B-to-C Events

Spiced rum brand Sailor Jerry is taking its social media conversation offline with a cross-country music festival tour that features six branded Airstreams. The Colorado, Illinois and New York leg of the tour wrapped on Nov. 20, while the other three vehicles are visiting warmer climate events in California, Florida and Texas through the end of the year. The 2012 kickoff of the tour is tentatively scheduled for Super Bowl weekend followed by a visit to the South by Southwest Festival in Austin.

Canon on Nov. 15 held a red-carpet premiere at New York City’s Museum of Natural History to celebrate the launch of “When You Find Me,” a film inspired by eight winning photos submitted in an online user-generated contest that generated more than 96,000 entries. The film was shot with Canon DSLR products and is a centerpiece in the company’s “Long Live Imagination” campaign, an effort in partnership with Hollywood director Ron Howard. Howard’s daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard, directed the 24-minute film.

On Nov. 17, Microsoft’s Xbox division and the NFL announced a multi-year sponsorship deal that will make the game console brand the official partner of the NFL PLAY 60 youth health and wellness program. The partnership will seek to teach kids how to be active while having fun, courtesy of Kinect for Xbox 360.

A Le Cordon Bleu trained chef running a food truck would have made most of us shrug with disbelief a decade or so ago when we associated these meals on wheels with unsanitary conditions and greasy fare.

As a Baltimorean born and bred, I jumped at the chance to help man the Izod IndyCar Fan Village at the Inaugural 2011 Baltimore Grand Prix. Getting to see my city on the world stage as the host of 27 race car drivers, including the notorious Danica Patrick, darting through the downtown streets was more […]