It's Always Sunny At Your Tradeshow: The challenge for us as salespeople is to underscore the positives of attending our events, in both boom times and bad.
 

In a Q&A with EXPO, June Cohen, TED's Executive Producer of TED Media, explains the mission behind the conference's content distribution model and how it's changed the organization.

Q: I feel like my trade show is not doing all it can to bring the attendee experience to the next level, which is slowly sucking the energy out of the show floor. I want an energized attendee base for my exhibitors. How do I bring this up with management, and also offer some proactive suggestions to jazz up the exhibit hall experience?

A look at how Gartner’s international operation and how it has altered its event strategy to drive revenue and attendance growth.

Tom Wieser is the Vice President of Virtual Solutions at CGS. Prior to joining the firm in 2007, he was Vice President of Enterprise Sales at Unisfair.

In a Q&A with EXPO, Charles McCurdy talks about his acquisition of GLM and how he plans to use it as a platform for growth into more events, digital assets and data services.

Leonora Valvo - Visionary Founder and CEO, etouches

Trade show organizers weigh in on the most pressing questions impacting the industry.

Nick Curci, president of M&A advisory firm Corporate Solutions, shares his outlook for event industry M&A as well as how buyers should be performing due diligence on acquisition targets.

Kathleen Thomas, Managing Director, Berkery, Noyes & Co. LLC, with expertise in magazines, newsletters, trade shows, conferences, seminars and the outsourced services that support these businesses, answers your questions on mergers and acquisitions.

Keynote speakers at the June conference in Baltimore will focus on three distinct issues that are likely to impact the future of the tradeshow industry.