You've nailed the event programming. The speakers are scheduled. The stage is almost

set and the reality of your hard work is coming to fruition.

Putting together a design conference is no easy task. So what does it take to throne event?

How do you get invited to speak?

And how do you make it a valuable experience for the attendees? Hello, I'm Matthew and Cina, the Chief Content Officer at the Future, recording this intro for Chris while he's out of town.

In this episode of the Future Podcast, Chris dives deep with Martha Murray and Heather Crank,

organizers of the Ben Design Conference.

They discuss why they throw the event,

the logistics of putting it together,

and talk about their goals to serve the creative community.

I'm Martha Murray and I'm an interior designer living in Bend Oregon. My name is Heather Crank. I'm a motion

designer and graphic designer. And what's your relationship to the Bend

Design Conference and Scale House? I am the co-chair of Scale House and co-producer of Ben Design.

And Heather is on our programming committee.

Yes.

Okay, so you're co-chair.

So, Scalhouse is the organization that produces the Ben Design Conference?

Correct.

Are there other things that Scalale House that you guys do?

Yes, we have some year-round programming.

Currently, we have a series called Scale House Voices,

where we bring artists and designers and creators in from out of the area

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