Technology
Beyond the Touch Screen: A Guide to Tangible Event Experiences
“Tangible” is the new “touch,” according to James Patten, founder and principal at Patten Studio, who presented on MIT’s blueprint for creating more effective interactive experiences at EventTech 2015, Nov. 2-4 in Las Vegas. “Technology has gone past the touch screen,” Patten says, adding that in events, the sense of touch is not engaged to...
How Activision Deployed ‘Dramatic Agency’ to Engage Fans
Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare experience at E3 last year engaged fans as never before. How? Through “dramatic agency,” a term discussed by Rob Troy, chief creative officer, and David Wilson, executive producer, at Ant Farm, in their session on The Art and Science of Event Media at EM’s EventTech, which took place Nov....
Three Tips on Building your Brand Story
The best brands with the best campaigns succeed by communicating brand stories that are on-point, on-brand and rise above the clutter of the crowded marketplace. That was the message of branding and advertising expert Allen Adamson, who delivered the opening keynote at EventTech 2015, which took place in Las Vegas Nov. 2-4. Adamson is the...
EventTech 2015: What You Missed on Day Three
Okay, so there weren’t as many runners at the 6:30 5K Team EventTech run as there were on Tuesday, but hats off to the nine that got up and out for a chance to tour a different course through downtown Las Vegas. The show took off at 9:00 sharp and the day’s Learning Labs filled...