Kait Shea

Kait joined EM in 2015 and today enjoys her role as senior editor and manager of digital content. When she’s not in reporter mode, rocking mermaid pants at Comic-Con or running laps at MWC Barcelona, you can find her hanging out with her dogs or singing too loudly at a music festival.
  • Photo Tour: Sponsor Activations from the F1 U.S. Grand Prix in Austin

    Drivers weren’t the only ones getting motorsports fans revved up in Austin at the Formula 1 Lenovo U.S. Grand Prix over the weekend. There was also a roster of top-tier sponsors on the grounds at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), luring attendees in with sampling, technology, curated photo moments and, in one case, robot bartenders. […]

  • How Beautycon Roared Back to Life on a Mission to Democratize Beauty

    The grand in-person return of Beautycon came with a bold message: Beauty shouldn’t just be in the eye of the beholder; it should be in the hands of the people. Organizers reintroduced the annual convention, Sept. 16-17 in Los Angeles, with a laser-sharp focus on democratizing beauty.

  • Podcast: The Highs and Hurdles of Activating at Pop Culture Fan Conventions

    If you’ve ever activated at a major fan convention, you already know that there are few attendee types as passionate, discerning—and vocal—as pop culture superfans. Brands that aim to bring popular intellectual properties to life face the highest level of scrutiny from con-goers, who expect interactive, fan-first experiences that provide moments of surprise and delight, […]

  • Zeiss Shares Five Ways to Make Sales Meetings More Fun

    Galvanizing the salesforce is a top priority for vision technology manufacturer Zeiss, so it’s pivotal that the brand’s National Sales Meeting (NSM) not only serve as a celebration of those teams, but as a pep rally of sorts that fires them up for the new fiscal year. Achieving both objectives while keeping the experience fresh […]

  • Augmented Reality in Events: How Brands From Walmart to Morgan Stanley are Leaning into the Tech

    As augmented reality (AR) has become more advanced and accessible, consumers have not only been adopting, but embracing, the immersive technology—and the numbers show no signs of slowing. Smartphones, of course, are an easy point of entry, and according to a Statista report, by 2024, there will be approximately 1.7 billion mobile AR user devices […]