Rachel Boucher

Event Marketer’s Rachel Boucher, head of content; Kait Shea, senior editor and manager-digital; and Juanita Chavarro Arias, managing editor, recap and provide commentary on some of the top experiential marketing stories, ideas and trends of the month. Think: the coquette aesthetic, hatching eggs and kidney pledges. New episodes drop monthly. Subscribe to The Brief LinkedIn […]

Our monthly interview series continues as we sit down virtually with Shawn Silverman, global head of marketing at Pluto TV. The free streaming television brand brought to life its integrated “Summer of Cinema” campaign with a giant popcorn bucket-inspired activation, which was also housed in Paramount+’s The Lodge experience on-site at San Diego Comic-Con. In this […]

Movies captivate audiences and fuel shared experiences, and during this summer’s blockbuster season, brands have been capitalizing on the nostalgia, the eats and the viewing venues to drive trial, inspire learning, and immerse consumers in their favorite IP.   Idea: Scale-up the simplest of pleasures. Like popcorn. Free streaming service Pluto TV’s “Summer of Cinema” […]

With the rise of high-impact general sessions, like keynotes at Sphere that offer sleek but immersive presentations powered by LEDs, event marketers are raising the bar on how to produce engaging main stage experiences. One medium we’ve been combing for best practices? Live podcast productions, where in-depth and in-person conversations are “must-see” by nature. The […]

Gone are the days of one-way conversations. In the post-COVID, value-for-time world that event marketers are building experiences in, themed learning is improving engagement and retention. And the bolder, more playful the theme, the better. Let’s take a look at themed learning in action.   Cinema Morgan Stanley at Work caught our attention with an […]