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September 18, 2012
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom set up its Shake 'Em Up bar in the V.I.P. reception with three women making the night's signature cocktails while singing and standing inside the mirrored bar.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom set up its Shake 'Em Up bar in the V.I.P. reception with three women making the night's signature cocktails while singing and standing inside the mirrored bar.
Photo: Tony Brown/imijphoto.com for BizBash
The opening of the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
The opening of the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
Photo: Genevieve de Manio
Grey Goose's Blue Door Series
Grey Goose's Blue Door Series
Vodka brand Grey Goose inaugurated its new Blue Door event series in East Hampton the first week of August. The weeklong activation included three days of events for trade and business press, and three days of consumer-focused affairs. The latter, handled through Harrison & Shriftman, kicked off August 4 with a farm-to-table picnic catered by chef Cynthia Sestito.
Photo: Eugene Ologursky
Suits & Style Fashion Show
Suits & Style Fashion Show
Organizers dealt with the rain at Tuesday evening's show atop the High Line by using the male cyclists to help cover guests as they moved from the street, across the open-air section of the park, and into the event in the covered Chelsea Market passage.
Photo: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
Esteban Contreras is director of strategy for Sprinklr. He is also the author of the book Social State: Thoughts, Stats and Stories about the State of Social Media in 2013, and a former social media manager for Samsung.
Esteban Contreras is director of strategy for Sprinklr. He is also the author of the book Social State: Thoughts, Stats and Stories about the State of Social Media in 2013, and a former social media manager for Samsung.
Photo: Courtesy of Sprinklr
Each visitor to Nissan’s exhibit at the Geneva Auto Show received a badge embedded with an R.F.I.D. tag. Nissan provided iPads where guests could register the cards and link their Twitter and Facebook accounts. Then, each time the guest swiped the card at one of the 14 activation points, information would instantly post to those social networks.
Each visitor to Nissan’s exhibit at the Geneva Auto Show received a badge embedded with an R.F.I.D. tag. Nissan provided iPads where guests could register the cards and link their Twitter and Facebook accounts. Then, each time the guest swiped the card at one of the 14 activation points, information would instantly post to those social networks.
Photo: Courtesy of Nissan
The photo booths superimposed different backgrounds and overlays such as 'Electrowoman' as part of the Nissan Leaf messaging. The photos were instantly shared on the guest's social networks, creating what DwinQ C.E.O. Patrick Sweeney called “social media product placement,” which puts a brand’s logo and messaging right in the user's Facebook stream, rather than on the side in a feed.
The photo booths superimposed different backgrounds and overlays such as "Electrowoman" as part of the Nissan Leaf messaging. The photos were instantly shared on the guest's social networks, creating what DwinQ C.E.O. Patrick Sweeney called “social media product placement,” which puts a brand’s logo and messaging right in the user's Facebook stream, rather than on the side in a feed.
Photo: Courtesy of Nissan
Guests swiped their R.F.I.D. badges before sitting for a picture in the photo booth. The system prompted them to approve the photo before it would post to their Facebook and Twitter accounts. Alternately, guests could opt to have the photo sent to their email.
Guests swiped their R.F.I.D. badges before sitting for a picture in the photo booth. The system prompted them to approve the photo before it would post to their Facebook and Twitter accounts. Alternately, guests could opt to have the photo sent to their email.
Photo: Courtesy of Nissan
The GT Academy area was based on Nissan’s virtual-to-reality contest that allowed players of Sony’s Gran Turismo Playstation game to become race drivers. At the Geneva Show, Nissan set up simulation pods where guests could play the game and share a photo of the experience on their social networks.
The GT Academy area was based on Nissan’s virtual-to-reality contest that allowed players of Sony’s Gran Turismo Playstation game to become race drivers. At the Geneva Show, Nissan set up simulation pods where guests could play the game and share a photo of the experience on their social networks.
Photo: Courtesy of Nissan
At each of the vehicle displays, guests could swipe their R.F.I.D. badge to share a photo of the car on Facebook and Twitter.
At each of the vehicle displays, guests could swipe their R.F.I.D. badge to share a photo of the car on Facebook and Twitter.
Photo: Courtesy of Nissan
Three social media walls displayed content being shared about Nissan on Facebook and Twitter.
Three social media walls displayed content being shared about Nissan on Facebook and Twitter.
Photo: Courtesy of Nissan
4. Grey Goose
4. Grey Goose

Earlier this month, Grey Goose hosted a launch party for its new Cherry Noir flavor at Thompson Hotel in Toronto. At the event, guests could use Instaprint, a location-based photo booth for Instagram designed with a specific hashtag, to print out keepsake photos. Some 365 images were printed out on site, but using the hashtag #cherrynoir, guests created more than 131,000 social media impressions that night.

Photo: George Pimentel
City of Hope Gala
City of Hope Gala
For the City of Hope "Spirit of Life" gala in Los Angeles, Namevents turned a parking lot adjacent to Geffen Contemporary at MOCA into a dinner space meant to evoke a high-end nightclub. Guests sat in lounge areas with plush couches and blankets, and dinner was served on glass tables with programmable LED bases. On some tables, tall glass vases designed by Chris Matsumoto were filled with water and stones in colors that echoed the hues on the invitation.
Photo: Line 8 Photography. All rights reserved.
For the picnic-inspired Absolut Orient Apple launch party in New York last summer, organizers covered the floor of the indoor venue with sod, and brought in live trees and wooden barrels filled with thousands of apples.
For the picnic-inspired Absolut Orient Apple launch party in New York last summer, organizers covered the floor of the indoor venue with sod, and brought in live trees and wooden barrels filled with thousands of apples.
Photo: Gustavo Campos
A group event organized by CBST Adventures in Denver involved assembling ­disaster relief kits.
A group event organized by CBST Adventures in Denver involved assembling ­disaster relief kits.
Photo: Courtesy of CBST Adventures
Whitney Museum of American Art's Art Party
Whitney Museum of American Art's Art Party

At the museum's 2012 event, a streamlined, modern bar stood at the center of the room with an arrangement of black-and-white lanterns hanging overhead.

Photo: Carolyn Curtis/BizBash
The San Francisco Symphony's Black and White Ball
The San Francisco Symphony's Black and White Ball

In 2012, the symphony decked its ball in elegant, black-and-white decor from Blueprint Studios.

Photo: Damion Hamilton
The InterContinental Miami Make-A-Wish Ball
The InterContinental Miami Make-A-Wish Ball

At the 2011 fund-raiser in Miami, Truman Capote's famous Black and White Ball inspired the look. Deco Productions created two 16- by 42-foot prints to display on either side of the stage, one showing a reclining model, the other showing a large eyeball. Each was divided into six individually framed panels and suspended from the ceiling.

Photo: Matt Horton/Artist Group Photography for BizBash
'The Little Mermaid' Opening Night Party
'The Little Mermaid' Opening Night Party

Projections of moving bubbles lit up the opening-night party for the Broadway production of The Little Mermaid in 2008.

Photo: Courtesy of McNabb Roick
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