Experiential
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B-to-B Events
The Brief: Personalized Poetry and Designer Dogwear
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover personalized poetry, designer dogwear collabs and Sundance’s new home.
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B-to-B Events
Scientific Methods
In an age of decreased attention spans, digital fatigue and discerning, label-checking consumers, brands are zooming in on the secret sauce of their products by taking a decidedly scientific approach to engagement. From sampling laboratories, to hands-on learning and demos, experiential deep dives are helping audiences get to the core (or, shall we say, the […]
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B-to-B Events
10 Things We’re Fired Up for at the 2025 Experiential Marketing Summit
There’s only one place where professionals who are all in on event marketing, all the time, come together as one community to forge new connections and new perspectives on an ever-evolving industry—and that’s EMS. This year at the 23rd annual Experiential Marketing Summit, April 14-16 at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, event peeps will together contemplate a “Big Bold Future.”
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B-to-B Events
Crowd Safety: How One Nonprofit is Improving Training for Event Profs Globally
The Pink Bows Foundation, launched after the Astroworld Festival tragedy, is co-producing training events across the world in partnership with leading safety experts On Nov. 5, 2021, 23-year-old Madison Dubiski was one of 10 concertgoers who lost their lives in the Astroworld Festival tragedy. About 50,000 people gathered at NRG Park in Houston to watch […]
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B-to-C Events
Family-friendly Events: Three Lessons from Crayola’s Colorful Pop-up ‘Reunion’
Across its storied 122-year history, Crayola has never revived a collection of retired crayon colors—until now. As part of its year-long Campaign for Creativity, which centers on the vital role that color plays in inspiring creativity, the brand “unretired” eight beloved hues, then marked the occasion with a nostalgic, family-friendly pop-up “reunion” in New York’s […]
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B-to-B Events
Six Ideas from a Pet-centric Event to Spice up Your Conference Expos
The show floor at VMX is alive with the sounds of cats purring, puppies barking and djs jamming. But this year, the Veterinary Meeting & Expo embraced a buzzy art theme that gave exhibitors a creative license to experiment. Around the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, 735 exhibits drew attendees in with crafts, […]
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B-to-B Events
B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Michelle Martin
Michelle Martin has been working in the medical device industry for almost 20 years, and it all started by taking a chance on a job ad in a newspaper.
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B-to-B Events
Q&A: Best Practices for Creating Food Allergy-inclusive Events
Following the high-profile death of Disney influencer Dominique Brown last December, who reportedly experienced a severe allergic reaction at a holiday event in L.A. hosted by fandom merch brand BoxLunch, food allergy safety—but most importantly, food allergy inclusivity—is in the spotlight. It’s a stark reminder for event planners, as the nonprofit FARE (Food Allergy Research […]
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B-to-C Events
Three Things We Loved About American Eagle’s Denim Deli in Nashville
The food and fashion worlds continue to collide, and American Eagle on March 21 and 22 activated its own spin on the concept with the Denim Deli, a pop-up in Nashville that highlighted the brand’s signature denim collection while feeding consumers a complimentary signature sandwich from Music City’s iconic Mitchell’s Deli. Designed for an extended […]
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B-to-B Events
The Brief: FBI Raids and a 29Rooms Revival
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover FBI raids, Corona Island and the resurrection of 29Rooms.