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Agents of change
Agents of change

Agents of change

Antony Reeve-Crook, Director, ArciMedia Ltd. Well, we’ve got a new prime minister here in the UK; Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. He’s not to everyone’s taste, and in fairness he took the post on the votes of just over 92,000 eligible party voters (the general public having already had their say in which party to elect), but we’re hoping he’ll do a good job. It was also a surprise to nobody. Born to wealthy upper-middle class parents, a pupil at Eton then on to study classics at Oxford Uni [...]

By Antony Reeve-Crook| 2019-08-07T09:49:45+00:00 July 31st, 2019|Best Practices, Human Resources, Management|0 Comments

Are the rarest Digital talents attracted by the exhibition industry?
Are the rarest Digital talents attracted by the exhibition industry?

Are the rarest Digital talents attracted by the exhibition industry?

Stephan Forseilles, Head of Technology and Digital Transformation, Easyfairs. Last month, I had the pleasure to be on stage again with Gunnar Heinrich and Tesi Baur at UFI’s Asia Pacific Conference in Tokyo. With the help of the audience which could vote in real time, we debated several controversial digital topics. Digital is a big shift, both for businesses and people. To face the exponential change, businesses must be able to attract and keep the best digital talent, especially the new prof [...]

By Guest| 2019-04-15T09:53:29+00:00 April 15th, 2019|Best Practices, Digital Innovation, Human Resources|3 Comments

Is it time to rethink traditional event KPI’s?
Is it time to rethink traditional event KPI’s?

Is it time to rethink traditional event KPI’s?

Matthias (Tesi) Baur, Founder and Consultant, MBB-Consulting Group. Financial reward may be the driving force for most businesses, but it is not the only way to measure business success. Our business environment is not the same as it was 20, 10, or even five years ago and the way in which we measure performance should reflect this. Companies assessing their performance by measuring outdated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) run the risk of performing within an outdated framework. As the basic [...]

By Guest| 2019-02-18T14:32:38+00:00 February 18th, 2019|Best Practices, Digital Innovation, Exhibition Industry, Exhibition Marketing, Human Resources, Management|2 Comments

Exhibition industry triggers best practice sharing
Exhibition industry triggers best practice sharing

Exhibition industry triggers best practice sharing

Exhibition Industry: Submit your best practice example today and win one of UFI's prestigious 2018 global industry awards! Your organization and teams work hard. Let the industry recognize their efforts! Deadlines are quickly approaching for the UFI Digital Innovations, Human Resources and Operations and Services Awards. Award themes are determined by their respective Committees and change annually. The Committees also serve as judges. The awards listed below are open to UFI members and non-memb [...]

By Stephanie Selesnick| 2018-02-15T10:57:52+00:00 February 15th, 2018|All, Best Practices, Digital Innovation, Human Resources, Operations & Services, Sustainable Development|0 Comments

5 Tips to win the UFI NGL Grant 2018
5 Tips to win the UFI NGL Grant 2018

5 Tips to win the UFI NGL Grant 2018

The UFI Next Generation Leadership (NGL) Grant promotes next generation leadership in the exhibition industry, rewarding professionals who show clear initiatives in driving change and innovation in their area of activity. The programme promotes UFI’s commitment to recognising and supporting the best talents within the exhibition industry and here is why you must apply! I’ve never won a competition in my life, ever because I had never applied to any prior to entering UFI’s NGL Grant 2017, an ini [...]

By Guest| 2018-02-13T10:55:24+00:00 February 13th, 2018|Education, Human Resources|0 Comments

UFI’s 5 trends to watch in 2018
UFI’s 5 trends to watch in 2018

UFI’s 5 trends to watch in 2018

This is traditionally the time of the year for reviewing the developments over the past months and taking stock. At UFI, we did this in early November, during the General Assembly at our Global Congress in Johannesburg. Thank you again for all the feedback you gave the UFI team on our ongoing initiatives, activities and projects. As in previous years, we also used the time around the Congress to identify the core themes that the UFI team feels will impact the global exhibition industry in 2018. [...]

By Kai Hattendorf| 2018-01-22T17:15:22+00:00 December 11th, 2017|All, Digital Innovation, Exhibition Industry, Human Resources, Management, Operations & Services, Topics, UFI News|0 Comments

The IFP Group’s Joker Program
The IFP Group’s Joker Program

The IFP Group’s Joker Program

Insight by Diana Salman, HR Strategic Change Manager (IFP Group) and UFI NGL Grant recepient. In playing cards, the Joker is Wild. Being able to be anything the holder needs it to be, it makes any hand stronger. The Joker Program is UFI member IFP Group’s answer to moving their operations team seamlessly across their six offices in five countries as needed. Diana Salman, HR Strategic Change Manager for the company and 2017 #NGLGrant recipient shared how her company came up with the idea. IFP Gro [...]

By Guest| 2017-12-08T09:40:10+00:00 October 11th, 2017|All, Education, Human Resources, Middle East – Africa|0 Comments

Sharing knowledge across platforms for the exhibition industry
Sharing knowledge across platforms for the exhibition industry

Sharing knowledge across platforms for the exhibition industry

Blogger: Kai Hattendorf, UFI Managing Director When we meet at the UFI Global Congress in Shanghai, we will discuss the trends and developments that create ripples of change in our industry. One of these is the way that digital media and marketing channels impact the way we reach out and interact with our customers and business prospects. The same is true, in many ways, for the way we at UFI are reaching out to you, our members. Technically a company, or an association, is signed up as a UFI mem [...]

By Kai Hattendorf| 2017-12-08T10:06:13+00:00 October 5th, 2016|All, Human Resources, UFI News|0 Comments

How exhibitions engage with people online and what the millennials expect of them
How exhibitions engage with people online and what the millennials expect of them

How exhibitions engage with people online and what the millennials expect of them

Blogger: Christoph Spangenberg, Corporate Communications, MCH Group Every brand can become a love brand online. What companies have to do to achieve this and what the millennials expect of exhibitions was explained by marketing expert Huib van Bockel and behavioural scientist Tessa van Asselt at the UFI Open Seminar in Basel. The theme of this year's meeting for the exhibition sector: The Challenge of Change. How do companies reach potential customers in the Internet? How do they develop a loyal [...]

By Guest| 2017-12-08T12:01:19+00:00 June 27th, 2016|All, Digital Innovation, Exhibition Industry, Exhibition Marketing, Human Resources|0 Comments

The next generation of industry leaders has much to share
The next generation of industry leaders has much to share

The next generation of industry leaders has much to share

Blogger: Sergey Alexeev, UFI President New and alternative ideas and different mindsets, with a strong will to drive change and innovation! This is the reason why UFI established the Next Generation Leadership (NGL) Grant, providing an ideal occasion for up to five grantees to join the industry’s global stage at the upcoming 2016 UFI Congress in Shanghai. The response to the first NGL Grant has been overwhelming. We received many great applications – from a total of 16 countries – and we could h [...]

By UFI President| 2017-12-10T13:24:35+00:00 June 23rd, 2016|All, Best Practices, Exhibition Industry, Human Resources|0 Comments