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  • EventTech 411: Aerial Devices and Social Sharing

    From the creators of EventTech, the industry’s largest learning lab on event technology and live events, we bring you EventTech 411, our monthly roundup of new and cutting-edge event technologies. In this installation, we look at three products that are taking social sharing and aerial devices to new heights.   1. #Hashtag Mini Instagram Printer […]

  • Five Predictions on How Smart Watches Will Impact Events

    You’ve got one. Your neighbor can’t stop talking about his. And more and more, you’ll find that your attendees have them, too. We’re talking smart watches, and with the release of Apple Watch last April followed by its much anticipated system update in September allowing developers to design apps specifically for the watch, event marketers […]

  • EM All Access: Inside UFC’s RFID-Driven Sin City Takeover

    In this episode of EM All Access, VP Global Brand Marketing Jessica Roosli takes you inside UFCs epic Sin City takeover.

  • Eight Strategies for Leveraging Virtual Reality

    The November release of the Samsung Gear VR marked the beginning of what is bound to be a wave of consumer-friendly virtual reality devices made available to the public—especially with its (relatively) affordable $99 price tag. But event marketers capitalized on VR well before it hit the mainstream. The Facebook-owned Oculus Rift headset has led […]

  • How Lowe’s Built a ‘Village’ with Half the Booth Space at CES

    Lowe’s Home Improvement store returned to CES 2016 in Las Vegas to showcase its Iris smart home solutions with an evolved concept: a village. The retailer last year erected a life-like suburban home, yet despite having half the booth space and half the budget to work with this year, the brand activated a larger marketing […]