Thoughts, advice, interviews and experiences on the tools and business processes of event and trade show technology... en-us http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362.html?nid=3669 Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use May 12, 2008 http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/110026211.html?nid=3669 Introduction Hey there everybody Please don't romp or roam We're a little nervous 'Cause we're so far from home So this ... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/990025699.html?nid=3669 I have recently spent a lot of time contacting industry opinion leaders to discuss current software solutions. I am challenged that meeting p... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/30025203.html?nid=3669 Yesterday, Austin, Texas announced high-tech plans for school campuses which would upgrade computers. The price tag for this improvement is... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/20025202.html?nid=3669 One of the exciting parts of my job is the chance to see, first hand, how show organizers and producers are adopting technology into their trades... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1690024569.html?nid=3669 Many, many years ago, during my sophomore year in college, I learned how to use a computer. The law firm that I worked for asked me to test a... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/630024263.html?nid=3669 Laura Joffe Numeroff has created a wonderful kids book series depicting animal characters with human characteristics and an unsuspecting child in... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/880021688.html?nid=3669 Ask around and you will hear the same concern from show organizers, meeting planners and show producers - Web 2.0 technology is here but what impli... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1840023184.html?nid=3669 It is 5:42 AM Central Time on Tuesday morning. I have been on our family vacation for four days and my desire to connect to the internet ha... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/870021687.html?nid=3669 Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is an identification method and data capture, relying on storing and remotely retrieving information using de... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/860021686.html?nid=3669 Much has been written about social networking tools and yet they still are evolving into the form that best answers the needs for the meetings indu... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/850021685.html?nid=3669 The term webinar stands for Web-based seminar, which can represent a variety of presentations or meetings transmitted via the Internet. A... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/840021684.html?nid=3669 Internet video or streaming media has become highlighted by the recent success of YouTube. It is not much of a stretch to make the connection... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/830021683.html?nid=3669 Dashboards for management information systems are an interface that organizes and summarizes information that is easy to understand and often all... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/820021682.html?nid=3669 Cell phones represent one of the greatest untapped technology tools in the meetings industry. While CRM solutions, airlines and even publishe... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/40020804.html?nid=3669 With the beginning of the 2008, Event Tech blog will be running a series of posts exploring the technologies that will have the greatest impact in ... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/30020803.html?nid=3669 With the launch of the 2008 year, we are exploring the technologies that will have the greatest impact in our industry. Online Reg... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1010020501.html?nid=3669 With the launch of the 2008 year, I am exploring the technologies that I believe will have the greatest impact in our industry. In a series of... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1640018764.html?nid=3669 Social networking tools, and their vendors, have come under fire in recent years over an issue of trust. The dispute in question is whether o... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1580019558.html?nid=3669 During my morning rush to catch a flight, I ran into a new design at the airline counter. Seems some supervisor decided that the self-serve ki... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1630018763.html?nid=3669 As I research the implementation of new technologies, one common occurrence I have noticed over and over again is that people like to run before th... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1620018762.html?nid=3669 As part of my daily routine, I like to bike. I do this for a couple of reasons. First, it is much needed exercise and relatively easy... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1610018761.html?nid=3669 A couple of weeks back I mentioned how my team and I built a new website, StephenNold.com, from scratch. The purpose of the site is to provid... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1330018333.html?nid=3669 As of late, I have been spending more and more time evaluating the importance of Web 2.0 technology for the Meetings industry. For those unfa... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/610018261.html?nid=3669 One of the privileges I have experienced in my business career was the access to business leaders that shaped the business world.&n... http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/160018016.html?nid=3669 In the rapidly globalizing society we live in today, issues dealing with transnational citizenship, policies involving immigration and emigration...