracted hundreds of thousands of attendees. What’s more, Chad has set a Guinness World Record for the most tickets sold for a single event for a single video game—twice.   With credentials like these, Chad has established himself as an expert in the marketing community. But how did he grow his entrepreneurial endeavors to such high levels of success in under eight years? What are his tried and true marketing secrets?  On this episode of The Marketing on Demand Show, host Chad Evan Collins shares his exciting and LEGO-fueled entrepreneurial journey. Listen in to discover how Chad started organizing family conventions across the country, set a Guinness World Record twice in two years, and collaborated with the Philadelphia Eagles to bring LEGOs to adults and children with autism. Stay tuned!

Chad Evan Collins is an entrepreneur, inventor, author, speaker, philanthropist, and LEGO fanatic. He is the Founder and CEO of Collins Commerce Inc., and his event production company has produced nationally acclaimed family events including Brick Fest Live, Comic Con for Kids, and Minefaire.  Chad also holds the Guinness World Record for selling the most tickets to an event for a single video game, selling 18,000 tickets for Minefaire at the LA Convention Center in 2018. Chad has been featured on CNN, The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, NBC, and more. He is also the host of the Marketing on Demand Show. In this episode… Do you want to know the most effective marketing approach in the industry? Are you eager to learn how to drive your engagement and sales through the roof? If so, you’re in the right place. Welcome to The Marketing On Demand Show with your enthusiastic host, Chad Evan Collins! Chad is a successful entrepreneur, inventor, author, speaker, and philanthropist. He has years of experience perfecting the most effective and engaging marketing strategies in the business, and he’s ready to share all of his secrets with you.  Tune in to the very first episode of The Marketing On Demand Show to learn more about your host, entrepreneur Chad Evan Collins, and his advanced marketing expertise. You’ll dive into awareness-based marketing versus direct response-based marketing, what it means to market on demand, and how to turn your business into a thriving success! Stay tuned.

In the words of Plato, “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than a year of conversation.” As meeting planners and speakers, it can be easy to focus on the numbers, the data, filling the seats, getting the slide deck right, and all of the other little details we tend to worry about.] As important as these things are, we must not get distracted from our main goal.  Creating a great experience for the attendees. In our industry we are all creators, creators of moments, creators of experiences, creators of breakthrough.  This is a concept that today’s guest fully understands and brings into every aspect of his business and events.  Chad Collins is the CEO of Collins Commerce Inc, an inventor, author, speaker, active philanthropist, and staunch LEGO fanatic. His event production company produces nationally acclaimed family events that include Brick Fest Live, a LEGO Fan Experience, Comic-Con for Kids, and Minefaire, an Official MINECRAFT Community Event.  In today’s episode, you’ll learn how to upgrade your business and next event with imagination, creativity, and innovation.   Here’s what we cover: How you can work with existing communities of fans to build events with HUGE brands How to handle large volumes of virtual attendees How Chad sold 20K tickets for his FIRST ever event How to create awareness in a marketplace a huge brand How they leveraged YouTube to generate 12M video views What to do while you are rescheduling & postponing events  How to start over-delivering to your audience now Leveraging Digital Assets  The winning strategy for selling tickets first-time event How group platforms build trust with your audience  How to break into the event business with no experience A fresh perspective on what success looks like for your audience How text message marketing generated 80% more sales during COVID Chad’s upcoming events you can participate in! And much more!   LINKS: Connect with Chad: www.chadevancollins.com www.dailydealtext.com Brickfestlive.com textsummit.com  Minefaire.com  Comicconforkids.com Join the Facebook group LinkedIn Instagram   Influential Speakers in Chad’s life:  The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss:  how to unlock outsourcing and hiring the right types of people.  Launch by Jeff Walker Ask by Ryan Levesque   Connect with Blair: blair@advanceyourreach.com    Connect with us: Facebook: ​​www.facebook.com/advanceyourreach Website:​​ advanceyourreach.com Email​: ​info@insidethegreenroompodcast.com   Episode Minute By Minute: 0:02 What to expect today 3:18 Get to know Chad 4:40 How Chad’s journey with events began 5:57 How BrickFest began 13:25 How Chad collaborated with huge brands for his event 20:00 How Chad built an event with 10,000 people 24:08 How COVID affected Chad 28:51 How text message marketing changed everything for Chad 32:08 How Chad is creating virtual family events 36:27 How Chad recruits speakers that will attract kids and parents 41:24 The books that changed Chad’s life 43:55 The speaker that blew Chad away 46:24 Closing thoughts   More About Chad: Chad Evan Collins is an American entrepreneur where he is the founder and CEO of Collins Commerce Inc. He is an inventor, author, speaker, active philanthropist, and staunch LEGO fanatic. His event production company produces nationally acclaimed family events that include Brick Fest Live, a LEGO Fan Experience, Comic Con for Kids, and Minefaire, an Official MINECRAFT Community Event. He holds the Guinness World Record for selling the most tickets to an event for a single video game: 18,000 tickets sold for Minefaire at the LA Convention Center. In addition to his event production company, Chad is also a thought leader in the digital marketing space with a focus on text message marketing where he is the host of the Text Message Marketing Summit. In addition to frequent media appearances, Chad was featured in Gary Vaynerchuk’s New York Times best-selling book “Crushing It”. His latest venture, DailyDealText, is using the power of virtual events like Family Trivia Night to build a base of raving fans by providing FREE family entertainment while simultaneously building trust and loyalty with his audience.

