A playwright, filmmaker and experiential creator walk into a bar… No, it’s not three people, just the multi-hyphenate, multi-talented Trish Harnetiaux — and she probably knows the bartender, so the first round is on the house. I first met Trish on a Zoom call…

Nobody can fill a room with charisma and energy quite like Joel Comm. The speaker, best-selling author, podcaster and entrepreneur not only helped emcee last month’s NFT.NYC, but also put together a crypto-meets-comedy educational session for NFT newbies (right after a Q&A with filmmaker…

No experience or activation exists without the thoughtful insights of a strategist. So many of us, especially in the experiential world, would just be out here screaming ideas into the ether with no thought of audience, marketing or budgets. Strategists, somehow, ensure that creativity…

It used to be that the decision to hold a fundraising event, and what kind, was determined by the numbers. Nonprofit pros evaluated the figures that keep their mission alive, like revenue potential, expenses, labor and time. However, the past couple of years have…

At Vogue’s 2022 Forces of Fashion conference in New York, Kim Kardashian shared that her 8-year-old daughter doesn’t spare her mother’s feelings when sharing her point of view. “North is very opinionated when it comes to what I’m wearing,” Kardashian said. “She’ll always complain…

“Sorry I’m late,” said Martin Grasser the first time we met over Zoom. “I’m drawing a baseball player.” I expected to see barely-there pencil marks forming the base of what might eventually look like a batter in motion. Instead, Martin picked up his iPad…

What images come to mind when you think of a fundraising gala? Windowless ballrooms? Rubber-chicken dinners? Cash bars? Yeah, we’ve all been to events like that. But no one is going to put up with boring and self-congratulatory fundraisers in a post-Covid world. Especially…

There’s no festival in the world like South by Southwest. Founded in 1987 by staffers at the Austin Chronicle, the festival brings the best in music, film, tech and culture to the booming creative hub of Austin, Texas. After being canceled in 2020 and…

Brand and artist partnerships work for many reasons. First, the artist has the chance to expand their audience beyond what they could ever achieve solo. Additionally, the brand can prove its relevance and authenticity to consumers by both supporting the arts and achieving a…