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  • AOL Shifts Focus For A C-Suite Upfront Event

    Last year AOL aimed to lead the programmatic movement by “disrupting” Advertising Week with a first-ever Programmatic Upfront, showcasing the future of digital ad-buying software for 700 guests. In September, AOL took a decidedly exclusive approach for its second-annual Programmatic Upfront, targeting 150 executive-level clients with an invite-only c-suite upfront event on Advertising Week’s opening […]

  • How Foundry Cigars Lit Up The Trade Show Floor

    Repurposing trade show exhibit elements year to year by popular definition means salvaging existing building materials and rebranding them to reflect a new theme. At the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers trade show in Las Vegas in July, cigar brand Foundry took repurposing to a whole new level—by blowing up its prior year’s exhibit. […]

  • Microsoft’s Garage Platform Promotes Innovation

    Bill Gates. Walt Disney. Steve Jobs. They all created world-famous innovations in a garage. So with a nod to its humble backyard beginnings as the jumping off point, Microsoft used The Garage as inspiration for an activation at The Times Center during Advertising Week, Sept. 29-Oct. 3. The theme highlighted what’s inspiring the brand’s own […]

  • Uber Partnerships: Seven Programs To Check Out

    Ah, Uber. The Silicon Valley-born startup offering a GPS technology, app-driven taxi service has been all over the map this year, and popping up as a key add-on to many event programs and strategies. Take NBC Sports, which in August partnered with Uber on a program to promote the season opener for Barclays Premier League—building […]

  • American Express Open Banks on BootCamps

    American Express Open, the arm of American Express that focuses on financial services for small business owners, on Nov. 3 in New York City held the fourth in a series of CEO BootCamps aimed at educating and inspiring female entrepreneurs. The CEO BootCamps, along with Small Business Saturday, are part of a strategy on behalf […]