B-to-B Events
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B-to-B Events
Meet the Honorees: The 2025 Watchlist
The event marketing industry has always attracted bold thinkers—people who recognize the power that face-to-face connection has to build lasting relationships and loyalty. They cultivate an idea and nurture it to its greatest potential. They strategize for rapidly evolving audience and business needs. They take risks that create moments that matter. We’ve spent the past […]
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B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Nefra MacDonald
The road to a career in events is rarely without its twists and turns, and Nefra MacDonald’s path was certainly rerouted a few times before she arrived in the industry—look no further than her law degree.
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The Brief, Live! Special Edition: A ‘Dear’ Takeover, Giant Chips, NYC Trendwatch
Swapping ads for art at Grand Central Terminal, absurd stadium deliveries—and, the top insights from Trendwatch New York, one of many live and virtual events taking place during Experiential Marketing Month.
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Canva World Tour: 10 Takeaways from the ‘World’s Biggest Design Education Movement’
Canva can’t be contained. Since launching the inaugural Canva World Tour on Oct. 1, the whimsical brand has been bursting into conferences, community hubs, brand campuses and local streets around the globe on a mission to accomplish 1 million trainings in the month of October, and nurture its robust community of users. From a mobile […]
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Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Curious Columns
On the trade show floor, overhead design elements create an enticing, full-frame perspective that gives the illusion of more in addition to capturing eyeballs from long distances. But this year, we’re drawn to height of another kind—columns and towering booth elements that feel monumental and stick out in a sea of walls or lack thereof. […]
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IMEX America 2025: Five Takeaways for Trade Show Marketers
IMEX America, a trade show for the meetings and events industry that took place on Oct. 7-9 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, set a new record with more than 17,000 participants and more than 90,000 scheduled meetings. EM was on the ground to bring you the latest thinking and activations inspo […]
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Five Ways Webflow Reimagined its User Conference in the Service of ‘Play’
When Webflow set out to overhaul its user conference, the design-forward brand aimed to execute a dynamic, art-driven experience that mirrored the energy of this year’s event objective—to demonstrate the evolution of web design in the age of AI. So with a “play” theme to run with and a venue that served as a blank […]
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Watch The Brief, Live! September 2025 Edition: Experiential News & Ideas
A farmer’s market for dogs, porta-parties, romantic boat rides—and, the top insights from Trendwatch Los Angeles, the first of many live and virtual events taking place during Experiential Marketing Month.
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Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Potty Parties
It’s not just Charmin that wants consumers to “enjoy the go” anymore. A wave of bathroom-themed experiences has infiltrated the industry, stamping out stigmas around what was once considered a taboo topic. Whether solving for a pain point, leveraging toilet humor as an engagement tactic or a mix of the two, brands are cleaning up […]
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Experiential Trend of the Week: AI Agents in Events
Experiential marketers have wasted no time experimenting with AI-fueled activations and applications to drive personalization and streamline the work behind the scenes. But this year, marketers are ready to accept AI as a member of the team. Enter: AI agents, which are shifting from “curiosities” to game-changing assistants for marketers and attendees. Demonstrating both its […]
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