TGO PRESENTS
IPS: HONORS
Every Honor Has a Story.
Friday, September 25, 2026
Las Vegas, Nevada
For one special evening, the SV Trailblazer Awards and NOW Honors come together inside the studio for a different kind of honors experience.
IPS: Honors celebrates extraordinary achievement while recognizing something an award alone cannot capture: the story, choices, work, and defining moments behind it.
TGO PRESENTS
What if the answer isn’t out there somewhere?
You’ve done the work.
You’ve carried the weight.
You’ve built something real.
But somewhere deep down, you still know there’s more.
Not more noise.
Not another trend.
Not another room where you have to shrink your story so people can understand it.
Maybe the thing you’ve been searching for has been right there the whole time…
In Plain Sight.
I created TGo Presents for people who have spent too long being respected in private and overlooked in public.
The ones with real experience, real stories, real value, and real work behind them, but whose presence still does not fully show what they carry.
This is where we stop chasing attention and start making what is already true easier to see, trust, and act on.
900+ interviews • 20+ years in media • SVNTV • Events • Magazine • Visibility experiences
Three days. One special weekend built around story, recognition, and celebration.
IPS: Honors 2026 is more than a single evening.
From September 24 through September 26, Indie Film Factory becomes the home of a special studio-produced weekend featuring IPS: Chapters Honoree Edition interviews and The Honors Celebration.
The experience brings the stories and the honors together without turning the weekend into a traditional conference or awards banquet.
Thursday, September 24
IPS: Chapters Honoree Edition
Honorees begin filming their professionally produced documentary-style episodes.
Friday, September 25 | Daytime
IPS: Chapters Honoree Edition
Honoree interviews and production continue inside the studio.
Friday, September 25 | Evening
The Honors Celebration
Honorees, invited guests, friends, and supporters come together for the official 2026 celebration.
Saturday, September 26
IPS: Chapters Honoree Edition
Final honoree interviews and production sessions conclude the weekend.
The stories are captured in the studio. The achievements are celebrated together.
IPS: Chapters Honoree Edition
The Story Behind the Honor
As part of the 2026 IPS: Honors production weekend, selected honorees will also be featured in a special IPS: Chapters Honoree Edition.
Each selected honoree will sit down for a professionally produced 24 to 28-minute documentary-style episode focused on the defining experiences, decisions, challenges, and turning points that shaped their journey.
The honor recognizes the achievement.
IPS: Chapters Honoree Edition preserves the story behind it.
Together, they create a fuller picture of the person, the work, and the legacy being celebrated.
Meet the 2026 Honorees
Recognizing extraordinary people whose work, leadership, impact, and stories deserve to be seen.
The 2026 IPS: Honors class brings together honorees from the SV Trailblazer Awards and NOW Honors for one special celebration in Las Vegas.
Each person being recognized has built, led, created, served, challenged, transformed, or opened doors in ways that deserve more than a name on a program.
These are people whose achievements matter.
TAnd behind every achievement is a story worth remembering.
James H. Carpenter Barnes
THOUGHT LEADER
SV Trailblazer
George Carson
MEDIA PIONEER
SV Trailblazer
Kandi Conda
SPORTS INFLUENCER
NOW Honors
Tammy De Mirza
VISIONARY
NOW Honors
Marie Diamond
MENTOR
SV Trailblazer
Tony Gladney
CIVIC LEADER
SV Trailblazer
Malcolm Keith
EMERGING LEADER
SV Trailblazer
Marley Jaxx & Steve J. Larsen
DISRUPTORS
SV Trailblazers
Jeffry Martin
HERO
SV Trailblazer
Frank Parrillo
COACH
SV Trailblazer
Rose Patton
EMERGING LEADER
NOW Honors
Forbes Riley
WOMAN OF THE YEAR
NOW Honors
Durline Tibbs
NEON STAR
NOW Honors
Traci L. Wilson
DIFFERENCE MAKER
SV Trailblazer
Be There for the Celebration
Join us in Las Vegas for a special evening honoring achievement, story, and legacy.
On Friday, September 25, 2026, IPS: Honors brings together the SV Trailblazer Awards and NOW Honors for one intimate studio-produced celebration inside Indie Film Factory.
Guest admission is limited to just 50 people, creating a more personal evening with the honorees, invited guests, friends, and supporters.
Your guest ticket includes admission to The Honors Celebration, red carpet access, step and repeat photography, professional event photography, networking, hors d'oeuvres, and refreshments.
Guest Admission: $127
Friday, September 25, 2026
Indie Film Factory
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dress Code: Cocktail to Formal
Capacity is limited. Once all 50 guest spaces are reserved, registration will close.
Tickets are non-refundable.
Professional photography and video will take place throughout the event. All attendees will be asked to sign a media release upon arrival.
Complete venue details will be provided by email.
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