Exhibit City News – July 2009
Julie Holzer Pazina, National Sales Manager for Edlen Electrical Exhibition Services and IAEE Young Professionals Committee Member
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) have a very important mission and purpose, made only more so in the current economic crisis. It is charged with the livelihoods of the 46,000 people in the city who rely on meetings for their income and the approximately 250,000 people in Las Vegas who rely on tourism for their employment.
A day never goes by that Chris Meyer, LVCVA Vice President of Convention Sales, forgets his obligation to the city he serves. “Our team doing a better job leads directly to a better community,” Meyer said of his role and the importance he places on supporting Las Vegas’s main industry. 
Though Chris is a very visible face in the hospitality world and a vocal advocate for the meetings industry both nationally and in Las Vegas, he grew up far away from the glittering lights of the famed Strip. Born in the Philippines, Chris is the son of two naval officers.
He grew up all over the world, but one of his most memorable homes was in Guam at the close of the Vietnam War. He remembered the population doubling in less than ten days as a tent city was assembled at an old Japanese Air Base. Chris was 14 at the time and his dad was Commanding Officer when the heightened population led to high demands for food, water and sanitation. Looking back at that experience, it may not be a surprise that Chris ended up in an industry where the demands of a trade show require planning and infrastructure to make them a success.
Chris is responsible for convention sales, convention center sales and the convention services team, comprising 58 individuals. He has been at the LVCVA for almost nine years, where he and his team work hard to bring meetings, conventions and trade shows in to the Las Vegas Convention Center and Cashman Center. These facilities encompass nearly four million square feet and two million square feet of exhibit space. In addition to bringing meetings in to these facilities, Chris and his team work hard to fill hotel rooms. “Heads in beds is our mission, mantra, creed and the air we breathe,” said Chris. “If we don’t do our job, people don’t work and we take that very seriously.” (more…)
Add comment June 26, 2009
Social Networks – Also Known As New Media
You’ve heard the hype around new media and you see the reality. What drives this movement? The primary reason I hear is: this is where you’ll find the young professionals and your future consumers; you need to be present to reach them.
As a young professional and consumer, are you present, and if so, where?
In today’s world, most members of the younger generations seem to have a healthy skepticism about information posted on the Internet, at the same time they have an appreciation for the volume and methods of information and idea sharing. What forms of new media do you find to be credible and worth-while for information and networking? What forms of new media do you lean on more for fun? Why?
There’s a great collection of Social Networking statistics, compiled by Jeremiah Owyang. Feel free to check his posting out for additional statistics and links to the original sources (Posted January 2009). Just to pique your interest, here are a few statistics compiled on his page:
Surprised? You may or may not be. In any case, we welcome you to share your thoughts around new media. We also invite you to share any of the ways you’re incorporating new media into your branding, marketing or operations.
Add comment April 23, 2009
Young Professionals in 2009
In 2009, we move into the second year of the IAEE Young Professionals Committee and the Young Professionals Web-Lounge.
To all of you who participated, or tapped into the thoughts and discussions shared this past year, thank you. We hope you continue to find this web-lounge to be a great resource and forum for your own thoughts and ideas.
Undoubtedly, 2009 brings with it challenges and opportunities we’ve not been exposed to in the past. As professionals across the world are moved to the beginning of the career/job curve, young professionals are finding themselves shoulder to shoulder with seasoned professionals in terms of focus and developmental and opportunity needs.
This year, our committee will continue to work toward identifying young professionals in the industry and toward recommending educational, networking and other programs that will contribute to professional development.
As mentioned earlier, 2009 will bring new opportunities. This is the time to shine. It is the time to find opportunities to learn and grow as a professional, to show your capability and value on both small and large projects, and to think strategically in everything you do so that you work efficiently and effectively. Now is the time that while we acknowledge the value and gift of the individual, we must focus on the stability and strength of the organization – and of the industry as a whole.
We wish you well in the year to come and we invite you to share your observations, experiences and thoughts in this web-lounge.
