B-to-B Events

Letting go and trusting the process can be hard for event profs, particularly those who identify as Type A, but Melissa Vilders says they’re essential habits to managing the chaos and stress that events can produce. Over the course of her 15-plus-year career in event marketing, Vilders, director-events strategy and experience for SAP Global Events, […]

Once upon a time, red-carpet affairs were little more than glorified photo shoots. But a saturated entertainment landscape has turned the tides toward a decidedly more experiential era of premiere events, one in which many brands are inviting talent, media and fans to step through a proverbial portal, and directly into their IP. It’s hard […]

The largest annual gathering of residential construction and design industry professionals, Design & Construction Week (DCW), took over both the North/South and West exhibit buildings at the Orange County Convention Center, Feb. 17-19. It marked one of the biggest trade shows we’ve covered in Orlando, but the roving chapter for this show is coming to […]

With b-to-b audiences now comprising four generations of attendees (or five, depending on who you ask), conference organizers have their work cut out.

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