As head of the leading attraction design firm PGAV Destinations, Konzen will present innovations and ideas that can help to energize, grow, and encourage healthy, creative company environments. “Company culture is essential to your overall success,” says Konzen. “It is without a doubt one of, if not the most, important and inimitable assets of your… Continue reading.
The plight of the small zoo or aquarium is one of creatively resolving big challenges every day. These challenges are often met with not only limited funds, but also limited… Continue reading.
In this two part session, PGAV Destination’s Voice of the Visitor and the World Waterpark Association’s Benchmarking Survey will be presented. While Voice of the Visitor quantifies aggregate attractions’ industry performance and provides an… Continue reading.
Utilizing the visually captivating Saint Louis Science Center Omnimax Theater, the opening keynote is a case study presentation about the upcoming renovation of the St. Louis Union Station and its… Continue reading.
Planning and design for museums often focuses on what happens inside galleries. But research tells us a visitors' emotional state impacts their ability to learn. Presenters from PGAV Destinations will… Continue reading.
One of the world’s best-known historic icons has recently undergone an extensive planning effort to restore reverence and dignity to the site. The Master Interpretive Plan, lead by PGAV Destinations along with Cultural Innovations and Reed Hilderbrand, will transform the site into an historic and cultural destination that lives up to the fame. The plan… Continue reading.
In celebration of the conference theme - "Celebrate 70: Back to the Future" - this session will provide insights from a panel of internationally recognized attraction design company executives that will discuss trends and considerations for accommodating, entertaining, and engaging tomorrow’s attraction visitors. PGAV's Vice President Ned Diestelkamp The Producers Group's Co-CEO and Founder Bob… Continue reading.
Designing for Impact Sarah is an exhibit and graphic designer with a passion for sustainable action and environmental conservation. At PGAV Destinations, she not only works with clients to design meaningful visitor experiences, she also founded and leads the company's first official Green Team. By combining her love for nature and her skills in design,… Continue reading.
Beth Hill, President and CEO of Fort Ticonderoga, and Diane Lochner, Vice President at PGAV Destinations, will be discussing the transformative planning efforts at Fort Ticonderoga that started with a Strategic Master Plan in 2011. Their focus will be on one phase of the implementation plan – the Pavilion Node - and the series of… Continue reading.
Visitor emotions are at play in every aspect of their museum visit. Learn how to improve exhibits using the techniques of emotional story mapping, which connect people to content in dynamic ways. Find out how to create a cohesive and memorable visit by scaffolding the visitor experience from the moment they enter to when they… Continue reading.