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CES App Lets Attendees Build Their Show Map
Even some of the biggest trade shows in the industry have to work harder than ever to keep exhibitors coming back year after year. The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show last year developed a way to add value for its exhibitors with an app called MyCES that offered attendees an online interactive exhibitor directory, floor plan...
myNAB Tool Promotes Early Attendee Networking
The recession wasn’t kind to the trade show industry and as a result, trade show exhibitors today are driving a harder bargain than ever before with show organizers. If a show can’t prove to exhibitors how it’s going to help bring attendees to the booth, it can get quickly cut from the portfolio with little...
American Express Sparks Instant Social Connections
Business cards are so 2010. Welcome to the age of the Connector—a quarter-sized digital networking device that utilizes NFC (Near Field Communication) technology and allows for instant “social business card” exchange among users. The tiny device inspires event attendees to network and digitally exchange contact information by simply tapping one device to the next. American...
Cisco Unveils a Virtual Sales Meeting Strategy
Cisco’s Global Sales Experience (GSX) in 2009 was one of the industry’s largest—and boldest—virtual events of the year. In an effort to save costs (it was the height of the recession, after all), the company decided to transform its annual weeklong sales meeting from a real-world event with a 20-year history into a 100-percent virtual...