All the best, Nora Johnson
Chair, Young Professionals Committee
International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE)
2 comments February 25, 2009
Expo! Expo! Miami 2008
Just got back from the Expo! Expo! Exhibits. A quick note on the success of the Young Professional representation – our Kiosk was front and center; we got to greet all of the Young Professionals and attendees as they entered the hall. Thank you to all the Young Professional volunteers who staffed the booth - it was so much fun! and thanks to the YP’s who participated in the ‘Exhibit Booth Report card’ activity…It was great meeting everyone. I will post more photos and stories later…
Cheers,
Jeanavive Janssen – Chair Young Professionals
Business Development Manager – San Jose Convention and Visitors Bureau
Add comment December 10, 2008
This is How We Roll: Expo! Expo! Activities
Experience Expo! Expo! Young Professionals-style!
On Tuesday, 9 December IAEE’s Young Professionals Committee invites you to stop by our “Meet-up Spot” table near the cyber center at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The table will be staffed from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM before the start of the First Timers’ Luncheon so that you can pick up your FREE IAEE YP t-shirt and button. The table will also be staffed 30 minutes following the First Timers’ Luncheon.” This will be a designated meet-up spot pre/post Expo! Expo! scheduled activities outside of the Exhibit Hall hours. There will be a sheet to leave messages about who wants to meet-up and when.
Visit the Young Professionals Kiosk in the IAEE Pavilion during the exhibit hours. FREE IAEE YP t-shirt and button will be available. While you’re there, network with your peers, blog about your experience at Expo! Expo! and sign up to explore Miami Beach with other the YPs.
The young professionals of IAEE will wear the YP t-shirts on Wednesday, 10 December at Expo! Expo!
You Be the Judge.
IAEE’s Young Professionals will rate booths that catch their attention based on six standard exhibiting criteria. Results will be posted after the meeting with ‘Best of Show’ selections and Honorable Mentions. Interested in judging Expo! Expo! exhibitors? Pick up your rating card at the YP kiosk in the IAEE Pavilion!
Connect with other young professionals before you arrive in Miami Beach!
Visit the following sites to connect with IAEE Young Professionals:
- IAEE YP Discussion Group. Network with your peers through the IAEE’s web-based Young Professionals Community. Follow these steps to join:
1. Visit IAEE’s Member Communities (use your IAEE User ID / Password to log in).
2. Click “My subscriptions” (left column)
3. Under “Category,” select “Public Discussion Groups” (top of screen)
4. Then select “Young Professionals Discussion Group”
5. Click “Add” and You’re in!
- LinkedIn. “Link up” with other young professionals from the exhibitions and events industry by visiting IAEE YP – LinkedIn.
- For more information on IAEE’s Young Professionals, visit our blog: http://www.ypiaee.com/.
See you in Miami Beach!
IAEE Young Professionals Committee
Add comment November 19, 2008
Young Professional – Ask Me
Are you getting excited yet for Expo! Expo!?
I know I am! and so is everyone on the Young Professionals Committee.
IAEE has finalized our Young Professionals pins to wear throughout the event. It says: “Young Professional – Ask Me” We will be promoting the ‘Ask Me’ concept pre-event to all attendees.
The pin is meant to generate networking conversations between generations…giving you an opportunity to share your thoughts about what you want as a Young Professional, about what you would like to contribute…etc.
I would love to get the discussions going early…
I would like to ASK YOU, what do you want as a Young Professional?
Let’s start talking about this via email and really be prepared to have some serious discussions about what we would like to see for the future of the industry and what we would like to contribute to it.
Cheers,
Jeanavive Marie Janssen
Chair Young Professionals
http://www.ypiaee.com
Vice Chair NCC IAEE: http://www.iaeencc.com
Founder: Network Girl Consulting: http://www.networkgirl.com
Business Development Manager, San Jose CVB: http://www.sanjose.org
510-306-9665
jeanavive@gmail.com
Add comment November 3, 2008
Welcome Gianna Cardinale – New Committee Member
I am happy to present Gianna Cardinale; one of my newest recruits for the Young Professionals Committee. She is a 25 Gen-Y with a very impressive background:
Gianna Cardinale is an account manager for Cappa & Graham, Inc. a global meetings, events and destination services company based in San Francisco. She specializes in upscale evening events, incentive programs, global corporate meetings and conferences, and creating innovative entertainment and décor concepts. Gianna has an immense passion for creating and providing people with exceptional sensory experiences and events. Gianna has been involved in the hospitality and event planning industry for six years, and her fervor for entertaining and event planning has been nurtured and cultivated since childhood.
