Kenneth Briodagh

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Cotton Incorporated, the research and marketing organization for U.S. cotton growers, this fall is setting out to visit college campuses as part of its From Blue to Green campaign. The program is a call to action to get students to recycle their old jeans for reuse as donated housing insulation for in need communities, often affected by natural disasters.

The “hyper-local” catchphrase is almost cliché these days, mostly because every time event marketers get together, they discuss how consumers want “authentic,” “endemic” experiences that “speak to them.” Of course, many of those same people (they’re such “360-degree marketers,” who think “outside the box,” and they’re trying to “create tribes” of influencers who “fuse” with a brand) will go out and design a tour that will hit 35 different markets all over the continent, and eac

Every conversation in the event marketing industry eventually comes around to technology. You want to know what tools are out there to make your jobs easier, make your programs more successful and most crucially, make your target consumers love you the most. We have heard your clarion calls for help and now, with this monthly series, EM’s own Ken Briodagh will collect and codify the hottest, newest, most interesting, best (and sometimes worst) technological doohickeys available to you.

­Every event organizer faces this question at some point: Should I provide wifi at my event? Since the desire is almost always there, and usually budget will make the decision. Let’s assume the answer is yes. So, you’ll put in wifi. Your attendees will love you. But now you face the real tough issue of infrastructure. Your choice is pretty clear. Either you will pay the venue to piggy-back upon its wifi capability, or you will buy and install your own.