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The Brief: Mechanical Gator Rides and ‘Wonka’s’ Bitter Taste

Event Marketer

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover syrup fountains, the “Fyre Festival of kids events” and the inaugural Florida Man Games. FLORIDA MAN’ GET HIS OWN GAMES The typical “ Florida man ” is like a living, breathing urban legend that wreaks havoc on society—and endlessly entertains us.

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TOP 50 advertising conferences to attend in 2019

Eventory

2019 will offer lots of events of all kinds but it will be especially rich in advertising conferences and marketing related events. What advertising conventions can bring you? To help you save the dates for the upcoming year I prepared for you a not-so-short recap of the best advertising conferences and marketing events to consider.

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Shipt Embarks on a College Campus Tour to Drive Awareness for its New Student Membership

Event Marketer

Throughout the month of August, Shipt visited The University of Alabama, Georgia Tech, Purdue University, Ohio State, Florida A&M University and an event for the Atlanta University Center Consortium, which includes HBCU member institutions Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College.

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CompTIA’s Senior VP of Events on Planning Tech-Centric Conferences

Connect Your Meetings

Chicago-based Ricker shares her approach to the tech-heavy event, which took place in August in Hollywood, Florida, plus lessons she’s learned in her 22-year career. We now have a moderator for our online participants, plus advertising and entertainment between sessions. How has your app evolved?

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Smart Moves in San Diego, Chicago and More

Smart Meetings

Hess has also previously been director of operations at Waldorf Astoria Boca Raton Resort & Club while he also served as director of rooms at Waldorf Astoria Boca Beach Club, both in southern Florida. The global event tech and production company Encore welcomed Duffy as director of external communications. Florian Kunkel.

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CompTIA’s Senior VP of Events on Planning Tech-Centric Conferences

Connect Your Meetings

Chicago-based Ricker shares her approach to the tech-heavy event, which took place in August in Hollywood, Florida, plus lessons she’s learned in her 22-year career. We now have a moderator for our online participants, plus advertising and entertainment between sessions. How has your app evolved?

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The Event Tech 12 – PlanningPod Edition

Planner WIre

Even though I am co-founder of an event tech company, my journey started with two degrees in English (BA and MA) and over a decade in marketing and advertising, so my path to being a tech entrepreneur is not exactly a traditional one. Three years ago, we had an owner of an event venue in Florida sign up.