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.
  • How Sony Electronics’ Creative Space Tour Acts as a Continuous Feedback Loop

    Ask and they shall receive. When Sony Electronics’ user community expressed FOMO over the launch of the Alpha 7 V hybrid camera, the brand turned to what it does best—listening—and took a creator showcase held annually in New York City on tour, popping up in the local markets of its most fervent users. The 10-city […]

  • Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Hosts with the Most

    In a content-driven era of experiential marketing, where minutes, if not seconds, count on social media, every word spoken and shared is an engagement opportunity. It’s why brands this year are enlisting star moderators to power up conversations across event main stages, traveling studios, and activations.   An Activation Hype Person Last July, Celsius enlisted […]

  • Olympics Q&A: Michelob Ultra, USA Hockey and Home-Turf Events Worthy of Gold

    How the Team USA sponsor harnessed hockey fever across watch parties, exhibitions and a ‘Run Back the Miracle’ showcase   For passionate sports fans, the past is as important as the present. That storytelling opportunity inspired an Olympic Winter Games experiential campaign here on home turf for sponsor Michelob Ultra that featured custom content, nostalgic venues […]

  • Steal-worthy C-Suite Event Ideas from the Super Bowl LX Innovation Summit

    Sporting tentpoles like the Super Bowl are at their core a platform for consumer engagement. But the Bay Area Host Committee (BAHC) and the NFL saw an opportunity to engage key stakeholders

  • Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Push Buttons

    Despite the rise of touch screens and other sophisticated gaze and gesture technologies, experiential brands this year are choosing analog-style mechanisms for their activations. Think: Push buttons and turn dials that feel purposeful, participatory and nostalgic. But let’s push pause for a moment, and look back at one place where the trend bubbled up. Reddit’s […]