Gianna is an expert in banquet management, product design and development, meeting planning and management, and onsite operational direction. Recent notable achievements include management and operation of: Google’s 1000-attendee Sales Kickoff Event at San Francisco’s Metreon, VMware’s IPO Launch Party, a predominantly green event for 3000 guests at VMware’s headquarters in Palo Alto, Fidelity’s NASPP Concert and VIP event featuring the band Chicago for 1000 guests at San Francisco’s Concourse, VMware’s 2008 Worldwide Sales Kickoff Conference for over 2000 attendees at the Hilton San Francisco, and ADP’s Trendsetters Incentive Program in Scottsdale Arizona.
Gianna also carries her passion for event planning into non-profit volunteer work. She a founding member of the TeamPlay Foundation, a mentoring program founded by Baron Davis to improve education for inner-city children in California, a member of Spinsters of San Francisco, a group of young professional women dedicated to hosting social events and fundraisers to local charities, and a member of Symphonix, a group of young professionals focused on holding events to raise awareness and gain support for the San Francisco Symphony in the community.
Gianna graduated from the University of California at San Diego with a BA in Psychology and Biology and also studied at the Pompeo Fabra University in Barcelona with an emphasis on Spanish language, literature and art. Gianna also enjoys running marathons, playing tennis, cooking and entertaining for friends and family, and has competed as a concert pianist for over half of her life.
Cheers,
Jeanavive Marie Janssen – Chair, Young Professional IAEE Committee.
Add comment October 31, 2008
Congratulations to our very own YP secretary; Nora Johnson
IAEE Announces 2008 Individual Award Recipients
Recipients of IAEE’s Highest Honors to be Recognized at Annual Meeting
DALLAS, 8 October 2008 - The International Association of Exhibitions and Events(tm) (IAEE) proudly announces this year’s recipients of the IAEE Individual Awards. IAEE’s awards program recognizes professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the exhibitions and events industry. The winners will be honored during the Opening General Session & Awards Presentation to be held Tuesday, 9 December 2008 during Expo! Expo! IAEE’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Miami Beach, Fla.
Award winners are chosen after careful consideration by the IAEE Awards Committee and the IAEE Board of Directors. “The commitment of the 2008 IAEE Award Winners is both humbling and inspiring,” comments Carrie Freeman Parsons, IAEE Awards Committee chair. “We are fortunate to honor individuals and organizations who represent the best of our industry. My highest congratulations to those who will be honored at the annual meeting in Miami.”
Fifty-one nominations were considered this year, from which the following 10 outstanding individuals were selected for recognition:
The Rookie of the Year, Show Manager Award and Rookie of the Year, Supplier Award both recognize excellent professional performance by an individual with three or less years of full-time exhibition and event industry experience. The 2008 Show Manager Rookie of the Year is Pamela Nutting, director of meetings for the Illinois Podiatric Medical Association/Midwest Podiatry Conference. The 2008 Supplier Rookie of the Year is Nora Johnson, sourcing specialist with Experient.
1 comment October 8, 2008
Expo! Expo! 2008 Theme/T-shirt Slogan Concepts- VOTE!
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Theme 1: A World of Prisms.
The prism is representative of a few things: parallel planes, transparent body and something that distorts, slants or colors what is viewed (a.k.a. new perspective). The parallel planes reflects the idea that people across different generations do move in similar directions within the industry. The transparent body is reflecting the new wave for corporations, organizations, motivations, procesess, et cetera – an increased interest in, or even a demand for, transparency. This supports clarity and understanding. The new perspective approach was included earlier, so I will let that be.
Theme 2: Engagement – No Ring Needed.
People are looking to be engaged and to promote engagement across all generations, membership types, et cetera. While there may seem to be the “ball and chain” reluctance to truly working with one another to become engaged, there’s all of the potential without the cost of a ring. This one may be a stretch, but it’s fun.
