Cause Marketing

What began as a man with “a bar and a dream” has evolved into an annual, nationwide event series celebrating the legacy of LGBTQ bartenders and gay bars as safe spaces and social centers for the LGBTQ community. Indeed, the Stoli Key West Cocktail Classic bartending competition was dreamed up by Stoli’s national LGBT ambassador, […]

Citi is often recognized in the events world for its entertainment platform, but an important part of the brand’s mission is to enable growth and economic progress in the communities it serves. That’s where Taste of the Nation, which benefits the No Kid Hungry campaign, comes in. Citi has served as co-sponsor of the ticketed […]

Having landed safely at SXSW in Austin, EM is ready to cruise the creative brand activations and report back on the standouts. So, what better way to kick off our coverage than with one of the most buzzworthy activations of the fest? Ahead of the eighth and final season of “Game of Thrones,” HBO partnered […]

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know that hundreds of thousands of federal workers went unpaid during the recent government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history, lasting from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019. It dealt a blow to the economy, and affected some of our national parks, but just like many other contentious scenarios […]

Bacardi brought its “Live Passionately” mantra to the Life is Beautiful Music & Art Festival for a second year with a medley of experiences that paid homage to the brand’s Caribbean heritage and underscored its ties to music. Returning to downtown Las Vegas Sept. 21-23, the brand delivered cocktail education, purpose-driven art and some good […]