Off the Showfloor

February 26, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

Back in December, I gave an interview to The Los Angeles Times. Tiffany Hsu, one of the business reporters, said she had noticed an increased number of green shows being advertised and wondered if the interest could support that many.

 

She asked me questions for at least half an hour. After we finished, I asked her when the story would run, but she wasn’t sure.

 

Lo and behold, the story showed up on my Google alert for “tradeshow” last week.

 

“It's a huge amount of money,”...Read More

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February 9, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

Last week, I visited my home state, Ohio, for a few days on invitation to attend the gala unveiling of the Greater Columbus Convention Center’s renovation of the Battelle Grand Ballroom.

I fly to Ohio a few times a year to visit family, and I almost always fly into Columbus because my in-laws and one of my best friends lives there (making finding someone to pick me up at the airport a little easier).

The past few years, I’ve found traveling to Ohio a little more cumbersome than in the past: There are no direct flights since Skybus, an airline that had its hub in Columbus and flew directly to the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, went bankrupt. Couple that with the availability of fewer flights from the airlines that still are flying and you can imagine what’s coming.

I was delayed on the ground in Burbank for several hours becau...Read More
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November 17, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

If you were at Tradeshow Fastest 50 this past weekend and had Twitter, you were privy to a whole other conservation happening.

 

I have four Twitter accounts on my phone: my personal Twitter (I’ll give it to you if you ask, but don’t judge me), my work Twitter @stephaniecorbin, our magazine Twitter @TSWNews and our TSW Fastest 50 Twitter @TSWFastest50. Because I noticed some tweets on the other sites, I didn’t want to risk two people tweeting, so I just stuck to @stephaniecorbin.

 

We used the hashtag ...Read More

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November 9, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

I think discounts are good. I’ve mentioned this before. 

But I recently read a blog on the American Society of Assn. Executives & The Center for Assn. Leadership’s Web site that suggests taking that principle one step further: free.

 

The author, Joe Rominiecki, who is the managing editor for newsletters at ASAE & The Center, makes an interesting point for associations: Why not give away meetings free to first-year members? I think the logic is sound that those members will see the value proposition and become repeat attendees. I also think that by going once...Read More

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September 23, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

When I think of greening in the tradeshow industry, there are several individuals who immediately come to mind.

 

Funny enough, of the nominations for the inaugural TSW’s Top Eco-Leaders, only one was someone who I would have named off the top of my head. Undeniably, though, all the nominees have taken steps to institute programs to reduce waste and promote the environment in relation to the tradeshow industry.

 

I know there are more of them out there. This blog is one more reminder that we’re looking for nominations. Until the recession, greening was the No. 1 topic in the tradeshow industry. And, despite it being put on the backburner while some other issues get taken care of, those wh...Read More

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