System integrators: Advancing boldly into a brave new world

Jan. 16, 2023 | Share This Post:  

“In 2019, probably 2/3rds of our business was live events, so when the pandemic hit there was an element of having to reinvent the wheel,” he recalls, adding that the company successfully shifted its focus to producing and delivery virtual...

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Revolving Door Roundup Agency Moves: Kafka Media Group

Jan. 12, 2023 | Share This Post:  

Kafka Media Group was named agency of record for edgefactory. Check out the full article here. For media and PR requests, please email PR@edgefactory.com.

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Orlando Terminal C Launches Interactive Gaming

Jan. 12, 2023 | Share This Post:  

In a continuing rollout of its digital focus, Orlando Terminal C has unveiled interactive, touchless gaming in its Plaza Premium Lounge in partnership with edgefactory and X Studios, according to a press release… Check out the full article here. For media...

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Plaza Premium lounge opens in Orlando’s New Terminal C

Jan. 11, 2023 | Share This Post:  

Plaza Premium might be new to the US, but that doesn’t mean it is coming to the market tentatively. The group’s brand new Plaza Premium Lounge at Orlando International Airport (MCO) is a flagship product in virtually every regard, from...

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Accounts in Transit: KMG Reps edgefactory

Jan. 11, 2023 | Share This Post:  

Kafka Media Group takes on AOR duties for edgefactory, a full-service media production partner for events, conferences and tradeshows… Check out the full article here. For media and PR requests, please email PR@edgefactory.com.

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Is meeting tech still relevant in 2023?

Jan. 11, 2023 | Share This Post:  

Things change fast in the planning world. Case in point: The explosion of event technology at the height of the pandemic helped keep the industry afloat while planners sifted through an overwhelming selection of virtual platforms. Fast forward to the...

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Plaza Premium Lounge Brings Interactive Gaming to MCO’s Terminal C with edgefactory Partnership

Jan. 10, 2023 | Share This Post:  

The game—Tasty Turtle Treats—is a one-player interactive game in which the player controls a turtle character using an advanced interactive camera that uses the person as the controller. Turtle food falls from the top of the screen, and the player...

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Plaza Premium Lounge Brings Interactive Gaming to MCO’s Terminal C with edgefactory Partnership

Jan. 09, 2023 | Share This Post:  

Orlando International Airport’s new Terminal C is heading into its fourth month of operation and is winding down from a busy holiday season… Check out the full article here. For media and PR requests, please email PR@edgefactory.com.

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Smart Meetings – Best of 2022: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Dec. 21, 2022 | Share This Post:  

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become increasingly important as the travel and tourism industries are surging into 2023. While travel numbers continue to grow, the events industry has been forever changed since Covid stopped the world in 2019 and giving...

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BizBash – Do’s and Don’ts of Making an Event Accessible

Dec. 19, 2022 | Share This Post:  

BizBash tapped two leaders in the accessibility space: Keely Cat-Wells, an entrepreneur, disability activist, and the founder and president of disabled-led talent management company C Talent @ Whalar, which represents deaf and disabled talent. And Kenny Samsel, the lead producer of edgefactory—the...

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How Digital Signage Promoted a ‘Healthy Athlete Experience’ at Special Olympics USA

Nov. 09, 2022 | Share This Post:  

In 2022, the Special Olympics USA Games, held in Orlando, FL, came to edgefactory for help with logistics and support for the Special Olympics Healthy Athlete Experience. Special Olympics Healthy Athletes helps to provide free health screenings and education to...

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10 Ways to Add Wow to Your Event

Nov. 09, 2022 | Share This Post:  

“We’re always trying to find ways to break out of the ‘death by PowerPoint’ experience that epitomizes what so many events offer,” says Brian Cole, President and CEO. Here are 10 ways you can do just that — and add...

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How to Balance Budgeting While Getting the Most Out of Messaging

Nov. 07, 2022 | Share This Post:  

The increase in virtual and hybrid events during the pandemic is a shift that isn’t going anywhere as, at the same time, new budgetary constraints are being grappled with due to supply-chain issues and inflation. Now that event planners are...

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Special Olympics, edgefactory craft inclusive fun with digital signage

Nov. 07, 2022 | Share This Post:  

The U.S. Special Olympics have partnered with edgefactory to help create an accessible experience at its 2022 Orlando games, including digital signage, for athletes going through mandatory health screenings before competition events, according to a press release and case study....

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Special Olympics, edgefactory craft inclusive fun with digital signage

Nov. 07, 2022 | Share This Post:  

The Special Olympics Healthy Athlete Experience includes health screening and education for more than 12,000 athletes during check-in for the events of the week-long Games, utilizing the services of 600 doctors and prioritizing inclusiveness and fun for a variety of...

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edgefactory Experience at Travel Market Conference

Oct. 19, 2022 | Share This Post:  

The conference is being held at Resorts World, the newest integrated luxury resort to be built on the Las Vegas Strip in over a decade, in its state of the art convention center on October 27-30th. The convention center is...

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Virtual Background Gallery

Feb. 11, 2021 | Share This Post:  

We are excited to share these virtual backgrounds with you! Please feel free to use on your next zoom, teams, webex, etc meetings! Once you click the download link, right click on the image and hit save image as. Click...

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A Special Valentine’s Day Message

Feb. 11, 2021 | Share This Post:  

Happy Valentine’s Day edgefactory friends, family, and partners! We heart you!  While we sit on our Zoom, Teams, WebEx, and other meeting platforms, we thought we should share the love and build a gallery of virtual backgrounds just for you!  We have been...

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Disability:IN 2020 Virtual Meeting

Oct. 24, 2020 | Share This Post:  

edgefactory was thrilled to partner with Q&A Events and Disability:IN on transforming a traditionally, face to face, annual meeting to one of the early adopters of a virtual environment. Challenges: Create an engaging environment that isn’t a typical Zoom meeting....

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Virtual Meetings Most Used Terms

Aug. 11, 2020 | Share This Post:  

Branded Countdown (with music) Similar to the Pre-Show Countdown, but branded video content to your specific event, both visually and through custom music. Also, integrate the countdown on top of the Pre-Show Visual Loop for even more impact.   Branded...

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