Summer 2013 Conference Bites Highlights
As the leaves begin to turn, it seems an appropriate time to recap some of our favorite Conference Bites quotes from earlier this summer: “We are entering a new phase (of the internet) beyond Web...
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With the holiday season quickly upon us, it seems a good time to recap some of our favorite Conference Bites quotes from earlier this fall: “You are at the most fun stage of your company—where you are...
View ArticleEvents and the “online world”—an interactive Core Conversation at SXSW
Our 3rd Annual Core Conversation at SXSW for the Event and EventTech communities is not a panel or a presentation—it’s an interactive gathering for you to share your questions, and your best practices...
View ArticleThe Event Community meets iBeacons at SXSW (and beyond)
Much has been written lately about iBeacon technology and how it will revolutionize retail. Now the attention seems to be shifting to its impact on larger public spaces and the Events that take place...
View ArticleWant to get smart fast about #iBeacon? Join me in following these 5 Leading...
For years I have been spearheading projects at the intersection of live events and new technology. Not since Twitter has anything gotten me as excited as iBeacon. Look for more posts and resources from...
View ArticleiBeacons in the wild: the MacWorld/iWorld experience
At MacWorld/iWorld this week, IDG featured an iBeacon-enabled scavenger hunt. Developed by Two Canoes Software out of Chicago, it also included a seemingly effective streamlining of the registration...
View ArticleThe Best of Beacon–a curated Custom Twitter Timeline
I call this sampling of recent posts from the “beac-osphere” iBeacon 201 as it includes more advanced possibilities, use cases, and deeper analytics, building on those I included in iBeacon 101 last...
View ArticleMy “Anatomy of an iBeacon Scavenger Hunt” guest post is now live over at...
Scavenger Hunts represent some of the best early iBeacon tests for events. One of the things I find intriguing about them is that they point to the ways that sponsorship and even gamification can play...
View Article“Your #Hashtag is Your Event” Session Recap from SXSW
Your #Hashtag is Your Event An interactive conversation for the Event Community Session Recap from SXSW Presented by Brian Duggan @briand and Tom Spano @tomspano Session Hashtag: #Eventtech The...
View ArticleiBeacon messaging seems to be well received, at Retail, and at Cannes Lions
Great piece in TechCrunch about one of the first real surveys to measure people’s receptivity to iBeacon messaging in retail stores, which looks to be quite high. For those of us in the event space,...
View ArticleSave the Date!
For the past 5 years, many of us interested in Events & Technology have been meeting each year at SXSW. This March, that tradition continues at a Meet Up I am hosting there to expand on these...
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