Theme 3: More of the Same: Change, Talent, Engagement, Fresh Ideas, Tried and True Wisdom, Common Goals.
This one would probably have the words centered and going down the shirt. While it’s testing waters because of the political allusion, it reveals a lot about us. Both parties are “accused” of promising more of the same. Both parties are “accused” of not changing their tone or message over the years, despite a promise of change. It is a safe accusation because “More of the Same” is change. No matter the decade, demographic, generation, psychographic, et cetera, there is change, there is talent coming into the work force, people are seeking engagement (how soon they get discouraged varies), people are bringing fresh ideas to the table, wisdom is shared to counter the ideas and come up with the most ideal result and people are often moving after the same common goal, despite taking different approaches.
Theme 4: (Blue circle).
White t-shirts with a blue dot (~4″) on the front and one on the back (~7″). This is purely a curiosity snatcher as people may be inclined to ask what the shirts with the blue dots represent. The meaning of the different sizes on both sides of the shirt (aside from being visible from both sides) is that when the individuals have finished speaking and they turn from each other to move on to other things, their sphere of knowledge will have expanded.
Theme 5: This is How We Roll.
How about a picture of (recycled) carpet being rolled down an aisle of a tradeshow with the slogan “This is how we roll.” And then the sub-slogan could be IAEE Young Professionals; or whatever you want people to do. Like — Get involved with IAEE, or Bringing a new perspective to the tradeshow industry.
Theme 6: Tradeshows are for Lovers
Theme 7: Planting a Seed.
This might be a bit biased, but how about something about ‘planting a seed’ with the seed being our YPs at conference and the seasoned professionals being the ‘water’ that will help our YPs grow with IAEE?? — We used a’planting the need’ as a take off of the ‘planting the seed’ idea for our office postcard when we moved to our new (and larger) office eariler this year.
Have fun voting!
Best Regards,
Nora Johnson
2 comments September 26, 2008
The Power of Networking
The Power of Networking
by Jeanavive Marie Janssen; IAEE YP Chair.
Networking is a tool being utilized everywhere. People aren’t always aware of the full potential and benefits, but we do it everyday. I hear people sharing info with each other about their work, where to grab some food, what books are good and other resources.
Over time I have earned myself the nick name TheNetworkGirl, and I have continued to pursue this in various endeavors. I am not an acclaimed expert on the subject (yet), but it has worked for me time and time again. So, I thought I would contribute my thoughts on networking.
How can you harness the power of networking? First, you have to be consciously aware of what you are looking for. Take a moment; give your self some time to think about what you are looking for…A new place to live? A new job?…Then imagine finding what you are looking for. Have a full mental picture.
Once you have this image in your mind something happens, you become more aware of what’s around you in relation to what you are looking for. Time and time again I will hear conversations on the street, at parties or work, and I will hear ‘buzz’ words that draw my attention in regards to things I am looking for or have interest in. And me, being “TheNetworkGirl”, I have no problem going up and saying, “Hey, I over heard you…” and BAM! I have just homed in on a new connection, resource and maybe even a new friend.
You may not be totally prepared to go up to strangers but you can also begin this process within your own group of contacts. Talk about what you are looking for to everyone you know. Don’t be shy, everyone does it to a degree and it is very effective life tool. Make a list of everyone you know, give them a call, send them a note, or an email. This is a great way to ensure you are keeping in contact with friends, and reciprocate by asking them what they are looking for. Perhaps they are actually looking for YOU! But didn’t know you had what they have been looking for.
Networking is definitely not a selfish pursuit. Eventually your skills will expand. When you are out and about you begin to over hear conversations and notice things for your friends too. That is what happened to me. I have amazed my friends and colleagues. They would briefly mention that they where trying to find someone to do something and BAM! I would be contacting them the next day with a lead and introduction.
Every day we come in contact with so many wonderful people with hundreds of resources, and now with the Internet it is truly amazing how small the world really is in its vastness. Are you prepared to reach out and make a new connection today?
Add comment August 17, 2008
