B-to-B Events
How Wiz Traded Panic for Play at Cybersecurity Trade Shows
The doom of cyberattacks is real at security and tech trade shows, where dark colors and actors dressed as hackers dominate the show floor. It’s high stakes, high stress all the time. Wiz, a cloud-security company, flipped the script on panic with a booth drenched in pinks and purples and activations that kept chief security...
Four Insights on SXSW’s Evolving Brand Activation Landscape for 2026
SXSW has long served as an annual barometer for the experiential marketing industry with its roster of brand activations throughout the city of Austin helping to inform spending forecasts and tactical trends. The soon-to-be, 40-year-old tentpole was an early example of festivalized conference experiences, and has served as a breeding and proving ground for earned...
Watch The Brief, Live! August 2025 Edition: Experiential News & Ideas
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...
B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Kelsey Schneider
For Kelsey Schneider, experiential marketing has always been a numbers game. From the time she stepped into her role as a data and analytics specialist at GE HealthCare 11 years ago, to her current position as the company’s global event manager, Schneider’s penchant for quantifying and dissecting event ROI has been critical to advancing her...