Year: 2013

We’ve come a long way from basic flip phone mobile devices that only—gasp—allowed us to dial a call, send a text message or play the game Snake. Today, smartphones reign and each new device seems to offer more and more services and functions. As adjusted as we are to our mobile-powered culture, it’s often still […]

The construct of an annual sales meeting is often a predictable one for attendees such as seasoned executives, who made up much of the 420-attendee list of the 2012 MasterCard annual Sales Leadership Meeting. This year MasterCard gave each attendee an iPad to borrow, preloaded with content and an app to support the experience on-site […]

NASCAR’s Fuel for Business events each quarter bring together official partners and industry members for a day of exclusive b-to-b meetings set up to foster business and increase sponsorship partnerships. Hard to imagine that the coordination of meeting requests submitted by attendees was once handled by a staff of six equipped with, well, sticky notes. […]

Conference planners are always dreaming up incentives to get attendees thoroughly investigating all an event footprint has to offer, from session content to the expo hall to, even, the food. Prizes—free stuff—always help, but throw in some NFC technology and make it as simple as a “tap” and you’ve got a winning strategy, especially among […]

To generate awareness for its Nabisco cookies, crackers, confections and gum products, Mondelez International, which owns the brand, sponsored One Direction’s North American Tour. But to really make music with the fans, it created a free mobile app that allowed fans to get up close and personal with the English-Irish pop boy band. The 1DVIP […]