Thursday, March 11, 2010
Chicago’s Congress Plaza Hotel has filed a lawsuit claiming that members of the Unite Here Local 1 sent a heart-shaped package containing cow manure to scientists planning to attend a convention at the hotel to discourage them from participating in the event.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Google Wave is a free, real-time, online collaboration platform, now in beta distribution (by invitation only), to be released to the general public sometime this year. It combines elements of e-mail, chat, text messaging,Wiki documents, blogs, tweets and photo-sharing sites to create an online “hosted conversation” or a “wave.”
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Thousands of brides-to-be and vendors were duped by the "Boston 411 Home and Bridal Show," a fake bridal show which was to be held at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center this weekend, according to Boston police and the FBI Cyber Crime Unit.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Here’s a taste of some of the announcements made at last week’s Virtual Edge Summit in Santa Clara, CA, which focuses on virtual events, meetings and communities.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Picture it. You’re attending a 2,000-person event, and you’ve been handed a device that let’s you slice and dice the reg list to identify the 20 people you’d most like to meet. When one of them gets within 30 feet of you, the device vibrates to tell you they’re nearby.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
ActivID from Sherpa Solutions combines an active RFID badge with a network of sensors and the Web to provide a real-time locating system capable of monitoring and tracking thousands of people in real time. Unlike passive RFID systems that require an external source to provoke signal transmission, ActivID badges contain a battery and can transmit signals autonomously.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
For years, the Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy (MGH-PA) has provided world-renowned continuing medical education at its live events and on the Web. And when audience members expressed an interest in receiving educational content on their mobile phones, the Academy came through — promptly developing an iPhone application that allows users to download recent education programs from wherever they are.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Google Wave is a free, real-time, online collaboration platform, now in beta distribution (by invitation only), to be released to the general public sometime this year. It combines elements of e-mail, chat, text messaging,Wiki documents, blogs, tweets and photo-sharing sites to create an online “hosted conversation” or a “wave.”
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Parkers’ Lighthouse is a full-service, contemporary seafood restaurant and bar serving lunch and dinner with attentive service in a relaxed atmosphere. A perfect locale for private functions such as board and committee meetings, the venue is housed in a dramatic, free-standing building with an outstanding waterfront location at the point of Shoreline Village in Long Beach, CA.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Picture it. You’re attending a 2,000-person event, and you’ve been handed a device that let’s you slice and dice the reg list to identify the 20 people you’d most like to meet. When one of them gets within 30 feet of you, the device vibrates to tell you they’re nearby.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Several current technologies let shows leverage social media and smartphones, but Aerva technology also adds digital display networks to the mix. Aerva lets organizers engage, entertain and inform attendees with real-time interactivity and social media using mobile phones and digital display networks.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Meeting green is nothing new for Oracle OpenWorld. The 37,500-attendee technology event for Oracle customers and staff, held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center each October, was recognized with the IMEX Silver Green Meetings Award in 2008. But in 2009, with goals to ramp up the scope and influence of their sustainability program, event organizers knew they’d need help.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Autotune software (which translates spoken voice into song) turned a song “sang” by Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) staff and McCormick Place employees into the Black Eyed Peas hit song “I Gotta Feeling.”
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Autotune software (which translates spoken voice into song) turned a song “sang” by Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) staff and McCormick Place employees into the Black Eyed Peas hit song “I Gotta Feeling.”
Thursday, February 11, 2010
MEET Las Vegas, a three-story, 30,000-square-foot exhibition and event space will open March 18 in downtown Las Vegas. The venue’s first two floors have an open layout and the third floor is an executive concierge lounge and multi-media training center for corporate training and events. An outdoor pavilion can accommodate up to 2,000 people...
Monday, February 8, 2010
New year, new strategies. Yes, 2009 was a tough year for most shows, at least in terms of attendance. And as we enter 2010, it’s clear we’re not out of the woods yet. So, if your plan of action has been “to wait it out,” it’s time for a new strategy.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Every search matters, which is why Steve Riegel, Co-Founder and Director of Search at digital agency Faction Media, knows the value of online presence. Riegel offers four essential, inexpensive (if not free), but often overlooked methods that get the most out of search engine optimization (SEO) efforts.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Here are some legal situations that may be entangled with technology and your show, as well as precautions to take to avoid technology-related litigation.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Rather than rely on typical attendee marketing avenues such as direct mail and advertising, Reed Exhibition’s Pop Culture Group sticks to strictly nontraditional marketing initiatives, choosing to send its messages solely through social networks, blogs and YouTube videos.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Q: What booth sales tools would you recommend to other organizers and why?
Monday, February 1, 2010
Not every show has the time or resources to invest in a full-time public relations expert or create an intricate press strategy. But even if you don’t have someone devoted to the press full time, you shouldn’t relegate the media to second- or third-priority status when it comes to prepping for your next show.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
According to a recent Trade Show Exhibitors Association survey, 97 percent of exhibitors don’t believe they receive the best rate possible when booking rooms for a convention in the housing block. The survey, which polled 188 respondents representing mid-sized and large corporate exhibitors, also found that 89 percent of exhibitors feel that current deposits aren’t fair in all the shows that they exhibit in; 83 percent don’t feel they have sufficient time to submit names of their company’s attendees for convention housing blocks; and only 8 percent of exhibitors believe that all the shows they currently participate in currently have fair convention housing practices...
Friday, January 22, 2010
With the growing popularity of e-readers such as Amazon’s Kindle, the Barnes & Noble Nook and Sony’s Reader coupled with increased efforts to go green, now could be the time to consider leveraging this technology for your show.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
While some shows were just learning how to use Twitter last year, Salesforce.com, a cloud computing solutions provider, was leveraging Twitter and other social media platforms to meet marketing goals for Dreamforce, the company’s annual conference for users, developers and partners.
