Rachel Boucher

It’s not easy to infuse interactivity into virtual events, but online spirits community Flaviar and WhistlePig whiskey teamed up on a program that involved at-home blending kits, crowdsourcing (or, more specifically, crowd-blending), sampling, polling and a live-streamed event featuring a panel of experts. Best of all, it had a charitable component tied to it benefiting […]

In the wake of canceled events and social distancing orders, media brands are developing pivot programs that offer hospitality-minded engagement to connect with potential clients. For Activision Blizzard Media, the b-to-b arm of the gaming company, esports was a natural platform to leverage for the “Agency Showdown,” its first-ever virtual esports tournament exclusively for the […]

How sustainability was built into the framework of HP’s Reinvent forum Sustainability is part of the company ethos at HP Inc. From its supply chain to operations to environmental initiatives to products, sustainability is woven throughout the corporation, and, naturally, it is woven throughout the brand’s events, too. At HP Reinvent 2019, the annual flagship […]

There are big questions surrounding what the event industry will look like as it reemerges on the other side of the pandemic’s social distancing mandates. A topic event marketers have recognized for years, and have made systematic changes to address, is sustainability. Once an issue primarily tackled behind the scenes, sustainability is now woven throughout […]

The first quarter of the year was going to be a major kicking-off period for Chaco’s 2020 experiential programs. The Michigan-based outdoor lifestyle footwear brand was gearing up to launch two tours—one from SXSW, and one from Portland—when event cancellations and restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic came down in domino effect. The easy […]