B-to-B Events
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B-to-B Events
Three New Resources to Make Your Trade Show Program Greener
As companies get serious about reaching the 2050 Net Zero goals, trade show industry partners and organizations are also leveling up their practices and coming up with guidelines that help reduce the environmental impact and increase climate-related transparency, mandated by the recent rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission. California has already taken a strong […]
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B-to-B Events
Seven Tunnel Ideas for Staging the Trade Show Exhibit Experience
A wave of particles whisking you along, favorite characters close enough to touch, precious artifacts and soothing waves…tunnels and other types of staged liminal space may be an established element in trade show exhibits but new LEDs and evolving tech are offering new storytelling opportunities, and brands are going all in. From an enticing invitation […]
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B-to-B Events
Event Moves: Sundance May Relocate, Collision Rebrands, ComplexCon Heads to Vegas
Sundance and Utah go way back. Since 1978, the annual January film festival, organized by the nonprofit Sundance Institute, has taken place in snowy Park City, UT, showcasing short films, full features and documentaries. But 2027 may see a shift for the long-running festival as its 13-year contract with Park City ends in 2026 (the […]
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B-to-B Events
Eight Tips for Tackling AI and the Future of Events from the 2024 B-to-B Dream Team
Among standout topics that came up in hours of conversations with our B-to-B Dream Team honorees this year was the evolving workforce, AI adoption and sustainability that’s actually actionable. Indeed, what we’ve learned over the years is that cultural waves of change and market forces are often felt first by b-to-b event and trade show […]
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B-to-B Events
Grand Ex 2024: Taco Bell and a Cast of Partners Score the Campaign of the Year with ‘Live Más LIVE’
It’s a good problem to have: Fans so passionate, so hungry for a first taste of news, let alone a delicious taco, they’ve created actual websites and launched voluminous discussion forums
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B-to-B Events
Cannes Lions 2024: 10 Ways Brands Brought Creative Thinking to the Riviera
Many of the industry’s rules fly out of the window when it comes to activating at Cannes Lions. Intimate interactions and dwell time are prioritized over throughput. Major risks are rewarded. And in some cases, earning and keeping the attention of the innovative, c-suite-level advertisers and marketers in attendance poses a greater challenge than sticking […]
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B-to-B Events
The Brief: Vodka Iced Tea Parties and Beverly Hills Boomboxes
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover vodka iced tea parties, AI fashion shows and gigantic boomboxes.
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B-to-B Events
The 2024 Fab 50: Recognizing the Event Industry’s Top Builders
The Best Exhibit and Event Fabricators Serving the Experiential Marketing Industry Like the industry it serves, the landscape of exhibit builders fabricating trade show booths, branded installations and outdoor activation structures for corporate clients is in a state of constant evolution. Maximalism is on trend, but so are purposeful materials. Trade shows are back with […]
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B-to-B Events
The 2024 It List: Recognizing the Top 100 Event Agencies
The experiential agency map is getting redrawn by newcomers, idea-centric boutiques and strategy-led shops The agency landscape is changing. Like never before. As always, clients are driving the changes. For one, a surge in post-pandemic experiential activity has finally reignited industry spending and ROI as brands fully re-lean into live events to connect with […]
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B-to-B Events
How Canva Evolved an Internal Keynote Event into an External-facing Festival of Creativity
Brands are spicing up the traditional keynote and putting a fresh spin on the announcement-focused event.