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Experient: THE source for integrated meeting and event solutions Where to Find Us – Tradeshow
Participation We’re ListeningWe want to hear from you! Share your own tips and tricks for that perfect event, something funny or outright crazy that happened at a meeting or event that you attended, or just feedback for us on how we’re doing. Give it to us, we can take it. Chances are we’ll use your story in an upcoming issue. ABOUT OUR SPONSORSThis issue of EventROI brought to you by and SMG Convention & Exposition Venues ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTERMaterial in the pages contained herein is the intellectual property of Experient and may not otherwise be copied, modified, distributed, reproduced or reused without the express written permission of Experient. This newsletter is sent in compliance with existing legislation and cannot be considered spam as long as recipients are provided with the means to be removed from further transmissions. To unsubscribe click here or send a blank e-mail message to EventROI@experient-inc.com with “unsubscribe” in the subject line. For additional information regarding EventROI please contact: Lisa Zastawnik, CPS ©2008. Experient |
· Tips for Handling and Marketing to International Attendees · World Series vs. Convention: Who lets the bucks out?
Whether it's in Click here for five tips that
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Baseball's World
Series is good for civic pride, but dollar for dollar, does not hold a candle
to a radiologist’s convention. (from the October 2007 issue of Conde Nast Portfolio magazine) Visitors bureaus
love to trumpet the benefits a World Series brings to the local economy.
But stack up the funds generated by the fall classic against those from a
tradeshow...and guess which one strikes out. The reason: Most
buyers of these hot tickets already live in the area, so the money they spend
would have been funneled into the local economy anyway. For example,
let's compare the World Series in 2005 that pitted the White Sox against
the Astros: ·
White Sox vs. Astros--$20 Million ·
Radiological Society of ·
Printing and Converting Convention--$130 Million; 62,000
people from 100 countries converged on Note:
Estimates are from economic groups and city or event officials.
The website www.changethemargins.com is
calling for desktop printer owners everywhere to take the simple step of
changing their margins from the current luxurious standard 1.25 inches to a
more modest .75 inches. It may sound like a small change, but if everyone in
the nation did it, we’d save a little less than a Consider changing
the margins on your own printers at work and at home. To read more on this
topic click here or
copy and paste the following into a web browser: http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=3224
Dethroning the royalty issues around music licenses can be
tricky. Even playing recorded “background music” as people file into a
general session can cause you to run afoul of licensing requirements. Read
here to find out how to turn down music copyright infringement. http://www.mimegasite.com/mimegasite/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003697054 |
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