Ford has begun a series of pop-ups in San Francisco, where the brand currently has no formal dealership, to reconnect with consumers and remind them that the brand is on the forefront of technology, sustainability and performance. The first in the series of four Go Further pop-ups was open from April 13 to May 13, and the next opens this month.

As part of a strategy to reinforce its “ION Delivers” campaign, the network erected a pop-up mobile mailroom during TV’s Upfront Week 2012 on the streets of New York City outside of advertising agency offices.

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.

People promoted its “World’s Most Beautiful Woman” issue by creating The People Make Me a Star Beauty Tour that pampered its female readers with a makeover and then put them on a mock cover of the magazine.

To increase awareness for its FiOS internet, phone and TV service, Verizon created the four-week (April 20-22) Speed of Life events that traveled to three beaches in Southern California with street team activations and mobile mapped projections.