Oct 28, 202658 min
From Booking More Weddings to Building a Better Business What does success really look like as a venue owner? For Chelsea Hand, founder of Venue Mentor and owner of The Maxwell in Raleigh, North Carolina, it used to...
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What has Gathered Here covered recently?
Recent episodes include "From Booking More Weddings to Building a Better Business: Origin Story with Chelsea Hand" (28 October 2026, 58 minutes), "Why Your Venue Isn't Converting More Inquiries Into Bookings" (21 October 2026, 50 minutes), and "Quick Chat: Respecting the Foundation: When to Preserve, When to Rebuild" (14 October 2026, 18 minutes).
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Gathered Here publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 38 minutes.
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Oct 21, 202650 minIn this week’s Gathered Here Episode, Dana Kadwell sits down with Shannon Tarrant, wedding sales strategist and owner of Wedding Venue Map, to unpack why venues lose potential bookings and how to identify where their...
Oct 14, 202618 minIn this Quick Chat, Dana Kadwell reflects on her conversation with Ian Ramirez of Madera Estates and explores the complexities of stepping into a business someone else built, making your own mark, and letting go when...
Episode #37
Quick Chat: Keep Learning, Keep Growing
Oct 7, 202618 minIn this Quick Chat, Dana revisits her recent conversation with Ian Ramirez of Madera Estates and his simple but powerful advice for venue owners: don’t be complacent. Dana explores what complacency can look like in...
Sep 30, 202653 minFamily, Business & the Lines in Between: Origin Story with Ian Ramirez Dana Kadwell sits down with Ian Ramirez, CSEP, co-owner of Madera Estates, venue coach, sales specialist, and wedding industry speaker, for a candid...
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Sep 23, 202626 minAm I The Vendor Asshole? Dana Kadwell sits down with wedding photographer and entrepreneur Julian Ribinik to unpack a controversial Reddit story about a vendor who dramatically increased their price because they...
- Sep 16, 202643 min
Wedding vendors are losing leads for a reason that has nothing to do with talent: buyers don’t trust the process anymore. Adrienna McDermott breaks down the three website and marketing fixes that help venues and other...
- Sep 9, 202653 min
Dana is back after a summer away — and she's got a lot to catch you up on. In this deeply personal update, she reflects on the emotional final days of selling The Bradford (signed from Greece, closed a continent away)...
Jul 15, 202636 minTwo leads a week to multiple leads a day — that's the shift paid advertising made for one of Dana's own venues, and it's why she brought in Mark Chapman, the wedding industry's go-to expert on paid ads, to break down...
Jul 8, 20261h 1mJonathan Aymin started with one San Diego wedding venue and grew CSE into a multi-state venue management company that's now been part of over 6,500 events. He's also the founder of WEVA, the first national wedding and...
Episode #30
The Venue Masterclass: Stop Leaving Money on The Table - Building Smart Systems for Venue Growth
Jun 24, 202642 minYou're getting leads. But are you actually converting them — or are you leaving money on the table every single week? In this episode of the Venue Masterclass Series, Dana sits down with Daniela Justus and Whitney...
Episode #29
Quick Chat: Learning to Trust Myself Again
Jun 17, 202615 minA few weeks ago, Kelsey said something that made me slightly spiral. When I asked her why she ignored her gut instinct in certain situations, her answer was simple: Empathy. That answer opened up a much bigger...
Jun 10, 202618 minLast week, Kelsey shared a simple thought that stopped me in my tracks: What if I fail? And then, just as quickly: Then I'll start something new. In this Quick Chat, I'm reflecting on why those words hit so close to...
Episode #27
Origins: The Story Behind Floriana
Jun 3, 202642 minIn this Origins episode, Dana sits down with Kelsey Correia to share the story behind Floriana, a historic Massachusetts venue that was in need of a fresh start. Kelsey shares her journey from event planner to venue...
May 27, 202642 minWedding insurance is one of those things nobody wants to think about… until they need it. In this episode of Gathered Here , Dana sits down with Mitchell Busse, the driving force behind Event Guard - the first...
Episode #25
AITVA: Is Wedding Tipping Out of Control?
May 20, 202634 minWedding tipping culture has officially entered the chat… and people have thoughts. In this very first edition of AITVA (Am I The Vendor Asshole?) , Dana is joined by wedding planner and designer Irene of Irene & Co...
May 13, 202651 minS0<p>This episode of Gathered Here: The Venue Masterclass Series challenges one of the biggest assumptions in the venue industry: that success only comes from weddings.</p><p>Dana sits down with venue consultant and sales...
May 6, 202618 minS0<p>If You Look for the Good, You’ll Find It</p><p>In this Quick Chat, I’m reflecting on one of the biggest leadership lessons that’s been sitting with me since my conversation with Anthony Lambatos—and honestly, it hit...
Apr 29, 202626 minS0<p>Where I Got Culture Wrong — And What I’m Doing Differently Now</p><p>In this Quick Chat, I’m reflecting on my conversation with Anthony Lambatos—and more importantly, what it brought up for me as I step into building...
Apr 22, 202652 minS0<p>What if culture isn’t something you add to your business… but the thing that drives it?</p><p>In this episode, I sit down with Anthony Lambatos to talk about what it actually looks like to build a people-first...
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