Musicians from GigMasters welcomed attendees at the entrance to BizBash Live: The Expo New York.
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Surface Grooves and Dragonfly Custom Design created a custom archway of stories from BizBash magazine for the trade show entrance.
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On the expo floor, attendees chatted with vendors, including Scarborough & Tweed.
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Spin-Spun served cotton candy on illuminated sticks to hundreds of attendees.
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Nicky Balestrieri of BMF Media opened the morning session of the Event Innovation Forum.
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BizBash editor in chief Anna Sekula interviewed Dan Griffis of Target at the Event Innovation Forum.
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Nicole Henry astounded guests with an incredible performance during the Event Innovation Forum luncheon.
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Nice Uplights showcased its holographic services at the Event Style Awards.
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BizBash C.E.O. and founder David Adler (pictured, far left) posed with representatives from Production Glue as they receive their Event Style Award.
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Attendees lined up for live screen T-shirt printing at Simon Elliot's booth on the expo floor.
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Frozen yogurt company 16 Handles sampled its products on the expo floor.
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Tipsy Scoop dished out alcoholic frozen treats from its booth.
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Preo ensured guests had all the information for the post-party.
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Continuing with the gambling theme, guests also selected a playing card (designed by Tricia Hay) that revealed the number of the table at which they’d be seated for the luncheon and which speaker would be hosting the table. “Like at any meeting, people tend to want to stick with who they know,” says Rebecca Grinalls. “So doing a blind pull like this helps create organic opportunities for networking with new people without making it feel forced.”
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Name badges doubled as an icebreaker: the number of crystal charms on the tag identified how many times the badge-wearer had attended an Engage! conference. Veteran attendees had nine balls, while first-timers had only one.
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After picking up their totes, attendees headed to an area to be assigned their groups for the lunch roundtable and dinner dine-around. They selected a poker chip at random; each chip was printed with the name of one of the dinner locations.
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