244 – Creating Community at Events – with Evan Babins

Are you creating communities at trade shows and events? Building a community for your business is one of the hottest trends for one simple reason – it works! In this episode, we discuss how and why you should incorporate this powerful tool into your strategy!

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Joining host Jim Cermak for his second appearance on the show is Evan Babins, Events Manager at Intuit.

Evan has nearly 10 years of experience in corporate event production. Throughout his career, he has managed event logistics and production for world-class clients including: Nissan of Canada, Equitable Bank, Kia of Canada, Novartis, TD Bank, and now Quickbooks. Evan has worked in the live, virtual, and hybrid event spaces as a top event industry trendsetter. Evan has been named one of BizBash’s Top 250 Event Professionals, Eventex’s Top 50 Most Influential Event Technology Professionals, Bizzabo’s Top 55 Event Experience Leaders, and Special Event Magazine’s Top 20 Young Event Professionals to Watch.

We discuss:

• What is it like to create community at an event?
• what is the benefit?
• Can exhibitors build a community?
• How to sustain the benefits after the event ends
• And more!

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