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B-to-C Events
Fan Fest Scottsdale Scores With Sports Fans
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Coca-Cola and presenting sponsor Cox Communications were among the brands activating at Fan Fest Scottsdale at Scottsdale Fashion Square, which took place Jan. 26 to Feb. 1. The Fan Fest tapped into the excitement generated by the Super Bowl XLIX, which took place on Feb. 1 at the University of Phoenix Stadium […]
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B-to-C Events
Digital Content Amps Up Ford’s College Program
Ford’s tagline is Go Further, and that’s just what the students who competed in the Ford College Ambassador Challenge do. The program, which launched in 2012, last year ran its third flight from September through December. And once again, teams of four students, this time from nine colleges, each equipped with a Ford Fusion and […]
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Blog
Five Steal-Worthy Stage Production Elements From The Grammys
Award show broadcasts are a typical recipe of winners (their rise from the seat, walk to the podium and acceptance speech), tributes and performances sprinkled in between. Not so during the 2015 Grammy Awards telecast Sunday, Feb. 8, which featured only nine live award presentations and an astonishing 23 musical performances. For that reason, music’s […]
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Technology
EventTech 411: The Scoop On BLE
Your Two-Minute Tutorial on The Latest Event Technologies What it is: BLE stands for Bluetooth Low Energy. In short, BLE is a wireless technology akin to Bluetooth, with one important difference: it’s passive. So there’s no work required for attendees to engage with it. Like regular Bluetooth, it’s an owned and licensed technology, but have no […]
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B-to-B Events
Partner Conference Overhaul: Microsoft’s Year-Two Strategy
[box type=”coloured” pb_margin_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] In 2013, Microsoft boldly tore down its annual Worldwide Partner Conference to its studs, and reimagined the entire show. The resulting four-day event for more than 14,000 attendees was, by all accounts and metrics, a total success. So what did the company do when it came time to take […]




