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Hardcastle Shared Essential Event Industry Insights at MSR
mdg president Kimberly Hardcastle shared event industry insights essential to every mid-size show organizer looking to grow their audience base at the Midsize Show Roundtable in Miami, Florida.
Take the Wheel: Attendee Marketing Is Shifting Gears
Thursday, November 7, 2024
11:00am – 12:00pm
Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
More than ever, if you’re not aggressively growing your universe, you’ll watch it whither through attrition.
Participants learned:
- How to break marketers’ email addiction in favor of a true omni-channel approach.
- The importance of amplifying stakeholder voices to tell our event stories.
- Why social media can no longer be an afterthought (or left to interns).
Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes
Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes is president of mdg, A Freeman Company. Focused on event marketing and attendee and exhibitor acquisition, mdg brings together strategists, data and digital specialists, engagement experts, international marketers and a robust creative team to provide complete solutions that help clients achieve their objectives. Kimberly is a CEM faculty member, a Krakoff Leadership Institute alumna and has been named by IAEE as an Educator of the Year and a Woman of Achievement. She has a monthly column in PCMA’s Convene magazine and is a frequent presenter at SISO, PCMA Convening Leaders, Expo! Expo!, and Lippman Connects events. She’s also the mom of a TCU Horned Frog, wife of a retired Navy pilot, Peloton addict, reader, runner and believer in civil rights.
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