by Krista Benoit | Oct 5, 2020 | covid-19, Event Experience, event industry, Event Planning, Events
“COVID may be kicking the sh*t out of the events industry in Canada right now, but we’re here to tell you that with a little creativity and a lot of planning, staging an event during a pandemic is possible.” We did it. After six long months of having...
by Krista Benoit | Sep 1, 2019 | Event Experience, Event Partnerships, Events, Gamification, Sponsorship, Sponsorship Strategy
“It’s about the work that you, the event organizer, does to create and build the activation to make it turn-key and super easy for the sponsor to buy-in.” Event Sponsorship Event sponsorship used to be about logos plastered all over the place. I like to call this the...
by Krista Benoit | Aug 21, 2019 | Branding, Marketing, Mascots, Sport
“A good mascot with a strong marketing strategy behind him or her, can be a big win.” Last year, on a post-event email survey for a client’s sport-related conference, an event attendee suggested that the event was in need of a mascot. My initial reaction...
by Krista Benoit | Oct 18, 2018 | Conference Planning, Event Experience, Event Planning, Events, Panelists, Panels, Powerpoint, Speakers, Tech Planning
“Speakers are make or break. They’re a big part of what gets people talking before, during and after the event.” A carefully designed and executed event can quickly become sabotaged by speakers and presenters who fail to entertain and inform the event attendees....