The ASE 2020 Project
Great events take people on a journey. But what about the journey that the people involved in our industry have taken? During the 2020-21 lockdown I’m chatting with people who have made a career in our industry and asking them to share their story. Subscribe to the series via your favourite podcast app or you can come to this page for the next episode. Visit https://www.specialevents.com.au for more interviews, news and opinion about the Australian event industry. You might enjoy each episode with a cup of coffee and for the price of that cup of coffee you can support this podcast series - just go to https://www.specialevents.com.au/support
The ASE 2020 Project
Ep 1: Meri Took - Staging Rentals and Construction
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Trevor Connell / Meri Took
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Season 1
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Episode 1
At age 11 Meri found himself in the migrant town of Elizabeth just north of Adelaide.
Following university and a stint as a percussionist he found better income as a roadie.
Follow Meri on his rock n roll road trip across Australia, back to London across Europe then to the USA.
Discovering that the knowledge gained with rock concerts could be applied to corporate events, he produced the launch of the first Apple Macintosh.
Back in Australia he co-founded Production Techniques.
After that business went bust he discovered that there was a shortage of drapes for major events so he started Staging Rentals.
But there is a lot more to the story of Meri Took - enjoy