• From TikTok to Toyota: How Measurement Can Grow & Protect Event Budgets

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    Events are always at risk when marketing budgets are under scrutiny. In this Campfire, event strategist Dax Callner will reveal how global brands from Toyota to TikTok use data to defend and grow their investment in events. You'll get actionable tools and insights to help you establish measurable goals, collect credible data and present compelling […]

  • From TikTok to Toyota: How Measurement Can Grow & Protect Event Budgets (Early)

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    Events are always at risk when marketing budgets are under scrutiny. In this Campfire, event strategist Dax Callner will reveal how global brands from Toyota to TikTok use data to defend and grow their investment in events. You'll get actionable tools and insights to help you establish measurable goals, collect credible data and present compelling […]

  • Backrooms: From Creepypasta To Box Office #1 | How the Hit Horror Film Turned Internet Mythology Into Experiential Marketing Gold

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    What happens when a piece of community-created internet folklore becomes the number one film in America? Backrooms began life as a single unsettling image posted online. From there it evolved into a collaborative creepypasta or unfiction phenomenon, inspired millions of fan theories, videos and discussions, spawned a hugely successful YouTube series, and has now become […]

  • We Are All Curators Now

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    At the STRAAT Museum in the Netherlands, Geoff Thatcher and his wife came across a story about Johanna van Polanen, who became a countess at the age of 11. The museum gave them the outline. But it left out the question they immediately wanted answered: how old was the count she married? So they did […]

  • Functional Experiences: The Multi-Billion-Dollar Opportunity for the Experience Economy

    What if the most powerful experiences don’t just entertain us but change how we feel, think, and act? ​Join WXO and Pixel Artworks for a special IRL Campfire exploring Functional Experiences: an emerging shift in the Experience Economy where immersive design, technology, sound, space, and storytelling are used not just for spectacle, but for lasting […]

  • Beyond Attention: Can Experiences Improve Quality of Life? (Early)

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    The Experience Economy has become remarkably effective at capturing attention, creating engagement and creating memorable moments. But what if the next frontier isn't attention, immersion or even transformation? What if it is quality of life? Every experience affects us. It can elevate or deplete, connect or isolate, calm or overstimulate. Yet while designers routinely consider […]

  • Beyond Attention: Can Experiences Improve Quality of Life? (Late)

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    The Experience Economy has become remarkably effective at capturing attention, creating engagement and creating memorable moments. But what if the next frontier isn't attention, immersion or even transformation? What if it is quality of life? Every experience affects us. It can elevate or deplete, connect or isolate, calm or overstimulate. Yet while designers routinely consider […]

  • Inside The Story Codex: Introducing A New Framework for Narrative in Experiences (Early)

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    Why are immersive storytellers still using tools built for film and TV? Designed by Professor of Dramatic Writing at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Abigail Taylor-Sansom, The Story Codex is a new narrative framework designed specifically for immersive storytelling – equally suited to linear, branching, and open-world experiences. It is built to empower […]

  • Inside The Story Codex: Introducing A New Framework for Narrative in Experiences (Late)

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    Why are immersive storytellers still using tools built for film and TV? Designed by Professor of Dramatic Writing at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Abigail Taylor-Sansom, The Story Codex is a new narrative framework designed specifically for immersive storytelling – equally suited to linear, branching, and open-world experiences. It is built to empower […]