Author archive for Jessica Heasley
Woolite Puts a Stylish Spin on Laundry
Detergent brand Woolite this September executed its first-ever Fashion Week activation with a pop-up shop in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood. The WooliteWashed Boutique kicked off its 11-day run on Sept. 5 with a press event, and then opened to the public on Sept. 6 with a consumer event that coincided with Fashion’s Night Out...
Inside Yale’s First TEDx event
On a brisk winter day this February, 400 students, faculty, alumni and local community members converged on Yale University’s neo-gothic campus to experience the school’s first-ever TEDx event. Yale had been host to other TED-affiliated events, including a livestream of a TEDxWomen conference from the TEDGlobal event in Edinburgh, Scotland, and a Salon with a...
Open Sourcing Drives TED’s Global Platform
Global event portfolios can be a blessing and a curse. On the plus side, they give event and conference producers the ability to reach worldwide audiences on a local level by deploying fully-branded and turnkey “events in a box.” On the downside, global marketers, despite their best efforts, still struggle to make each live experience...
Trade Show Strategies: 10 Pros Weigh In
The days of in-booth demos and glassy-eyed product presentations are quickly going the way of the fax machine. In their place are trade show programs that are heavy on pre-show promotion, in-booth technology and laser-focused lead qualification strategies. Maybe the biggest shift changing the face of the trade show landscape is the consumer-generated experience. No...
