Event Experience

Kira Willner is Executive Director of Brand Experience at Barron's Group, a Dow Jones Company. In this episode of IN-PERSON, Kira shares how Barron’s Group is breathing new life into many of its brands with live events, balancing the needs of sponsors and attendees and more.

Kira oversees live journalism events for all of the brands within Barron's Group, including Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Penta and Financial News. She also oversees brand marketing and business strategy for several of these brands.

Lindsay Niemiec McKenna, VP of Revenue Marketing at Yext, discusses how events can be used to define a company brand, the importance of sales/marketing alignment, the concept of revenue marketing and branded fruit.

Lindsay is the mastermind of ONWARD, Yext’s award-winning annual flagship conference. In 2018, ONWARD brought together nearly 6,000 in-person attendees and over 1,000 virtual ones. Lindsay is a Salesforce alum and was named to the 2018 list of DMN’s Marketing Hall of Femme & Women to Watch.

IN-PERSON tells the stories behind the world's most daring events and the people who make them happen.