Rachel Boucher

Rachel joined Event Marketer in 2012 and today serves as the brand's head of content. Her travels covering the experiential marketing industry have ranged from CES in Las Vegas to Spring Break in Panama City Beach, Florida (hey, it's never too late)—and everywhere in between.
  • microsoft
    B-to-B Events

    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 […]

  • Heineken party packages
    B-to-C Events

    Heineken Sparks Party Upgrades On Social Media

    Heineken set out to give holiday hosts in New York City this month the chance to upgrade their parties with #SparkMyParty, a “delivery service” for of-age consumers. The social media-based campaign kicked off on Dec. 4 and invited Heineken fans to tweet to the brand handle @Heineken_US using the #SparkMyParty hashtag. Over the following two days, 12 winners […]

  • cadillac test drives
    B-to-C Events

    Cadillac Mixes Test Drives With Architecture

    Cadillac in November wrapped a five-city program that gave luxury vehicle owners the chance to see architecturally renowned buildings and private residences in the newly redesigned 2015 Escalade. “Driven By Design,” hosted in partnership with Architectural Digest, engaged conquest consumer-guests (meaning, non-Cadillac drivers) with test drives. The program took place in Chicago in July, New York […]

  • cree
    B-to-C Events

    Consumers Swap Out Light Bulbs On Cree’s Tour

    Cree is an emerging brand in a space dominated by very old and very big brands—we’re talking light bulbs. While 80 percent of Cree’s overall business is commercial, this season the brand took a decidedly consumer-facing approach to reach its target with the Great American Bulb Swap Tour. Over three weekends, the brand distributed more […]

  • uber
    B-to-C Events

    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 […]