https://backstage.hive.co/backstage-articles Backstage articles en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:01:28 GMT 2026-04-28T16:01:28Z en https://backstage.hive.co/backstage-articles/say-hello-to-backstage <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://backstage.hive.co/backstage-articles/say-hello-to-backstage" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://backstage.hive.co/hubfs/Backstage-hive-green.png" alt="Say Hello to Backstage" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>The live events industry talks to itself in hallways, green rooms and group chat that never scale past a dozen people. The conversations are great when they land, but they don't happen enough. They kept circling without a proper place to hold them, so it felt worthwhile sharing a space for event people, by event people.&nbsp;</p> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://backstage.hive.co/backstage-articles/say-hello-to-backstage" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://backstage.hive.co/hubfs/Backstage-hive-green.png" alt="Say Hello to Backstage" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>The live events industry talks to itself in hallways, green rooms and group chat that never scale past a dozen people. The conversations are great when they land, but they don't happen enough. They kept circling without a proper place to hold them, so it felt worthwhile sharing a space for event people, by event people.&nbsp;</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=45134193&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fbackstage.hive.co%2Fbackstage-articles%2Fsay-hello-to-backstage&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fbackstage.hive.co%252Fbackstage-articles&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Backstage Community Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:01:28 GMT https://backstage.hive.co/backstage-articles/say-hello-to-backstage 2026-04-28T16:01:28Z Anthony Ramsay https://backstage.hive.co/backstage-articles/ai-in-event-marketing-where-its-actually-working <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://backstage.hive.co/backstage-articles/ai-in-event-marketing-where-its-actually-working" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://backstage.hive.co/hubfs/yellow-photography.jpg" alt="AI in Event Marketing: Where It's Actually Working" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="line-height: 1.25;">Geoff Shames has been a Hive partner for twelve years, which might make him the longest-running one on the books. He found the platform before it was a platform, back when the team was working with bedroom DJs doing SoundCloud drops and free downloads.</p> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://backstage.hive.co/backstage-articles/ai-in-event-marketing-where-its-actually-working" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://backstage.hive.co/hubfs/yellow-photography.jpg" alt="AI in Event Marketing: Where It's Actually Working" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="line-height: 1.25;">Geoff Shames has been a Hive partner for twelve years, which might make him the longest-running one on the books. He found the platform before it was a platform, back when the team was working with bedroom DJs doing SoundCloud drops and free downloads.</p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=45134193&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fbackstage.hive.co%2Fbackstage-articles%2Fai-in-event-marketing-where-its-actually-working&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fbackstage.hive.co%252Fbackstage-articles&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:29:13 GMT https://backstage.hive.co/backstage-articles/ai-in-event-marketing-where-its-actually-working 2026-04-21T15:29:13Z Anthony Ramsay