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The second day of the Event Marketing Summit (May 1) opened up with a keynote by Scott Schenker, vp-global events at SAP, who spoke not only as a marketer but also a visionary forecasting the future of the event marketing industry (sponsored by ewi Worldwide). With the WikiLeaks releases still fresh on folks’ minds, Schenker focused on disruption and change forged by the new trend of “people to people marketing.” He said, “Face-to-face marketing is no longer enough.

Michelle Klein, vp-content, digital and communications at Diageo, whose Smirnoff brand received an Ex Award at the 10th annual Event Marketing Summit’s awards gala on April 30 for its Nightlife Exchange Project, wowed the crowd earlier in the day as the opening keynote speaker at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Chicago (sponsored by Fish Technologies).
Describing the Nightlife Exchange Project as the “sweetspot” between digital and physical, Klein explained how she harnessed the online community to create an event that on Nov. 27 took place in 50 countries.

To generate awareness for the launch of its new weed and grass-killing product DuraZone, Bayer Advanced is visiting home improvement stores and family-friendly events in 10 markets through June 17 with the DuraZone Own Your Zone tour. The tour kicked off April 13 at the Maricopa County Fair in Phoenix, AZ, where it engaged consumers via a series of themed zones within its 40-foot by 40-foot space that tie back to the brand’s message that using DuraZone gives consumers back more of their time to enjoy the zones outside of their house.

Broadway Nails is activating the second phase of a two-pronged tour on the streets and in malls with an expanded sampling campaign to promote its imPRESS press-on manicure sets among young women ages 15 to 25. Broadway Nails, a subsidiary of Long Island-based Kiss Nails, sells the product in chain drug stores and discount retailers, such as Walgreens and Walmart.

It’s every exhibitor’s dilemma—how to stand out in the sea of booths on the trade show floor. And when they’re exhibiting at a major show like ConExpo-Con/Agg, where more than 2,000 suppliers to the construction industry strut their stuff at the Las Vegas Convention Center once every three years in March, the challenge is even greater.