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Rooted in Resilience: What the Philadelphia Flower Show Teaches Us About PR, Events, and Growth
ByBarbara Rozgonyi March 3, 2026March 3, 2026
I wasn’t even in Philadelphia for 24 hours. I flew in, walked into the Pennsylvania Convention Center early on a Saturday morning, and could smell the flowers before I saw a single bloom. It felt like walking into a living vision board for how I want events, brands, and stories to feel in 2026: rooted,…
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Entrepreneurship | Events | PR | Women in Business
December 2025 Charlotte Business Event Guide How to Start 2026 with Stronger Connections, Clearer Visibility, and Real Opportunity
ByBarbara Rozgonyi December 1, 2025December 1, 2025
Every December, Charlotte shifts. The pace slows, but the possibilities sharpen. While inboxes fill with automated holiday messages, the real conversations move offline and into the rooms where next year’s ideas begin. If you work in marketing, PR, communications, digital strategy, entrepreneurship, or leadership, this month offers something rare: access. Access to decision-makers. Access to…
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AI | AI | Branding | Events | Marketing
What Does It Really Take To Lead AI Transformation In Marketing in 2026?
ByBarbara Rozgonyi November 23, 2025November 23, 2025
On November 14, 2025, the Charlotte Marketing AI Exchange gathered a room full of marketers, strategists, and curious leaders to ask one core question: What does it really take to move AI from experimentation to actual transformation inside marketing? To answer that, Charlotte Marketing AI Exchange co-organizers Jessica Hreha and Tammy Tufty brought MAICON back…
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AI | Creativity | Events | Marketing | PR
What Happens When AI Meets Creativity: Amplifier, Replacement, or Partner?
ByBarbara Rozgonyi August 28, 2025August 28, 2025
Everywhere you look, AI is reshaping how we live, work, and create. But one question rises above the noise: what actually happens when AI meets human creativity? As a brand marketing and PR consultant who’s worked at the intersection of creativity, communications, and tech for decades, I find this question fascinating. Is AI an amplifier that…
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AI | Branding | Conferences | Digital PR | Events | Keynote Speaker | Marketing | PR
Top PR + AI Marketing Keynote Speaker Barbara Rozgonyi Presents New Visibility is Leadership Playbook at DigiMarCon
ByBarbara Rozgonyi July 9, 2025July 9, 2025
TL;DR Summary: Barbara Rozgonyi, a Top 100 Keynote Speaker to Watch in 2025, will open Day 2 of DigiMarCon South Atlantic 2025 with her high-energy presentation: “Visibility Is Leadership: The Must-Have PR + AI Playbook.” This session is designed to equip marketers, CMOs, and executives with a proven framework to lead with trust, data, and…
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Solar Eclipse App and Concert
ByBarbara Rozgonyi August 20, 2017
Where will you be watching the solar eclipse? Wherever you are, you can watch on your phone or computer. Thanks to the Exploratorium, a leading science learning laboratory and museum in San Francisco, for letting me know about these five live feeds of the Great American Eclipse on August 21st, 2017. You can watch the feeds via the…
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Digital PR | Events | Speaking
Association Speaker PR How to Get Results
ByBarbara Rozgonyi December 10, 2014
I’m excited to present at Association Forum’s Holiday Showcase! WIll you be there? Let me know so we can meet up!! Speaking to associations is a great way to get out in front of new audiences. Most associations have a communications person who will publicize your appearance to their members and maybe the media. You…
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Conferences | Events
Meeting and Event Pros Engage to Excel at MPI EdCon2014 on 11/20
ByBarbara Rozgonyi November 5, 2014
Are you a meeting planner – or a meeting supplier – in the Chicago area who’s looking to learn, network and advance your business or career? Then, you won’t want to miss the Meeting Professionals International Chicago Area Chapter [MPI-CAC] annual educational conference, called EdCon, on November 20 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center…
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Events | Marketing
IMEX America Networking Tips: Get Connected to #IMEX14 Wherever You Are
ByBarbara Rozgonyi October 10, 2014
With over 10,000 attendees, three days of programming, Smart Monday, appointments, meetings and events, is networking at IMEX overwhelming or is IMEX a can’t miss networking event? Take a look at the 2013 IMEX America stats. You’ll get more out of the conference when you focus of one of IMEX’s biggest benefits: making connections…
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Events | Marketing
How to Maximize Your Event Marketing ROI with Social Media Workshop
ByBarbara Rozgonyi July 24, 2014
Are you interested in how to better market your seminars, conferences and online programs to get more “folks in seats” and “eyes on your screens?” Then, you’re invited to join me at Clemson University’s Annual Conference on How to Use Social, Mobile & Internet Marketing to Get More Registrations here in Chicago on August 24-26 at the Courtyard by Marriott-Magnificent Mile at 165…
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MPI Chicago Industry Xchange Recap and Highlights
ByBarbara Rozgonyi July 16, 2014
Wow-what a crowd! Over 500 people, from 11 organizations, gathered on July 19 at Navy Pier to network, learn, and look into the future of the meetings, events and travel industry at Chicago Industry Xchange. It was exciting to see the room packed, especially because, as a member of MPI-CAC’s MarComm committee, I helped out…
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4 US Travel Association Industry Takeaways from MPI Chicago Industry Xchange
ByBarbara Rozgonyi July 16, 2014
On July 9, MPI Chicago and 11 other organizations gathered at Navy Pier for Industry Xchange Chicago. Nan Marchand Beavois, Senior Director, National Council Relations at U.S. Travel Association [USTA], was the keynote speaker. Nan is a strategic leader with 20+ years of travel industry experience. Prior to joining U.S. Travel, she served as the…
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Events | Marketing
Meetings Technology Expo Coming to Chicago on June 3
ByBarbara Rozgonyi May 19, 2014
On June 3, meeting and event professionals will gather at the Donald E Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois to get the latest information on how technology can take meetings to the next level. I’m excited to be back and look forward to participating in the opening panel and to leading two sessions! Meetings Technology…
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Must-Have 2014 Apps for Meeting and Event Planners
ByBarbara Rozgonyi February 13, 2014
With so many apps out there – and only so much room on your mobile device – you might be wondering: what are the must-have apps for meeting and event planners in 2014? This post first appeared on the Meeting Professional International Chicago Area Chapter blog. To get you started, here’s a list of apps…
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Events | PR | Social Media
Top Low Cost and no Cost Social Media Measurement Tools
ByBarbara Rozgonyi November 7, 2013
Coming up on November 15, I’ll be covering my favorite top low cost and no cost social media measurement tools at Digital Megaphone’s Social Media and PR Monitoring and Measurement Summit. Eight case studies will be presented from PepsiCo, Wilton, Oscar Mayer, Belize, North Shore University HealthSystem, Optima, Gourmet 45 and CampMor. Register here. You’ll…
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SES Chicago and SMC Chicago Event with Sundeep Kapur
ByBarbara Rozgonyi November 4, 2013
If you’re into search and social and you live in Chicago, you’ll want to know about this event . . . plus, you can get a $600 discount with a special SMCChicago code. Ever year, I look forward to attending SES Chicago to learn about the latest in search, social and tech. This year, I’m…
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Events | Marketing | Meeting Planners | Speaking
Meeting and Event Pros Engage to Excel at MPI-CAC EdCon 2013 on 11/14
ByBarbara Rozgonyi October 9, 2013
Are you a meeting planner – or a meeting supplier – in the Chicago area who’s looking to learn, network and advance your business or career? Then, you won’t want to miss the Meeting Professional International Chicago Area Chapter [MPI-CAC] annual educational conference, called EdCon, on November 14. Disclosure: I serve on MPI-CAC’s MarComm committee…
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Entrepreneurship | SMWBerlin | Writing
Building a Movement for Freelancers’ and Interns’ Rights #SMWReporter
ByBarbara Rozgonyi September 24, 2013
This post is one is the #SMWReporter series from Social Media Week Berlin. Thanks to Nokia for covering travel and expenses, as well as providing a Nokia Lumia 1020 camera Disclosure: http://cmp.ly/6/RC5QuG Presented by Katja Petrova and Joel Dullroy, this session focused on how to build a movement around freelancers’ and interns’ rights. How about…
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Digital PR | Events | Speaking
Ragan PR Measurement Summit Covers Top Tools
ByBarbara Rozgonyi September 17, 2013
“Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.” Andy Warhol For PR folks, inches have given away to clicks, comments, community engagement and conversions. If you’re not familiar with them yet, check out the seven Barcelona principles, a declaration of standards and practices to guide measurement and evaluation of public relations….
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Events | Marketing
Fashion is Going to the Dogs
ByBarbara Rozgonyi September 17, 2013January 30, 2023
48,000,000 results. That’s what you get when you google dog modeling. You’ll find articles like “5 Tips to Get Your Pet a Modeling Gig.” This week, we’ll be part of that world. Heads Up, There’s a Dog Model in the House When we adopted a shelter dog, I never thought she’d turn into a fashion…
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Events | SMWBerlin | Social Media
Social Media Week Berlin It Is!
ByBarbara Rozgonyi September 13, 2013
Apologies to my Chicago social media friends who will be attending the Social Media Club Chicago panel presentation on September 26 at Willis Tower. I love you all, but I won’t be celebrating Social Media Week with you. I’ll be in Berlin. When an opportunity to cover Social Media Week Berlin as a SMW Reporter…
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Blogging | Events | Marketing
Social Media Week Chicago or Berlin #SMWReporter
ByBarbara Rozgonyi August 27, 2013September 22, 2022
I LOVE speaking at Social Media Week Chicago. [Watch the 2012 video.] But, I might not be here. I hope I’ll be covering Social Media Week Berlin. Thanks to Nokia, there’s a contest to do just that. Social Media Week Berlin #SMWReporter Entry This is a super long shot. But, this morning when my Nigerian cab driver…
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Events | Speaking
Social Media on the Wild Side for Meeting and Event Planners
ByBarbara Rozgonyi August 19, 2013
It’s not every day that I get asked to speak somewhere as fun as Lincoln Park Zoo. But, that’s where I’ll be on August 21. My challenge? Taking meeting planners on a social media safari. What better place to do that than at Lincoln Park Zoo? One of the nation’s oldest zoos housing 1200 animals representing 230…
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Celebrate #SMDAY DuPage in Glen Ellyn on June 30
ByBarbara Rozgonyi June 24, 2013
So excited to be hosting #SMDay in my town! In this post, you’ll find more information, including where to sign up for free registration. Launched by Mashable in 2010, Social Media Day is a way to recognize the digital revolution happening right before our eyes. You can track global events at http://mashable.com/smday/. And, you can…
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Apps | Conferences | Social Media
Apple WWDC Keynote iOS7 Highlights
ByBarbara Rozgonyi June 10, 2013
As a MacBook Pro and iPhone 5 owner, I’m always interested in what’s up next from Apple. Today’s keynote from Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), June 10-14 in San Francisco, announced the latest in iOS and OS X design and development. As expected, Apple introduced iOS7. Watch the iOS7 video. Want to compare developer announcements? Read the May 16 recap…
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