If there is anything more ubiquitous than measurement in discussions of event marketing, it’s technology. Everything from event management dashboards and CMS to mobile apps, NFC and flexible displays is a part of every conversation and every event. And so it should be. Technology has made this industry more efficient, effective and powerful than almost […]

Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference landed this year at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, a city whose East Downtown district, or “EaDo,” is undergoing a cultural and urban revitalization. It was an appropriate venue for Microsoft’s biggest annual partner event, which this year from July 7 to 11 brought to life its own […]

Last year, New York-based Friendship Dairies saw big, national competitors encroaching into its home territories in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. So to battle back the Chobanis and Daisys at the gate, the brand, a division of Saputo Dairy Foods, began crafting the Fit to Go Mobile Mixer Tour—a first-time foray into the event marketing space for the brand—and prepared to launch itself into the social media sphere as a support for the tour and a permanent home for the brand’s online fans.

There’s a new breed of concertgoers emerging in this digital landscape—two out of every three of them has a smartphone, and more than half share content online. Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts is leveraging the power of these “digital concert groupies” through the free concert series Crazy Good Summer, a program designed to engage teens with their favorite artists in and outside the live music experience.

Every conversation in the event marketing industry eventually comes around to technology. You want to know what tools are out there to make your jobs easier, make your programs more successful and most crucially, make your target consumers love you the most. We have heard your clarion calls for help and now, with this monthly series, EM’s own Ken Briodagh will collect and codify the hottest, newest, most interesting, best (and sometimes worst) technological doohickeys available to you.