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USA Swimming Dives into an RFID-Based Fan Engagement
FISH Technologies’ RFID-enabled social media tool enabled fans this summer to explore the USA Swimming Aqua Zone experience outside the U.S. Olympic swimming trials at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, NE, like never before. Aqua Zone offered fans the chance to get autographs and pictures taken with Olympic swimming champions, compete in a Michael Phelps...
Sprint Nextel Activates a Social Q&A for NASCAR
While television broadcasts deliver live action to consumers wherever they may be, social media allows consumers to be a part of the live action. As Sprint Nextel demonstrated during this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, social media is not just about connecting consumers to a live event—it’s about engaging them in real time. Fans of...
Honda Engages Indy Races Visitors in Speed Trivia
Sporting events have long been fertile environments for brands that want to connect with passionate fans. But many of the activations have started to look the same. Toss a ball here. Spin a wheel there. And then, badabing, badaboom! Everyone goes home with a t-shirt. Honda last summer decided that it wanted more from its...
Nationwide and NASCAR Event Honors Hospital Patients
To leverage its position as a key stakeholder within NASCAR’s efforts to benefit Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH), Nationwide Insurance created and executed the inaugural Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200, the first NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, OH. A promotional event took place before the race where hospital patients had the...