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Meet the Honorees: The 2025 Watchlist
The event marketing industry has always attracted bold thinkers—people who recognize the power that face-to-face connection has to build lasting relationships and loyalty. They cultivate an idea and nurture it to its greatest potential. They strategize for rapidly evolving audience and business needs. They take risks that create moments that matter. We’ve spent the past...
Canva World Tour: 10 Takeaways from the ‘World’s Biggest Design Education Movement’
Canva can’t be contained. Since launching the inaugural Canva World Tour on Oct. 1, the whimsical brand has been bursting into conferences, community hubs, brand campuses and local streets around the globe on a mission to accomplish 1 million trainings in the month of October, and nurture its robust community of users. From a mobile...
Ideas from NYCC 2025: Paramount’s Botany Lab, HBO’s Horror Show, Walmart’s Gaming Retreat and More
Like its counterpart San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con (NYCC) offered a treasure trove of activities and activations built for pop culture superfans this year. The 19th annual event (Oct. 9-12) was packed with panels, cosplay competitions, workshops, talent shows and, yes, brand experiences. From multisensory booths on the show floor at the Javits...
Fashion Tailgates, Chaotic Bodegas, AI Newsstands: 10 Experiential NYFW 2025 Takeovers
Neutrals for fall? Groundbreaking… Brands broke out of the traditional warm color palette and cozy vibes for their activations during the Fall 2025 edition of New York Fashion Week. Instead, they leaned into off-beat collabs, bold designs, nostalgia and AI for experiences that had consumers waiting in lines to snag samples or catch glimpses of...