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Agency Life

  • What’s Trending in Agency Office Layouts and Workflows

    The rise of remote and hybrid work changed the workflows of offices around the world, and five years on from the start of the pandemic, event agencies continue to redefine policies around in-office attendance and working from home. In Event Marketer’s 2025 Agency Business Outlook, 54 percent of agency leaders said employees were required to […]

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  • Q1: Event industry People News, Moves and Deals

    Welcome to the latest event marketing industry news digest, featuring updates on new hires, promotions, acquisitions, and launches. Submit your news here.   Promotions & Hires August Jackson has announced a key leadership transition. Laura Shuler, agency ceo since 2016 and a pioneer in experiential marketing (she is credited with establishing Jack Morton Worldwide as a […]

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  • Three Corporate Business Travel Trends That Could Impact Events in 2025

    As event marketers can attest, travel costs are up. But companies appear to be accepting this new cost of doing business as corporate travel spending is making a modest comeback this year. Planet-focused travel practices continue to gain steam, with 33 percent of corporate travelers reporting “increased investment” in sustainable travel practices, according to the […]

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  • Agency HR Update: Connection, Belonging, and the ‘New’ Onboarding

    Event profs are quick-thinking and adaptable problem-solvers by nature, able to read a room and anticipate challenges to pivot at a moment’s notice. These skills aren’t necessarily ones you can glean from a textbook. They come from within, or develop through experience. It’s one of many reasons why talent management in the world of experiential […]

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  • Eight Tips for Agency Execs on Securing a Work-Life Balance this Summer

    That ever-elusive work-life balance concept… is it even possible in the event biz? As event profs begin planning their summer vacations and getaways, we’re examining how agency leaders manage their free time, create boundaries and keep their teams firing on all cylinders. To find out where the community stands on the topic, we spoke with […]

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  • Exhibit Industry People Moves, News and Deals

    Welcome to the latest event marketing industry news digest, featuring updates on new hires, promotions, acquisitions, and launches. Submit your news here. Trends American Express Global Business Travel, a software and services company for travel and expense, has launched integrated emissions-based carbon pricing. Customers can pick a carbon calculation methodology to apply a carbon fee to […]

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  • Agency Leader Chats: Changes, Culture, Themes for the Year Ahead

    The outlook for agencies is “steady.” Satellite offices are popping up, business is on the rise, and development, hiring, marketing and launching new services are among the major investments that agency leaders say they are making for 2025. A three-year trend continues with creative and account services roles serving as top headcount growth areas, as […]

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  • Q4: Event Industry People Moves, News, and Deals

    Welcome to the latest event marketing industry news digest, featuring updates on new hires, promotions, acquisitions, and launches. Submit your news here.   Promotions & Hires Renée Austin has joined Civic Entertainment Group as managing director, head of growth. Austin’s 21-year career has spanned roles at IPG and The Weber Shandwick Collective. Cheerful Twentyfirst has announced […]

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  • Anniversary Stories: Get to Know Maureen Ryan Fable, 20-Year CEO at FIRST

    Over her 20-year tenure as the group ceo of FIRST, a global brand experience agency which creates global events leveraging content, creative, digital technology, management and delivery, and data and insights, Maureen Ryan Fable has leaned on a formula for success that involves creating opportunities for clients and employees, and executing on a variety of […]

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  • Agency HR Update: Hiring Trends, Mentorship, and the Role of Freelancers

    According to findings from EventTrack 2025, EM’s annual research report on experiential marketing, eventgoers are preparing for an active 2025, with 56 percent of respondents planning to show up to more b-to-c and b-to-b events in the coming year than in 2024. Add to that the fact that 74 percent of Fortune 1000 marketers expect […]

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