By Michael Hart Greg Topalian, a senior vice president at Reed Exhibitions, had a simple question for the audience: “What’s your late fee?” In his opening keynote at the Exhibition & Convention Execut ...

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Exhibition & Convention Executives Forum Scores Record-breaking Crowd in D.C. By Rachel Wimberly The ballroom at the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C., was filled with the who’s who of the association a ...

By Samantha Whitehorne The word “disruption” doesn’t always need to have a negative connotation. In fact, disruption can benefit your industry and the tradeshows and meetings your association holds, a ...

by Betsy Bair The Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum is well on its way to reaching its maximum of 200 top executives for the annual one-day event, being held this year on May 28 in Washington ...

By Danica Tormohlen, Editor-at-Large Washington, DC – Trade show organizers report the average promotion cost per attendee is $30.70, according to the Attendee Acquisition Metrics & Practices Study pr ...

AMERICAS - Event organiser for the exhibition and convention industry, Lippman Connects has selected Marketing Design Group (MDG) as the exclusive agency partner for its events.   Sam Lippman, preside ...

by Rachel Wimberly   The 2014 Exhibition & Convention Executives Forum (ECEF), on tap May 27-28 in Washington, D.C., is packed with a lineup of high-level speakers from trade show companies, including ...

by Dave Kovaleski Sponsors today need more than a logo on a banner. Under pressure to deliver a return on investment, they’re responding to sponsorship opportunities that deliver content, networking, ...

By Sam Lippman   Increasing non-dues revenue from exhibit space and sponsorship sales is among the most important — and most difficult — tasks facing associations today. Because most associations serv ...

By Danica Tormohlen, editor-at-large Washington, DC – Trade show organizers reported an average exhibitor retention rate of 80%  and an average 42% in net profits in 2013, according to the Exhibit & S ...

  Lippman Connects has continued its relationship with ASP to produce the new Lippman Connects website (www.lippmanconnects.com) to communicate the benefits of its expanding portfolio of events held a ...

By Sam Lippman   Associations and independent convention and exhibition producers agree that attendee acquisition is the key to successful events. Delivering audiences is an endless and, during tough ...

ECEF Keynoter Says Design Can Make or Break a Meeting   FOR MICHAELA O’CONNOR Abrams, event design is not just about booth layouts, room setups, and decor. “It transcends aesthetics,” said Abrams, pre ...

Sam Lippman had a simple way to tease the closing keynote speaker at the Exhibition & Convention Executives Forum (ECEF) at the JW Marriott Washington, D.C., on May 29: He brought him onstage just bef ...

Attendee Acquisition Strategies By Danica Tormohlen, editor-at-large   Wouldn't you like to know how much your competitors are spending on attendee marketing? While there still isn't a definitive indu ...

6/6/2013 Michela O’Connor Abrams, President, Dwell Media, was the opening keynote speaker for the 12th annual Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum (ECEF). Saying that “good design equals good bu ...

Event Management 101: Become an Attendee!   By Carl Landau   Become an attendee for a change and you’ll learn ways to run your own events even better. It’s for your own good. You spend so much time fo ...

AMERICAS – The president of San Francisco-based Dwell Media will open this year’s Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum (ECEF) with a look at why exhibition producers must make design a priority. ...

By Dave Kovaleski   For Michaela O’Connor Abrams, event design is not just about booth layouts, room setups, and decor. “It transcends aesthetics,” said Abrams, president at Dwell Media, San Francisco ...

Culturally, modern design has an impact on every industry. So what can we in the exhibition industry learn from the design industry? And more importantly, what can we learn from the design of a show d ...

Washington, D.C. --About 200 tradeshow industry executives learned that every event could and should become the central meeting place of an entire community at this year's Exhibition & Convention Exec ...

  5/9/2013 - The Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum (ECEF) announced today that it has partnered with digital event marketing agency bXb Online and technology platform INXPO, to extend select ...

  What is the key driver of event growth? Design, according to keynote speaker Michela O’Connor Abrams, who will kick off the Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum, May 29 at the JW Marriott Wash ...

3/7/2013 - Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum (ECEF) producer Sam Lippman announced that award-winning media executive Michela O’Connor Abrams will present the keynote session at ECEF, Wednesd ...