en-us http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/%blog_id.html?nid=4416 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use November 15, 2009 http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1520009752.html?nid=4416 By today’s standards, I suppose I am considered somewhat old school. I do not keep a fancy headset hanging off my ear while I eat, I do not listen to my iPOD as I walk down the street, and I have not been a big blog reader. It even took me some considerable time to transition from … Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1020000302/post/1340009934.html?nid=4416 I know. You’ve never seen my mug here before. It’s a new thing, and just one of many new things we’ll be rolling out with this new, improved Tradeshowweek.com. Besides what you already get from our Web site – and the results of a recent survey tells us some of you are getting… Thu, 24 May 2007 08:50:18 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1750009775.html?nid=4416 A couple of weeks ago Google announced another new horizon for their business model: instant messaging. If you have not already figured out how to harness the power of Google for your work environment, it is time to get onboard. Just as the power of Microsoft revolutionized the use of … Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1670009967.html?nid=4416 Registration vendors have become the most important vendor relationship with show organizers, next to general contractors. When it comes to technology questions, show management relies on the registration suppliers. Makes sense given the importance placed on integrating community data with the sho… Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1990009999.html?nid=4416 I love my job. Every day I take time to look for innovations, and it seems like every day I find something new and absolutely cool. For example, how about a 2.5 inch Sony TV screen with (0.01 inch)-thick display that you can wear like a t-shirt? How would that change the exh… Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1020000302/post/40010204.html?nid=4416 The first time I heard that SMG might be changing hands was back in the second week of April. Just as is the case with many of our news stories, the original tip came from somebody who knew a little bit, some of it wrong, but enough to make it seem like it might be worth pursuing.That tip entered th… Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:52:20 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1770009777.html?nid=4416 Matchmaking…social engineering…networking solutions. Whatever you choose to call the recent introduction of software designed to initiate introductions at events and tradeshows, there is a creditability crisis in the works. Fundamentally, the purpose of these tools makes sense… Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1020000302/post/1400010340.html?nid=4416 Last year, for the issue of Tradeshow Week that was distributed at the Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events’ Expo! Expo! in San Diego, I wrote an article on blogging. At the time, what I thought would be an easy search for tradeshow blogs in the industry was actually, at the end of the day, p… Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:25:14 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1920010392.html?nid=4416 Forty years ago, the Beatles launched the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album and every longhaired hippie kid in America was headed to San Francisco. It was the summer of love. Will 2007 become known as the summer of innovation for the meetings industry? Some of the most p… Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1020000302/post/160010416.html?nid=4416 Earlier this week, I participated in a panel at the Las Vegas Intl. Hospitality & Convention Summit, produced by the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. It was a “crystal ball” session, in which the two other panelists (marketing … Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:15:53 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1020000302/post/50010605.html?nid=4416 I just returned last night from the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Assn. Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. There are a handful of stories to tell about that – some of which will wind up eventually in the pages of Tradeshow Week. Among the collection of sessions, workshops and panel disc… Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:39:07 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1020000302/post/1120010712.html?nid=4416 Boy, talk about touching a nerve. My June 4 op-ed in Tradeshow Week has gotten more of a reaction than any I’ve written so far. That’s still only three or four letters, most from ESCA leadership, but the names I was called in them shows the passion my opinion (note: opinion, not article)… Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:50:53 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1610010761.html?nid=4416 I recently contacted an executive of a registration company who explained to me they were not a technology company but rather a services organization. I was baffled with this answer. Even if this registration company seeks the title ‘services organization’, don’t t… Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:13:56 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1470010947.html?nid=4416 Mark Sylvester adopted a policy long ago to identify the customers who make a difference. “We have a donut shop with three lines waiting to buy our donuts,” says the CEO of introNetworks. “In the first line are people who can’t wait to get their hands on our donut… Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1020000302/post/1490010949.html?nid=4416 McCormick Place – or rather, the Metropolitan Pier and Exhibition Authority, which runs it – sort of got itself a new food service provider earlier this week. Levy Restaurants, which had the contract for the past five years, joined with two other companies to successfully bid on a new 10… Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:27:52 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1650010965.html?nid=4416 One of the privileges that I have in this industry is the opportunity to speak with entrepreneurs and innovators who are designing and building the tools of the future. Coming from this same cut of cloth, I can appreciate and understand some of the excitement and apprehension that they face.&n… Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1020000302/post/1900011190.html?nid=4416 At the risk of reviving a slowly dying fire … I feel compelled to add one more word both here and on the op-ed page of the print version of Tradeshow Week to the dust-up created by a column my colleague Heidi Genoist wrote in the June 4 issue. To me, Genoist’s piece, entitled “Co… Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:01:58 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1060011306.html?nid=4416 It is tough for small associations and meeting planners to develop the courage required for technology investments. Since the purchase of software represents a significant impact on their budget, many smaller organizations move forward in trepidation as they debate the value and benefit of a n… Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:22:58 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1620000362/post/1230011323.html?nid=4416 I recently joined a dialogue thread eLearning Technology moderated by Tony Karrer. His observations on social networking tools spurred my comment. In his post Conference Networking Tools - Do They Work?, Mr. Karrer breaks down the purpose of the tools into two parts: 1. Determ… Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 PST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/blog/1020000302/post/1040011504.html?nid=4416 Just more than a week ago, my husband and I (we’re very newly married) finalized our flights to Glasgow, Scotland, for our honeymoon. A few days later, the news broke that two cars filled with explosive material were discovered in London, both by strokes of luck. My husband has never been to E… Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:22:02 PST