Civic Entertainment Group Archives - Event Marketer
Land O’Lakes educates the younger, forward-thinking audience at SXSW
THE SETUP: To engage and educate a younger, forward-thinking audience about innovative farming technologies, Land O’Lakes created a four-part tech experience at SXSW. The first portion was designed as a virtual reality experience without the headset. In its place was a giant head of lettuce that, once lowered onto the attendee, played a video—through a...
Epic Airbnb Open Event Redefines ‘Festivalization’
Inspired by the storytelling of Sundance, the world-class innovations of TED, and the awe of Burning Man, the 2017 Grand Ex winner curated an annual festival of travel and hospitality designed to become a must-attend cultural event. Part developers conference, part user group, part internal event, part consumer activation, part street fair, part influencer event—the...
Ford Executes a Drivable ‘Escape the Room’ Game
What better way to get millennials to take a test drive than by incorporating the car into a drivable game. Ford last summer did just that in a collaboration with visionary puzzle maker Victor Blake, creator of the Escape the Room pop-up game, that integrated technology from the new Ford Escape into a creative plot...
A&E Celebrates ‘Biography’ With Community-Driven Tour
Cable channel A&E chose to celebrate its 15th birthday last spring with the network’s first-ever mobile tour. The Biography 15 Years Celebration Tour broke in Los Angeles and blew through 10 markets before wrapping in June in the Big Apple. Objectives? Create excitement for the brand, demonstrate the breadth of the Biography product portfolio, strengthen...