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Samantha Nelson Earns EXHIBITOR's Certified Trade Show Marketer (CTSM) Designation

Exhibitor Magazine

LOUIS, MISSOURI � Carboline, a global manufacturer of coatings, linings, and fireproofing with offices and manufacturing facilities worldwide, and.

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The Challenge of Virtualizing Trade Shows and Exhibit Halls

PCMA Convene

Trade shows are the lifeline of many associations but their nature makes them challenging to virtualize — and then monetize. The exhibitions industry watched as the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which hosts CES, the largest annual trade show in the U.S. It’s up to trade-show organizers to keep that spark alive.

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More Than Child’s Play: The Toy Association Launches Three Virtual Market Weeks

PCMA Convene

On May 7, The Toy Association announced Toy Fair Everywhere, a series of three digital market weeks to start in July, in a video message from Steve Pasierb, president and CEO of the association. Due to COVID-19, we found ourselves in the position to bring that digital offering forward now.”.

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Clean Bill of Health

PCMA Convene

One new tool on the market helped the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) meet safely in person for its Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting, held July 27-30 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention in Aurora, Colorado. Photos courtesy NCBA). 5-7 in San Antonio. Known as CattleCon, the annual citywide event drew 8,000. “We

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SHOT Show Aims for Hybrid Event in January in Las Vegas

PCMA Convene

NSSF—The Firearm Industry Trade Association, which owns and sponsors SHOT Show, will decide by Dec. 1 whether the trade show will go on in January as planned. Other major trade shows, like CES and World of Concrete, have canceled or postponed their in-person events originally scheduled for January in Las Vegas.

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2019 40 Under 40: The In-Crowd

Connect Your Meetings

33 • Director of Sales & Marketing. 36 • Director of Sales and Marketing. 36 • Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Alliances. 37 • Director of Convention and Trade Show. Kansas City, Missouri. Pamela Wike Boyd. 33 • Senior Manager, Meetings and Events. Silver Spring, Maryland. Austin, Texas.

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Lessons Learned from MPI WEC in Mexico

Smart Meetings

Very quickly, the beach scenes and Caribbean music were gone from the marketing messages and the “Refresh Your World” pictures of people in lanyards coming together came to the forefront. “We Do we work with partners to provide something for the trade show that we wouldn’t normally bring ourselves?”

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