First Up
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Filtering the new and the noise.  
Forming perspectives and perceptions.  
Framing insights and inspiration.

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Podcast

AI and Industry Shifts Take Center Stage
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Where we explore “context as a service” and why events deserve to be treated as products, not channels.Continue



](https://brentturner.is/podcast/ai-and-industry-shifts-take-center-stage-on-event-perspectives-podcast)

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Interruptions Welcome

The Question Layer
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](https://brentturner.is/posting/the-question-layer)

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Sharing Credit

The “Made With” Era
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](https://brentturner.is/posting/the-made-with-era)

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Podcast

STOP Making EXPENSIVE YouTube Videos at Your Events
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AI can summarize your keynote in 30 seconds. So why would anyone spend four hours of their day to watch it live? Continue



](https://brentturner.is/podcast/stop-making-expensive-youtube-videos-at-your-events-with-brent-turner-from-opus-agency)

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When Followers Can’t Follow Along

Owned Surfaces
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](https://brentturner.is/posting/owned-surfaces)

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Perspective

Joining Smart Meetings for a Live Webinar on AI and Innovation
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](https://brentturner.is/speaking/joining-smart-meetings-for-a-live-webinar-on-ai-and-innovation)

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Perspective

Speaking at London Experience Week 2026
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](https://brentturner.is/speaking/speaking-at-london-experience-week-2026)

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Connected Context

Apps All the Way Down
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](https://brentturner.is/posting/apps-all-the-way-down)

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Strange Wins

Against Better Judgment
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](https://brentturner.is/posting/against-better-judgment)

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Perspective

Designing for Smallness
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](https://brentturner.is/posting/designing-for-smallness)

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Perspective

The Return of Multitasking
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](https://brentturner.is/posting/the-return-of-multitasking)

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Keynoting

Taking the Stage at RainFocus INSIGHT 2026
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](https://brentturner.is/speaking/taking-the-stage-at-rainfocus-insight-2026)

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Hitting the Keynotes

Shaping the Future of Events at the EPNow Leadership Summit
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](https://brentturner.is/speaking/shaping-the-future-of-events-at-the-epnow-leadership-summit)

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Perspective

It’s Time to Be Irrational: Reclaiming Experimentation in Event Strategy
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](https://brentturner.is/posting/its-time-to-be-irrational)

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In The News

After the website: navigating the agent-first web
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From my collaboration with _NEXT Conference_Continue



](https://nextconf.eu/2025/12/after-the-website-navigating-the-agent-first-web/)

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In The News

It’s Time to Be Irrational
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From my collaboration with _Smart Meetings_Continue



](https://brentturner.is/inthenews/its-time-to-be-irrational)

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A Few Of My…

Five Favorite Things for 2026
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](https://brentturner.is/posting/five-favorite-things-for-2026)

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In The News

What’s shaping the next era of business-to-business?
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From my collaboration with _The Drum_Continue



](https://brentturner.is/inthenews/whats-shaping-the-next-era-of-business-to-business)

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Perspective

The Symbolic Economy
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](https://brentturner.is/posting/the-symbolic-economy)

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