Join us as we delve deeper into the multidimensional sandbox game, Minecraft. Speaking of dimensions, today we will be digging deep into the Nether Update changelog, discuss our plans for transitioning our Minefaire base into 1.16 and play a fun new minigame, guess the item. Minecraft Changelog: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/artic... Podcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/expanding_the_chunks Podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/6CWvRQs --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/expandingthechunks/message

Welcome to this special episode of Expanding the Chunks where we mark the first half of season one as complete! Today we have worked diligently to bring you an amazing episode with a very special guest. As the title may suggest, we will be hanging out and interviewing 29thDoctor of the Minefaire Server and Community Event. This is an exclusive interview you will find now where else! We hope you enjoy and thank you to 29thDoctor for helping us with this project. We apologize for the lag in some of the audio however due to the fact that we are still in COVID-19 quarantine and the fact we do not live near each other, this interview was conducted over Discord. Speaking of Discord, please use the link below to join the Podcast Discord server and follow our Instagram! Podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/6CWvRQs Podcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/expanding_the_chunks --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/expandingthechunks/message

This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway, and Sidekick Media Services. It's cold and snowy here in Pittsburgh, but Chilla and Sorg are braving the elements to bring you this week's tech news, including: It's time for our Awesome Thing of the Week segment, and Chilla is sharing some Minecraft Minefaire! Since we're talking about Minecraft, have you checked out Minecraft Earth? Sorg's Awesome Thing of the Week is a gem he found from his Apple Arcade. Mini Motorways may be his new obsession. Sorg and Chilla are sharing some of the games they're playing on Apple Arcade. Allegheny County is looking to add Tesla to its Sheriff's Office deputy vehicle options. What better than a life-size Pac-Man maze? What about one within driving distance? Apple's AR glasses may be a gaming headset? Niantic will be including more businesses in their real-world AR platform. Veterans are using an AR app to help manage anxiety. Adobe is launching Project Awesome Audio to help clean up recordings with a single click. Netflix may no longer be supported on your device. How about playing some real-life pinball - - - - - - over the internet? We're checking in on Neko the Cat. PokemonGO will let you play with your friends' monster pals in AR. After the show remember to: Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com and we’ll save you a seat! Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion! Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Chilla (@chilla) and Sorg (@Sorgatron) You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast! Remember to check out our friends at the The 405 Media (@The405Radio), and Postindustrial Audio (@post_industry) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST

This week’s episode brought to you by Slice on Broadway, and Sidekick Media Services. It's cold and snowy here in Pittsburgh, but Chilla and Sorg are braving the elements to bring you this week's tech news, including: It's time for our Awesome Thing of the Week segment, and Chilla is sharing some Minecraft Minefaire! Since we're talking about Minecraft, have you checked out Minecraft Earth? Sorg's Awesome Thing of the Week is a gem he found from his Apple Arcade. Mini Motorways may be his new obsession. Sorg and Chilla are sharing some of the games they're playing on Apple Arcade. Allegheny County is looking to add Tesla to its Sheriff's Office deputy vehicle options. What better than a life-size Pac-Man maze? What about one within driving distance? Apple's AR glasses may be a gaming headset? Niantic will be including more businesses in their real-world AR platform. Veterans are using an AR app to help manage anxiety. Adobe is launching Project Awesome Audio to help clean up recordings with a single click. Netflix may no longer be supported on your device. How about playing some real-life pinball - - - - - - over the internet? We're checking in on Neko the Cat. PokemonGO will let you play with your friends' monster pals in AR. After the show remember to: Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com and we’ll save you a seat! Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion! Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Chilla (@chilla) and Sorg (@Sorgatron) You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast! Remember to check out our friends at the The 405 Media (@The405Radio), and Postindustrial Audio (@post_industry) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST

