DPEM

04/06/2023

SXSW is undoubtedly one of the most trendsetting experiences in event marketing. 🔥

Get the inside scoop on South By 2023 from the lens of an experiential designer and producer and the elements that make for a great attendee journey.

What can event planners learn from this year's SXSW? Find out the event marketing and experiential tactics that can improve the attendee experience.

02/28/2022

Happy National Floral Design Day! Florals are a small part of any event, but they add a vibrant and welcoming touch to an event space while also reflecting the event's theme. We love these creative florals that use beakers and test tubes to embody the theme of UCSF's Saturday Night Science, an event that intellectually and experientially connected donors to the University's mission through hands-on activations.

Florals by Hunt Littlefield

02/22/2022

When designing a virtual event, it's important to make a *BIG* statement. We love this bold set design from the program we created for Baidu. The key for virtual is to maximize the space on the screen with content and branding. Scroll through to see more images of our favorite set designs from past events: Salesforce Tower's Grand Opening with the tower as the background, Google's Partner Summit, Benefit Cosmetics They're Real Eyeliner Launch stage.

02/17/2022

How do you improve employee engagement and drive better business outcomes at the same time? Download our latest guide and we'll tell you how. https://hubs.li/Q013LxdZ0

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02/14/2022

Happy Valentine's Day! May today be a reminder to show love to your friends, family, colleagues, and most importantly, yourself! Send this post to someone who means a lot to you! 🧡

Heart artwork by Paul Octavious

02/09/2022

One of our favorite parts of building events from the ground up is helping our clients find their story/theme and providing our team of talented creatives to bring their story to life. Embodying their theme of momentum and blasting off into 2021, we ideated and designed the rocket ship mascot for Outreach's Growth Summit and incorporated it throughout the virtual event. This fun motion graphic was used to playfully move attendees through different blocks of content, like presentations and videos, in the program. To infinity and beyond - sky’s the limit!

02/08/2022

Warmer temperatures this week are reminding us of the fun, multi-day travel incentive program we designed and executed last year for BlackLine in Hawaii. Rewarding and celebrating the achievements of top sales earners, we created an action-packed program that prioritized guest and staff safety: activations included a welcome reception, choose-your-own-adventure activities, luau finale, curated gifts from local artisans, and more.

Click the link to read the full case study: https://hubs.li/Q013Mx3K0

📸: Gamma Nine Photography

02/01/2022

Happy Year of the Tiger! To those who are celebrating, we hope this year brings you prosperity, good health, and fun adventures. After a challenging few years, there’s no better time for the Tiger, an animal known for bravery, courage, and graceful strength, to lead the way to a fresh start.

Graphic Artist: Cinz Lin

01/28/2022

Happy Friday! Since the start of the pandemic, our Marketing Manager, Kyra, has been channeling our core value, Tastemaking, and her love for entertaining through mixology. Check out her latest recipe inspired by the DPEM brand. Cheers to the weekend!

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01/26/2022

Events are an important part of every company’s marketing strategy. But with the rise of hybrid and virtual events, along with new technology and growing attendee expectations, internal departments are becoming increasingly aware of the event resources and expertise they lack.

Check out our latest blog on how to hire the right agency, what to expect, and the best practices to use to ensure a great agency partnership: https://hubs.li/Q012Yqzd0

Not sure what to expect when hiring an experiential event agency? Here’s how to hire the right agency and what to expect at every step of the process.

01/22/2022

We are so excited to be part of the team giving creativity a home at Pier 70 SF! It truly is a place of Creativity, of the Bay, and of Everyone! First a street art festival, then "Roll with Us" with the iconic Church of 8 Wheels and a selection of art cars (as seen at Burning Man), and now The City Canvas, an art exhibition of moving murals created by local artists during the early days of the pandemic, happening over the next two weekends.

Click the link to register for free. https://hubs.li/Q012GC4w0

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01/14/2022

As we gear up to produce this year's Growth Summit for Outreach, we can't help but look back on last year's virtual event. Building company-wide momentum to motivate and inspire teams, together with Outreach we produced a multi-day virtual kick-off event that celebrated 2020’s successes, demonstrated employee appreciation, and created energy and hype to motivate teams to crush 2021’s goals – all while guests tune in remotely from their homes.

Check out the full case study on our website: https://hubs.li/Q012drfP0

12/17/2021

Happy Holidays from the DPEM Team! Looking back on 2021, we are so grateful for all the amazing opportunities, like growing our team & spending time together IRL, building relationships with new & old clients, and continuing our work to create authentic, meaningful experiences that deeply connect our clients to their audiences. We hope you have a wonderful & safe holiday season!

12/07/2021

We know the holidays can be a fun but stressful time as we prepare for 2022. We curated a festive playlist to bring a little calm to your home and help you get through the final weeks of the year.

Check out the playlist on Spotify: https://hubs.li/Q010rphD0

Happy Holidays from the DPEM Team! 🧡

11/19/2021

Throwback to last month when two of our newer team members, Brian & Paul, went to the Experiential Marketing Summit in Chicago! We loved the opportunity to make new connections and learn what's coming next in the event industry.

11/09/2021

Treat yourself (or your loved ones) to something delicious! To celebrate and support their Good Food Award Finalists, our sister company, the Good Food Foundation has created the Finalist Pop-Up Shop, a convenient online marketplace where you can shop directly from more than 150 of the country's best food and drink crafters - just in time for holiday shopping! Shipping costs are included and revenues from each purchase go directly to the crafters, so you can find unique and delicious gifts while supporting a localized and resilient food system. The Shop will close on November 14, so be sure to get the goods before it's too late!

