Author archive for Kait Shea
Podcast: The Highs and Hurdles of Activating at Pop Culture Fan Conventions
If you’ve ever activated at a major fan convention, you already know that there are few attendee types as passionate, discerning—and vocal—as pop culture superfans. Brands that aim to bring popular intellectual properties to life face the highest level of scrutiny from con-goers, who expect interactive, fan-first experiences that provide moments of surprise and delight,...
Zeiss Shares Five Ways to Make Sales Meetings More Fun
Galvanizing the salesforce is a top priority for vision technology manufacturer Zeiss, so it’s pivotal that the brand’s National Sales Meeting (NSM) not only serve as a celebration of those teams, but as a pep rally of sorts that fires them up for the new fiscal year. Achieving both objectives while keeping the experience fresh...
Augmented Reality in Events: How Brands From Walmart to Morgan Stanley are Leaning into the Tech
As augmented reality (AR) has become more advanced and accessible, consumers have not only been adopting, but embracing, the immersive technology—and the numbers show no signs of slowing. Smartphones, of course, are an easy point of entry, and according to a Statista report, by 2024, there will be approximately 1.7 billion mobile AR user devices...
Six Ways Artificial Intelligence is Impacting Events—Plus Three Real-world Examples
Across creative, logistics, ops and the spaces in between, generative AI is emerging as an experiential marketing power tool that presents incredible opportunities—and risks.