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HP Uses Virtual to Engage its Global Customers
HP has the daunting task of marketing to millions of customers in 170 countries. So two years ago, the high-tech giant started laying the foundation for a customized virtual events platform that would address the fast-changing needs of its Web 2.0 customers and provide the brand with a marketing tool that could engage its global...
Cisco’s Foray into Hybrid Events Changes Industry Forever
Cisco’s flagship annual customer conference has been a pillar of its portfolio for 20 years, but nothing rocked its foundation like the economic recession of 2009. Founded in 1984, the San Jose, CA-based maker of networking hardware and software had weathered the dot-com boom and bust with relative ease, but for the first time in...
Cisco Aces Virtual Forum with Gamification Component
Cisco’s 2009 global sales event was a virtual conference called the Global Sales Experience, or GSX. The innovative use of gaming as part of the design strategy deployed throughout the event, however, might cause some to call it the Gaming Sales Experience. While virtual events are nothing new for tech-driven Cisco, the challenge of addressing...
GM’s Solar-Powered Mobile Tour Lets the Sunshine in
For its Meet Saturn summer tour, General Motors created three environmentally friendly displays inside Airstream Basecamp trailers powered entirely by solar panels and pulled by Saturn Outlook vehicles. Both the Outlook and Basecamp were designed in silver with vibrant sunflowers etched into the metal. The energy-conscious vehicle fleet traveled to fairs and festivals where it...