Click the link to shop: https://hubs.ly/H0-QP9d0

11/02/2021

Last month, some amazing creatives joined us at Pier 70 SF to unleash their inner artist. Partnering with Brookfield Properties and Talking Walls Art SF, we created an immersive art experience to build community and position this incredible space as a creative hub for artists & creators. Guests were led through a learning workshop and then invited to paint with street artists and transform a blank wall at Pier 70 into a colorful mural.

Come see it and join in the fun for our next event, November 13-14, Roller Skating with Church of 8 Wheels: https://hubs.li/H0-rbwy0

10/28/2021

Throwback to 4 years ago! Launching a huge multi-year campaign, we partnered with UCSF to create a program that built the university endowment, used to attract and retain brilliant minds, while sustaining foundational support for mission-critical work and finding new funding to tackle the most complex biomedical questions of our day. Guests were invited to participate in interactive behind-the-scenes experiences that introduced them to faculty, their amazing work, and the need for sustained giving.

Check out the full case study on our website: https://hubs.li/H0-gGsx0

10/20/2021

Experiential events make a lasting impact on your audience and break through the constant noise of traditional marketing strategies. Learn about the core of experiential marketing and how to push creativity to the limit with your next event.https://hubs.li/H0ZN0SC0

Experiential events are engaging and make an impact. Learn about experiential event marketing and how to design memorable events that grow brands.

10/19/2021

We're hiring a Senior Event Producer and a Creative Producer!

Click the link to apply: https://hubs.li/H0ZJcvC0

10/13/2021

Another in-person event in the books! DPEM partnered with Milliman to concept VERGE, an annual engagement program that positions them as a leader of business transformation through thought leadership. Creating a meaningful bond between Milliman and leaders in the insurance industry, we designed VERGE to host a select group of C-suite executives for two days of roundtable discussions, keynotes by world-renowned speakers, and 5-star dining experiences.

10/06/2021

Brand communities are the new lead gen tool. For businesses, this means nurturing a brand community is critical to success. Here’s how to incorporate experiential events in order to build a substantial brand community, and boost awareness along the way.
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Experiential marketing is at the core of building a strong brand community. Here’s how experiential events will help your brand attract and retain loyal customers.

10/05/2021

We recently planned, designed, and executed a multi-day travel incentive program in Hawaii for top-performing sales teams to celebrate their successes with an over-the-top program with activities, events, and swag. To ensure guest and staff safety, we customized an event app that provided program updates and sent alerts to all guests in real-time, designed the layouts to promote social distancing, utilized fully outdoor spaces, and ensured all attendees were vaccinated and tested negative prior to arrival.

09/29/2021

At DPEM, we approach each experience individually, avoiding formulas and instead, developing each touchpoint with an elevated curation. Utilizing Tastemaking allows us to ensure that our work (from event designs and decks to the client experience) is creative and enjoyable. Throwback to when we concepted and produced Benefit Cosmetics' National Brow Day Stunt, a unique event that invited their brand community to participate in breaking a Guinness World Record to promote brand awareness and generate sales for their brow products.

Check out how this event captured global attention in the full case study: https://hubs.li/H0Ym-CT0

09/28/2021

As we approach Q4, now is a great opportunity to start thinking about how to kick off 2022 while showing appreciation to employees and inspiring teams for the upcoming year. Last year, we helped Outreach create a live virtual event to kick off 2021. We curated engagement programming and storytelling, which was designed to create hype and inspire employees. Content included a celebrity keynote and dynamic awards ceremony to drive employee engagement.

Click the link to learn more about how we helped Outreach kick-off 2021: https://hubs.li/H0YfPcP0

09/27/2021

Not sure how to choose between a virtual, hybrid, and in-person event? We've created a guide to help you make your decision based on factors like company + brand readiness, event date, and attendees.

Check out the full guide on our website: https://hubs.li/H0Yf6VP0

09/16/2021

Learn how corporate real estate is turning to community building and workplace wellbeing in the face of the Delta variant. https://hubs.li/H0XwBcR0

In March of 2020, there was no telling to what degree and for how long we would be affected by the pandemic. A year and a half later, although there have been a great many strides in adapting to living in a world shaped by COVID-19, there is still tremendous uncertainty around what the future holds....

09/15/2021

1400+ attendees. 11+ time zones. 36 speakers. 22+ hours of content. We partnered with BlackLine to create two virtual kick-off events to rally employees together around the company's goals. The virtual events' theme, STRONGER, energized, inspired, and motivated attendees to tackle 2021! Our team did full program management from virtual platform management and keynote speaker selection to brand identity design and video content development.

Check out how we brought excitement to the screen in the full case study: https://hubs.ly/H0XppYQ0

09/09/2021

Just when we were finally resuming in-person events, event planners are back to the drawing board. Understand how the Delta variant and pandemic have changed the way the event planning process works, and learn how to implement flexible event planning tactics to maintain and increase ROI and audience engagement.
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Just as the world began to allow in a bit of hope for a return to something that looked a little more like the “before times,” the Delta variant reared its head, forcing many to rethink fall event plans. Event planners, who have been navigating the long-awaited return to in-person events, are go...

09/03/2021

We are thrilled to be safely working on in-person events again, and couldn't do it without our incredible team and amazing clients who trust us to guide them there. At DPEM, we are committed to teamwork and an inclusive, positive working environment, always striving to interact in ways that allow us to better connect and build trust amongst our team and our clients. And as you can see from this photo, we also really love having fun together!

Photo from a recent multi-day sales incentive event program at Wailea Beach Resort - Marriott, Maui!