BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f8882dfed8fb5668a71b8827f465114f44 CATEGORIES:Business Empowerment Breakfast SUMMARY:Business Empowerment Breakfast featuring Vince Thompson-CEO of MELT Sports and Entertainment LOCATION:Maggiano's Buckhead\, 3368 Peachtree Rd\, Atlanta, GA 30326\, United States DESCRIPTION:
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Featurin g Vince Thompson--CEO of MELT Sports and Entertainment
< p>. Vince Thom pson is an award-winning brand builder and one of the country’s top sports marketers.In 2000, Thompson founded and has built MELT into one of t he nation’s largest independent sports/culinary/entertainment marketing age ncies. This includes MELT’s 18-year representation of The Coca-Cola Company . Activations include 16 Final Fours; the 2003 creation of March Madness Mu sic; the 2017 creation of the Taste of The Tournament and 5 seasons of ESPN College GameDay. Other activations include Coke Zero Sugar, Powerade, Spri te, Domino’s, Speedway, Wal-Mart, Wendys, COPA, FIFA, MLB, MLS, Nascar, NFL , NBA, NHRA, PGA and USOC. Other clients include Caterpillar, Cam Newton, C ore Power, Fair Life, GA Crown, GA Lottery, Gildan, Holiday Inn Express, KI A Automotive and Valser Water. MELT annually produces 1000 events and activ ations.
MELT Culinary was formed to unify chefs as an influencer and innovation network and has activated at SOBE F&W; The Final 4, MLB All- Star; Atlanta Falcons; Tour Championship, NYC F&W and World Series.
MELT content has appeared on CBS, CMT, Food Net, Fox Soccer, MTV, NFL Ne twork, Palladia, TBS and VH1. MELT annually produces 1000 hours of content.
Thompson is a 1984 graduate of Auburn University with a BA in Commun ications. He was a Student Assistant in the Sports Information Department a nd a Sports Editor for The Auburn Plainsman. These experiences led to the f ormation of MELT University, a highly-acclaimed intern program for college students. He frequently lectures at major universities and appears on The P aul Finebaum show on The SEC Network.
MELT’s awards include a 2018 Ef fie; 2018 Cynopsis Sports; 2017 Event Marketer; 2017 and 2015 ABA Agency of The Year; 2015 Cynopsis Social Good, 2014 Cynopsis Brand Marketer of The Y ear, Event Marketer EX Award, Biz Bash Top 50 Event Producer and Adweek Buz z Award. Thompson has received the 2015 ADA Father of The Year Award, the 2 015 Wellspring HOPE Award and Showcase Group’s 2014 Rise Award.
CONTACT:barry@buckheadbusiness.org DTSTAMP:20240329T151406 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190425T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190425T090000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR