Event Marketer's Toolbox

About Event Marketer's Toolbox

Each episode, host Chris Dunn teams up with a leading event professional to explore the tools, tactics, and trends that drive real results. The Event Marketer’s Toolbox is the definitive playbook for corporate event professionals and trade show marketers. From first-time marketers to seasoned planners, this show delivers practical solutions to make your events memorable and impactful. Engage. Excel. Execute.

Publisher

Chris Dunn

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Jan 2025

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

19 of 69 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   EMT #69 with Joe Fontana - Filling Rooms with Buyers, Not Bodies

   Host Chris Dunn and co-host Zaadia Spencer interview Joe Fontana about aligning sales and marketing to fill event rooms with qualified buyers and foster meaningful connections.

2. 

   17 Sept 2026

   EMT #68 with Zaadia Spencer - Turning Event Conversations Into Content That Keeps Working

   Host Chris Dunn and Brendon Hamlin interview Zaadia Spencer about transforming event interactions into lasting content that achieves specific marketing objectives.

3. 

   7 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   EMT #67 with Marc Ghafoori - Why Event Marketing Needs a Better Seat at the Table

   Chris Dunn and Brendon Hamlin interview Marc Ghafoori, SVP of Client Experience at Heritage, about the essential role of General Service Contractors in event marketing.

Inside a recent episode

EMT #67 with Marc Ghafoori - Why Event Marketing Needs a Better Seat at the Table

Published 7 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So I can think of a few different shows that do this well. And I don't know if you guys were involved in the, in the management of them or not as a GSC, but shop talk money, 2020, HubSpot's inbound, now called Unbound. The thing that those three events have in common, in my view, is that they've done a great job of reimagining what is a trade show floor and what is on the trade show floor. And the common thread between all of those is the breakout sessions for the 100-person theater are not Down the down the road or even in a different part of the hotel. They're on the show floor. The speed dating section where, you know, there's 100 high boys and you got five minutes to sit with, you know, 20 different people and you just kind of go around, you take an hour. […]

Who has been a guest on Event Marketer's Toolbox

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Joe Fontana
• Zaadia Spencer
• Marc Ghafoori
• Robert Laarhoven
• Alison French

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

13,332

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

81

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

0

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