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Improve Your Trade Show Engagement

Endless Events

To many event professionals, trade show engagement is a worthy but often elusive challenge. After all, how do you dispel the notion that people have about trade shows with its “bland ambassadors” and boring cube booths? Then, try to really engage visitors to achieve your event goal: to get leads.

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Heike Mahmoud, CMP

Smart Meetings

Since a young age, she felt driven to interact with other countries and people, saying “I always wanted to work abroad and build an international network.” This is my passion—and being part of the global events industry is my second passion.” She began working in a travel agency and later moved into business.

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Lead Retrieval for Exhibitors: Strategies for Trade Show Success

Maritz Global Events

Lead Retrieval App for Trade Shows. Are you prepared to collect lead info in the hallways, at the networking cocktail, or elsewhere? With a lead retrieval app for trade shows like Experient’s SWAP app, you can gain leads anywhere and immediately add them to your main list. Immediate Automated Trade Show Follow-up.

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3 Lessons for Planners from Global Meetings Industry Day

MeetingsNet

Held this year on Thursday, April 11, Global Meetings Industry Day is “an international day of advocacy showcasing the undeniable value that business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences, and conventions bring to people, businesses, and communities,” according to the U.S.

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The Ultimate Guide to Conferences for Event Planners in 2024

Bizzaboo

In this post, you’ll find a comprehensive list of the most important event industry conferences that every event professional should attend this year. Attending these conferences will allow you to learn more about the events industry and meet other event professionals. 2024 NACE Evolve Conference Jan.

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The Story Behind the 2024 Smart Women in Meetings Awards

Smart Meetings

She brought top experts to the conversation to share secrets for negotiating, feeling more confident and building a network. She connected these go-getters so they could lift each other up. And she treated them to the luxury of time to reflect and create intention. Little did she know it would grow into a movement.

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What Event Sponsors Want

Convene by PCMA

As a market research company focused on exhibits and events, EVOLIO Marketing conducts hundreds of surveys a year for various clients, industries, exhibitors, show organizers, corporate events, and more, enabling the company to create benchmarks. Post-COVID trade show realities.