Event Success through New Tools and Technologies

Posted by on Mar 26, 2013 | No Comments
Event Success through New Tools and Technologies

Our 2nd Annual Core Conversation at SXSW on Events and Technology (#EventTech) was a great success. The strength of the session is the interactive format, so there are no slides to share. Rather, my colleague Loic LeMeur ( @loic) and I guided the discussion, and welcomed tons of questions and great ideas from an enthusiastic ...

Save The Date!

Posted by on Dec 11, 2012 | No Comments
Save The Date!

Technology is changing the event world and we are all scrambling to keep up. If you produce events, sponsor events, or offer new technologies that can improve the event experience, I want you to join us for an important dialog taking place at SXSW on March 9th. I will be hosting, along with Loic LeMeur, founder ...

Reflections on my SXSW Session: Events are Now Platforms: Seven Tools for Success

Posted by on Apr 2, 2012 | One Comment
Reflections on my SXSW Session: Events are Now Platforms: Seven Tools for Success

This session achieved my goal of being a true interactive conversation, with lots of voices heard, questions asked and perspectives shared. The audience included producers of events, tool providers, lovers of events and others drawn together by the chance to experience the magic that can only happen live and in-person. Our room was overfilled, and ...

The Event Graph as it played out at SXSW

Posted by on Mar 23, 2012 | No Comments
The Event Graph as it played out at SXSW

Those of us who work in the event business, know how particularly intense it can get sometimes, with only so many hours until ‘Showtime!”. For me, SXSW and our session there on “Events are Now Platforms: Seven Tools for Success” came sandwiched right in between two major events I was involved in SignalP&G in Cincinnati, ...

Tools for Event Transformation

Posted by on Mar 5, 2012 | No Comments
Tools for Event Transformation

When we first announced our “SXSW Session on “Events are now Platforms”, it always had as its subhead,  “Seven Tools for Success”.  While the number is actually arbitrary, my goal is to move the conversation forward around how technology can transform events for the better. Below are just a few examples of  tools which may ...