Author archive for Rachel Boucher
How to Elevate Your Event’s Sustainability Plan from Add-on to Strategy
How sustainability was built into the framework of HP’s Reinvent forum Sustainability is part of the company ethos at HP Inc. From its supply chain to operations to environmental initiatives to products, sustainability is woven throughout the corporation, and, naturally, it is woven throughout the brand’s events, too. At HP Reinvent 2019, the annual flagship...
Earth Day Experiential Roundup: Nine Ideas to Inspire Your Event Planning
There are big questions surrounding what the event industry will look like as it reemerges on the other side of the pandemic’s social distancing mandates. A topic event marketers have recognized for years, and have made systematic changes to address, is sustainability. Once an issue primarily tackled behind the scenes, sustainability is now woven throughout...
How Chaco Footwear Gave its Canceled Experiential Programs New Life
The first quarter of the year was going to be a major kicking-off period for Chaco’s 2020 experiential programs. The Michigan-based outdoor lifestyle footwear brand was gearing up to launch two tours—one from SXSW, and one from Portland—when event cancellations and restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic came down in domino effect. The easy...
EMS Sneak Peek: AT&T and Vntana Talk Creating Immersive Content Strategies
The Experiential Marketing Summit will take an all-digital format Oct. 19-23. Click here for the full lineup. Virtual engagement may be on event marketer’s mind these days, but for AT&T, virtual training events are no new venture. They’ve been a big part of the program at AT&T University, where the brand hosts up to 20...