NICK FARRELL
Vice President
WELCOME TO MY NEWEST VENTURE
I am excited to share with you my latest business venture, Ridgeline Experiences. This is a solo project that affords me the freedom to explore and select projects that align with my mission to design and deliver world class culture activations, memorable team building events and engaging films. As I begin this new journey, I am looking to partner with people who I feel hold themselves to the same level of expectations. In every interaction we have ever had, you always stood out as someone who embodies these ideals and I would love to explore any opportunity to work together again. To give you a better sense of what I’ve been doing the past five years, I’ve put together a short film for you.
Enjoy.
My passion for event design burns brightest when I am afforded the opportunity to design a custom team building experience and I thrive at finding ways to infuse a give back component into everything I create. The following are a few examples of some of my most popular signature experiences.
SONG BATTLE: Music is the universal language and it is a medium I build a lot of my experiences around. This event is one of my favorites because it provides teams with an opportunity to partner with professional singer songwriters to help them write and perform their very own jingle while also giving back to the local community.
JAM SESSION: This award winning experience is without a doubt my favorite event to produce in my entire repertoire. Anytime I client wants a truly life changing experience, this is the event I present.
MOVIE TRAILER: In 90-minutes, teams will have written, directed and acted in their own film, captured by a professional cinematographer. Within 24-hours, they will gather for a private film festival, screening their movies and sitting in amazement at the creativity of their peers.
SCAVENGER HUNTS: I have had a love affair with designing scavenger hunts that dates back to 2004. Since then, I have produced over 500 hunts in 40 US cities and in 3 different countries.
LIP SYNC BATTLE: Thanks to LL Cool J’s popular TV show, Lip Sync Battle have quickly become a common request and something I always love producing!
SAW IT ON TV: I set out to design the ideal activity for a sales & marketing team and came away with what some people have called “the perfect event”. I don’t know if it’s perfect, but it sure is a lot of fun to be a part of!
I have always been drawn to the art of filmmaking and its ability to give life to an experience long after the moment ends. Over the last two decades, I have pushed myself to explore my abilities as a filmmaker and I continually seek out projects that are outside of my comfort zone. The result is an eclectic portfolio of unique films, all infused with my passion for creatively telling a great story.
LATEST FILM: This is one of my most recent films that is part of a 10-film contract I have with my current client. It has me traveling across the US, capturing footage of remarkable speakers inside amazing theaters and then creating recap films for promotion on social media. This particular film will be used to promote a new theatre partnership in Charlotte, NC.
CONFERENCE OPENER: This was the opening film featured at the 2023 Machine Identity Summit in Las Vegas. The client provided the script and messaging - along with a “space” theme. My job was to bring that vision to life by designing an impactful opener, to which the client absolutely loved.
FAVORITE PROJECT: One of my all-time favorite film making projects! I had full creative freedom to bring my clients concept to life, but only 5-days to pull it off. Used AI to help generate the characters and then hired a slew of voice actors to bring everything to life.
ANIMATION: I had always wanted to make an animated film, so when my buddy Mark told me a story about meeting Kurt Cobain back in the early 90s I knew this was my chance. So I recorded his story, built the sound design, storyboarded the concept and then sent everything to an animator. A few days later, I got back this amazing film…and then promptly made a few more.
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS: During my time as the Director of Fun for Venafi, I created a series of films called “Venafi Voices” in which I would interview team members and ask them a variety of questions. I would then create a mash-up of their responses and share the videos at monthly all-hands meetings. This one ended up being one of my all-time favorite films.
SKO OPENER: This was the opening film for my clients SKO event in 2024. They went with a dual theme of “Time to Attack” and “Movie Premier”. You can view all ten of the films from this conference here.
EMCEE INTRODUCTION: My oldest boys were both starting in the State Championship game, so to help motivate the crowd, I offered up my services as an emcee to introduce the starting line-ups. One of the mom’s on the team ended up recording the introduction so I decided to turn it into a short film.
WELCOME MESSAGE: In 2024, the 400-person company I was working for was purchased by a large corporation with over 4,000 employees. To help ease the transition and introduce us to the new team, I put this short film together.
FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT: I love making films about adventures and I almost documented my demise when a midnight lightning storm nearly punched my ticket during an overnight paddle trip in Arizona.
Take a behind the scenes look at my life away from Ridgeline Experiences. My daily life is filled with raising three boys alongside my amazing wife and exploring the endless adventures available to us in Bend, OR.
ADVENTURE: I love producing events and making films, but my true passion is adventure. This page is a deep dive into some of my favorite adventures of all-time.
RHODES BOYS: Watching these three boys grow-up has been absolutely amazing and this video captures the true essence of what it’s like in the Rhodes house on a daily basis.
FULL BIO: If you really want to do a deep dive on me, you can check out my full bio. It’s filled with insights into my career as a Director of Fun.
Thank You for taking the time to learn about my newest venture and I am hopeful that we can work together on an upcoming project. I look forward to connecting with you soon and hearing all about your journey these past few years!
Geoff Rhodes | geoff@ridgelinexp.com | 702.595.7364