Kait Shea, Author at Chief Marketer

15 Experiential Tactics that Made a Racket at the US Open

In the days leading up to the 2025 US Open, the tournament was already scooping up headlines with a record-breaking Fan Week that saw nearly 240,000 tennis lovers walk through the gates of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. By the time the singles main draws kicked off on […]

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B-to-C Events

The Brief: SmashCams and Gold Squads

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Save Summer SmashCams, laundromat sampling and Gold Squads.

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B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Kelsey Schneider

For Kelsey Schneider, experiential marketing has always been a numbers game. From the time she stepped into her role as a data and analytics specialist at GE HealthCare 11 years ago, to her current position as the company’s global event manager, Schneider’s penchant for quantifying and dissecting event ROI has been critical to advancing her career and moving the needle for the business.

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Five Lessons from CollegeVine’s AI-powered Vineyard Summit in Chicago

In the world of higher education, AI is typically applied to learning and development initiatives, but overlooked when it comes to the day-to-day operations that keep universities running. So CollegeVine, a company that uses a network of students, data and AI agents to alter how institutions recruit and retain pupils, aimed to flip the script […]

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Experiential Trend of the Week: Times Square Takeovers

It’s an entertainment hub, a cultural destination, a commercial mecca, a tourist hot spot… and prime real estate for brand activations. We’re talking, of course, about Times Square, the Midtown Manhattan locale with billboards so bright it can be seen from outer space, and where companies with the right strategy (and budget) can make a […]

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How Band-Aid Made a Splash With a Pool-themed Pop-up at Summerfest 2025

If you’re going to promote a waterproof bandage, there’s no proving ground quite like Summerfest. It’s a sentiment that Band-Aid put to the test during the first two weekends of the Milwaukee, WI-based music festival as this year’s official bandage sponsor. As a relative newcomer to the festival scene, the brand wanted to make a […]

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The Brief: Hatching Mascots and Slime Boutiques

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover hatching mascots, Touch-Up Trucks and Slime Boutiques.

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Cause Marketing: Eli Lilly Brings Free Mammograms and Health Education to WNBA All-Star Weekend

Eli Lilly and Company is on a mission to insert wellness into cultural conversations by highlighting the link between health and sports. So to drive awareness of the importance of early breast cancer detection, the pharma brand headed to WNBA All-Star Weekend, July 17-20 in Indianapolis, to deliver free mammograms, sponsor activations and health education, […]

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