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Reverse Sequestration – Lessons for Government Departments on Alternative Approaches to Cost Containment

May 3, 2013 // 0 Comments

This post written by Doug Ducate, CEM, CMP President and CEO CEIR As major exhibitions grow and prosper and generate more and more revenue, it is only natural for organizers [...]

Reflections on Impact of Economy, Sequestration on Exhibitions

April 29, 2013 // 0 Comments

This post written by Doug Ducate, CEM, CMP President and CEO CEIR The CEIR Index Report with data from 2012 is now available. After enjoying a strong first half with a [...]

Association and Exhibition Model – Not So Dissimilar

April 19, 2013 // 0 Comments

This post written by Cathy Breden, CAE, CMP, Executive Director of CEIR http://www.fastcompany.com/3008159/driving-innovation/6-key-issues-facing-association-leaders A blog [...]

Organizer Compares Attendee Marketing Metrics with Attracting Attendee Report Benchmarks

April 11, 2013 // 0 Comments

By Vicki Hennin, Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Business Intelligence, Diversified Business Communications It was with great interest that I read CEIR’s recent [...]

Keeping Trade Exhibitions Alive is Like Marriage

April 6, 2013 // 4 Comments

This post written by Nancy Drapeau, PRC, Research Director of CEIR I am a fan of Traci Browne’s #ExpoChat. In her most recent session, the topic of the week was [...]

Two Best Practice Exhibitor Stories

April 3, 2013 // 0 Comments

This post written by Nancy Drapeau, PRC, Research Director of CEIR This year’s EXHIBITOR2013 was as much a learning opportunity for me as it was to promote CEIR studies and [...]

Well-deserved Recognition!

March 7, 2013 // 0 Comments

This post written by Cathy Breden, CAE, CMP, Executive Director of CEIR It is nice when good people and companies are recognized for their work and for the difference they [...]

Looking Forward to Session at EXHIBITOR2013 – A Conversation on Aligning Exhibit Face-to-Face Interaction with What Attendees Value Most

March 1, 2013 // 0 Comments

Post written by Nancy Drapeau, PRC It is a privilege to conduct a session with a core constituency, exhibitors; those who are on the front lines of engaging with attendees, [...]

Analytical and Data Trends in the Marketer Buyer Decision

February 19, 2013 // 0 Comments

This post written by Chris Valentine The recent research report from CEIR titled, Marketers Find Exhibitions an Essential Marketing and Sales Tactic, provided some compelling [...]

Reflections on Obama’s Use of Technology for His State of the Union Address

February 13, 2013 // 0 Comments

This post written by Nancy Drapeau, PRC This blog is not about the content of President Obama’s speech, so whether you are for or against the current administration, this [...]