As a follow up to the previous podcast episode, "Minecraft & the Scholar Crafter," Devon Jack and Andy Taphorn come onto The Academy of Esports podcast and share their idea and passion for competitive Minecraft. Their game "Capture the Wool" was played by approximately 600 children at the recent Minefaire in Chicago. Learn about their idea and how they are trying to grow Minecraft into a competitive esports event. -- CompMC (Twitter) Support CompMC -- Esports is organized competitive video games allowing schools to redefine their athletic culture, diversify opportunities for student participation, promote physical and mental health, increase collegiate scholarship pathways, and play games! We cannot forget the importance of play! James O'Hagan (LinkedIn // Twitter) is the Founder and Host of The Academy of Esports podcast. The Academy of Esports (Website // Twitter) You may email any questions or topic suggestions to contact@taoesports.com. -- Music provided Royalty Free "8 Bit Adventure!" Querky Fun Game Music by HeatleyBros iTunes: https://goo.gl/M3b16f Spotify: https://goo.gl/5SbVuk License: https://goo.gl/jadB5E Twitter: https://goo.gl/fKqyrj Facebook: https://goo.gl/PrsTvS --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/taoesports/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taoesports/support

A weekend spent at the Minefaire just outside Chicago and what was seen was amazing. Witnessed was not just a strong passion for the game, but also the strength of the Minecraft ecosystem to produce powerful ideas around teaching and learning. More importantly, witnessed first hand was the impact on my own children. -- Steve Isaacs (LinkedIn // Twitter) Stephen Reid (LinkedIn // Twitter) Minefaire, a MINECRAFT Fan Experience Check out Phygital Labs Minecraft Chemistry Journal -- Esports is organized competitive video games allowing schools to redefine their athletic culture, diversify opportunities for student participation, promote physical and mental health, increase collegiate scholarship pathways, and play games! We cannot forget the importance of play! James O'Hagan (LinkedIn // Twitter) is the Founder and Host of The Academy of Esports podcast. The Academy of Esports (Website // Twitter) You may email any questions or topic suggestions to contact@taoesports.com. -- Music provided Royalty Free "8 Bit Adventure!" Querky Fun Game Music by HeatleyBros iTunes: https://goo.gl/M3b16f Spotify: https://goo.gl/5SbVuk License: https://goo.gl/jadB5E Twitter: https://goo.gl/fKqyrj Facebook: https://goo.gl/PrsTvS --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/taoesports/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taoesports/support

In Episode 16 Scott and Matthew interview The Game Master himself Mr. Steve Isaacs! Mr. Isaacs shares with us about game design, eSports, creative modes in the classroom using Fortnite and Minecraft, Minefaire, Games4Ed, and GamesforChange. Follow Mr. Isaacs at @mr_isaacs and his blog at http://gamesandlearning1.blogspot.com We are the TNT Edtech Podcast, and now we are powered by CUE (@cueinc), www.cue.org! check out tntedtech.com for show notes

Esports Ed is all about starting and maintaining your esports team. In this episode, we'll discuss esports in middle school, game design and development, and Minefaire - an event Steve Isaacs produced to bring Minecraft to kids and super fans across the nation. Steve has been a part of technology, game design, game development, and esports spheres for over 25 years. Class is in session, so grab your notebook and learn how to design games like a professional.This episode of Esports Ed is sponsored by RESPAWN PRODUCTS. RESPAWN has the power to keep you comfortable as you get through the gaming grind to get the win.Have a question or comment for Esports Ed? Email us at podcasts@bytespeed.comFollow us on social! @esports_ed on Twitter and InstagramShow Notes:Twitch: twitch.tv Discord: discordapp.com/invite/sJ6GDR9Game Star Mechanic: gamestarmechanic.com Scratch: scratch.mit.edu Minecraft EDU Edition: education.minecraft.netTwine: twinery.orgFortnite Creative Mode: epicgames.com/fortnite/creative Xennial Digital: xennialdigital.com DonorsChoose: donorschoose.org PledgeCents: pledgecents.com NASEF: esportsfed.org Brickfest Live: brickfestlive.com Young Innovators: younginnovatorsfair.comMinefaire: minefaire.com Games for Change: gamesforchange.org This podcast is created by ByteSpeed LLC. ByteSpeed has been a leading IT solutions resource since 1999. We provide customized computer hardware, enterprise networking solutions, and professional IT services nationwide. Gravity Gaming, created by ByteSpeed, offers high-end, custom built esports gaming PCs.

