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5 Reasons Badges We Are Using Don’t Work
5 Reasons Badges We Are Using Don’t Work

5 Reasons Badges We Are Using Don’t Work

Blogger: Stephanie Selesnick, President of International Trade Information, Inc. Badges are one of the standard things in all exhibitions and events. We require them for entrance to our events, and they also help people with introductions. Here are five reasons what we presently use on our badges is bad, and what should be changed for the future. Lanyards. Why do we use these? To make money! What a terrible sponsorship. Aren’t we as an industry beyond that kind of wasted marketing? Lanyards forc [...]

By Stephanie Selesnick| 2017-12-10T11:55:26+00:00 October 12th, 2016|All, Exhibition Industry, Operations & Services, Topics|0 Comments

The dietary needs of visitors
The dietary needs of visitors

The dietary needs of visitors

Blogger: Barry Siskind, author of Powerful Exhibit Marketing Organizers worry about everything. They worry, regardless of how inconsequential the details, because they know from experience that one seemingly small mistake can have very large consequences. One issue, that in the past has been relatively straight forward, is food. What to we feed those vast numbers of visitors who come from all corners of the world. Past choices were based on a few essential criteria such as culture, religion, tra [...]

By Siskind Barry| 2017-12-10T12:55:14+00:00 June 21st, 2016|All, Exhibition Industry, Operations & Services|0 Comments

What Does a ‘Smart’ Venue Look Like?
What Does a ‘Smart’ Venue Look Like?

What Does a ‘Smart’ Venue Look Like?

Blogger: Jason Popp, Executive Vice President, International – GES Over the past few years, keeping up with trends in technology has become more important for event planners than ever. Venues love to throw around the term “smart,” but a smart venue is more than a Wi-Fi router and a few references to the cloud. Truly smart venues give participants opportunities to try new experiences and make engagement simpler and more effective for presenters and exhibitors. It’s up to event planners to maximiz [...]

By GES| 2017-12-10T13:51:31+00:00 May 30th, 2016|All, Digital Innovation, Exhibition Industry, Operations & Services|0 Comments

Human Interaction Meets Automation: The Future of Exhibition CRM & Sales
Human Interaction Meets Automation: The Future of Exhibition CRM & Sales

Human Interaction Meets Automation: The Future of Exhibition CRM & Sales

Blogger: Thorsten Kolbinger, Managing Director EMEA, Ungerboeck Software The future of exhibitions is bright, yet we have to prepare ourselves for a massive shift in the event and exhibition industry. CRM and sales processes will need to be aligned with industry developments and customer requirements. What will customer relationship management for exhibitions look like in the future? As the industry is undergoing a transformation, organizers have to ask themselves whether selling booth space wil [...]

By Guest| 2017-12-10T13:59:37+00:00 March 29th, 2016|All, Exhibition Industry, Operations & Services|0 Comments

Marketing trends and exhibitor behaviour
Marketing trends and exhibitor behaviour

Marketing trends and exhibitor behaviour

Posted by Barry Siskind UFI’s Community Manager This year’s UFI Open Seminar in Europe will be held June 15-17 in Istanbul, Turkey. Andre Hoeben, Chief Operating Officer for Netherlands based Gielissen Exhibition and Event Services will moderate the event. The theme this year is “Competing for the marketing budget – the future position of exhibitions in the marketing mix.” Andre will also be leading a panel discussion focused on marketing trends and exhibitor behaviour. I reached Andre in his o [...]

By Siskind Barry| 2018-01-16T13:23:21+00:00 May 5th, 2015|All, Best Practices, Education, Exhibition Industry, Human Resources, Operations & Services|0 Comments

Beginning the attendee journey
Beginning the attendee journey

Beginning the attendee journey

Posted by Barry Siskind UFI’s Community Manager Much has been written about the “attendee experience,” recently I read a blog post on the My Industry tracker recently that described it as the “attendee journey.” Blogger Robin Gallegos describes the attendee journey as a careful examination of each step the attendees takes as they interact with an event or exhibition. That’s everything from registration to the follow-up surveys. The first step is registration and according to the author if that [...]

By Siskind Barry| 2018-01-16T13:23:14+00:00 April 26th, 2015|All, Best Practices, Digital Innovation, Education, Exhibition Industry Research, Human Resources, Management, Operations & Services|0 Comments

Young professionals deliver unique value to exhibitions

Posted by Barry Siskind UFI’s Community Manager The Center for Exhibition Industry Research and SISO has just released another landmark study titled, “2015 Young Professional Exhibitor Needs and Preferences Study.” The thirty eight page report is packed full of useful information. Here are the five key findings: 98 percent of young exhibitors report that exhibitions deliver unique value that cannot be fulfilled by other marketing or sales channels. Seven out of 10 young exhibitors view the exhi [...]

By Siskind Barry| 2018-01-16T13:23:08+00:00 April 16th, 2015|All, Best Practices, Digital Innovation, Education, Exhibition Industry Research, Human Resources, Management, Operations & Services|0 Comments

The shift in Demographics

Posted by Barry Siskind UFI’s Community Manager One of the most difficult things for a sales person to say is, “I don’t know.” Whether they work for an organizer or are on the exhibitor’s front line, acknowledging that there is something they don’t know is difficult to acknowledge. In countless training sessions I taught the correct response is to say, “I’ll look into that and get back to you.” Yet in spite of this and all the hours’ role playing, the dreaded, “I don’t know,” remained elusive. M [...]

By Siskind Barry| 2017-12-02T22:54:34+00:00 April 14th, 2015|All, Best Practices, Management, Operations & Services|0 Comments

Helping stakeholders prove value

Posted by Barry Siskind UFI’s Community Manager A white paper written by Harvard Business School lecturer Frank Cespedes states, “Three of five marketers’ use no tools to measure event ROI and most companies plan and execute events without specific business objectives.” This basic bit of business insight was first brought to my attention thirty years ago when I became a consultant to exhibitors. I must admit that Cespedes’ comment does not necessarily mean all exhibitors. Some of the very large [...]

By Siskind Barry| 2017-12-02T22:54:34+00:00 April 9th, 2015|All, Best Practices, Operations & Services|0 Comments

Confirmation bias lurks in the boardroom

Posted by Barry Siskind UFI’s Community Manager You and one of your staff have made a decision. You gave it a lot of thought, did the research and moved forward. Yet, in spite of all that went into the decision, it turned out wrong. Why? It could be because the law of averages states that it’s impossible to be right all the time, or, when you or your staff member did the research did you show a bias for information that confirmed your view and ignored the rest. According to psychologists the ans [...]

By Siskind Barry| 2017-12-03T01:13:33+00:00 April 7th, 2015|All, Best Practices, Exhibition Marketing, Operations & Services|0 Comments