Steve Isaacs joins us today to talk about using gaming in the classroom. He clarifies the difference between gamification and game-based learning, shares his insights as a game design and development teacher, and speaks about his involvement with Minefaire, the #1 Minecraft event in the United States.

Due to illness, and a severe lack of communication from Minefaire, there will be no new episode of Hazardous Verbal Waste this week. I sincerely apologize, and I look forward to putting out a full episode next week.

Steve Isaacs is an educator with over 25 years of experience. A teacher at Bernards Township Public Schools in New Jersey, he is an EdTech influencer, community builder, and leader in the area of game-based learning and teaching Game Design and Development. Steve has been part of a wide scale research study on VR in the classroom with foundry10, a research organization in Seattle. He has also been actively involved with the XR4C community as am XR4C ambassador. Steve was honored as the ISTE Outstanding Educator in 2016. In addition to teaching, Steve is the lead content producer for Minefaire, a massive Minecraft fan experience and co-founder of #EdTechBridge, a weekly Twitter chat (Second Wednesday of each month at 7 pm ET) and community working to build collaborative relationships among EdTech stakeholders to create better EdTech for students. More recently, Steve has become passionate about #esports in schools and founded the #esportsedu twitter chat (Thursday nights at 7:30 pm ET) and #esportsedu discord server

In this episode, we are speaking with Steve Isaacs about esports in education. Steve is an educator with over 25 years experience. Leader in the area of Game Based Learning and teaching Game Design and Development. Steve is an edtech influencer and community builder as well as producer of Minefaire, a massive minecraft fan experience. We talked about the following:…Read more

In this episode of the Game to Grow podcast, NASEF Commissioner Mark Deppe interviewed teacher and Minefaire producer Steven Isaacs. As a long-time gamer himself, Steven first began using technology to personalize learning for his students. Today, Steven continues teaching while also producing Minecraft community events and experiences with Minefaire. Steven describes his work with his middle school students and the support he is giving to local high school students. His middle school gaming club began as a casual community that is beginning to include more competitive interests. This episode is a great listen for those looking to learn more about the opportunity and benefits of using students’ passion for games in the classroom spaces!

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Matt Cord interviews (his college crush), Genie Francis from ABC’s General Hospital. Genie plays Laura Spencer, a like-able (for the most part) character on the show who became half of the soap opera SUPER couple, Luke and Laura. The marriage of Luke and Laura on the show in 1981 was viewed by 30 million people. 30 million! Matt and Genie talk about her character and the show, which launched the careers of a number of big name stars. Genie talks about her experiences on the show, her relationship with food and finding her way to healthy eating through Nutrisystem. Then, the creators of Brickfest Live - Chad Collins and Gabe Young return to BEN Around Philly to talk about one of their other nationally touring events - Minefaire: A Minecraft experience. These two local guys and Event Producer/Emcee Sarah Raine join Kristen in studio to talk about the number one Minecraft event in the country. The Philadelphia show is October 13-14th at the Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks. Purchase tickets and find more hereL http://minefaire.com/ If you’ve ever wondered who is behind some of BEN-FM’s super fun (and in this case, adorable) online contests…meet Dr. Suzanne Dempsey. Dr. Dempsey is the medical director at CARES Langhorne - the Center for Animal Referral and Emergency Services. CARES co-sponsors our Mutt Madness contests, along with the National Dog Show and NAI Geis Realty. The latest doggy costume contest is just getting started. More Great Days of Halloween. Upload a photo of your best haunted pets costume onto our website now through October 19. Voting will take place from October 19th through November 2nd. The cutest dog photo with the most "upvotes" will win $1000. The winner will be announced on or about November 5th. Submit your pet photos here: https://957benfm.com/contests/mutt-madness-more-great-days-of-halloween-win-1000/

Kristen is joined by Serena Richardson, the Assistant General Manager of Terror Behind the Walls at Eastern State Penitentiary. Terror Behind The Walls is consistently ranked among the top haunted attractions in the nation. Consisting of six haunted attractions all included in one admission price, hear as Serena describes each attraction and all of the new frights being offered this year. Open now through November 10th. Buy tickets here: http://www.easternstate.org/halloween/ Then, the creators of Brickfest Live - Chad Collins and Gabe Young return to BEN Around Philly to talk about one of their other nationally touring events - Minefaire: A Minecraft experience. These two local guys and Event Producer/Emcee Sarah Raine join Kristen in studio to talk about the number one Minecraft event in the country. The Philadelphia show is October 13-14th at the Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks. Purchase tickets and find more hereL http://minefaire.com/ If you’ve ever wondered who is behind some of BEN-FM’s super fun (and in this case, adorable) online contests…meet Dr. Suzanne Dempsey. Dr. Dempsey is the medical director at CARES Langhorne - the Center for Animal Referral and Emergency Services. CARES co-sponsors our Mutt Madness contests, along with the National Dog Show and NAI Geis Realty. The latest doggy costume contest is just getting started. More Great Days of Halloween. Upload a photo of your best haunted pets costume onto our website now through October 19. Voting will take place from October 19th through November 2nd. The cutest dog photo with the most "upvotes" will win $1000. The winner will be announced on or about November 5th. Submit your pet photos here: https://957benfm.com/contests/mutt-madness-more-great-days-of-halloween-win-1000/ Former 76ers Dunk Squad member Christian Crosby stops by the BEN-FM Morning Show to talk with Matt & Kristen about his latest adventure. Christian is now the CEO of a business that he created called Live Life Nice. The company is launching a social awareness campaign, the “Be Nice, Do Nice Challenge,” dedicated to inspiring, motivating and empowering 1,000 Acts of Nice. To introduce the 1,000 acts of Nice campaign, Live Life Nice will be hosting two Live Life Nice x KicksUSA pop up shops on Saturday, September 29 from 2 PM – 7 PM and Sunday, September 30 from 2 PM – 6 PM at the KicksUSA location on the lower level of the Plaza at the King of Prussia mall, in King of Prussia, PA. Fans can share and submit their act of Nice by following @LiveLifeNice and tagging #livelifeNice to their post. Each post will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a Live Life Nice prize pack each month. https://livelifenice.com/

  GameEnthus Podcast ep324: Match Maker of Chair Gander   This week Tiny(@Tiny415), Mike(@AssaultSuit) and Aaron(@Ind1fference) talk about: Renaissance Festivals, Rick and Morty, MAGfest, Minefaire, RetroCon, Citadel-Palooza, Super Noah's Ark, Snes Classic, Star Trek Discovery, Black Panther, Blackish, The Orville, Alan Wake, Recore, Ryse Son of Rome, Sunset Overdrive, Quantum Break, Visceral Games, N64, Fortnite Battle Royal, Shadows of War, Overwatch, Golf Story, South Park The Fractured But Whole, Oxenfree, Tiny Barbarian DX, Mystik Belle, Jydge, SEUM Speedrunner from Hell, Cuphead, A Hat In Time, Steamworld Dig 2, Hob, Runbow, Tumblestone, Wulverblade, Ninja Shodown, Earth Atlantis, Conga Master Party, Pankapu, Inversus, Rakuga Kids(wonder adapter), Ax Battler, Sonic Drift 2, Tempo Jr., Mutant League Football  and more.                                                                     If you like the show please leave us an itunes, Google, Youtube or Stitcher review, a tweet, an email or a voicemail (202-573-7686).   Download the GE iOS / WP apps and check out GameEnthus. Show Length: 144 minutes Direct Download      Show Links http://www.gameenthus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/A__E1CF.jpg  New videos GameEnthus.com   Youtube.com/user/GameEnthus     Community Info   Kiaun's Show The Analog Circle Podcast Gary's Show TheGamesMenRPG Open Forum Radio GeeksGoneRaw SingleSimulcast    Show Music     De La Soul - The Bizness instrumental De La Soul - Plug Tunin instrumental De La Soul - The Bizness instrumental Dan the Automator/De La Soul - If it wasn't for you instrumental Common - This is Me instrumental De La Soul - Talkin bout hey love instrumental Outkast - In Due Time instrumental Truth Enola - The Voicetress  instrumental Jay -Z - Sunshine instrumental