How does your organization sum up a few jammed-pack days of education, networking and new opportunities? Publishing a digital highlights issue will help provide key take-aways, share photos and video links and, best of all, show those not attending what they missed. For conference attendees, it may help remind them of a key take-away they … Continue reading Case Study: Highlights Issues
How a Show Daily Saves Limbs . . . and Lives
Show dailies enhance conventions in many ways; but few have had the impact of one published by the organizers of the New Cardiovascular Horizons (NCVH) Annual Conference. First, a bit of history. During NCVH 2013, a CustomNEWS show daily reporter attended a session in which a speaker described the impact that attending NCVH had … Continue reading How a Show Daily Saves Limbs . . . and Lives
Visit CustomNEWS at #ASAE18
Tim Mercer & Jenn Waters look forward to meeting attendees in Chicago during the ASAE Annual Meeting. Together, Tim & Jenn have more than 40 years of experience in the show daily business. Be sure to stop by booth #905 to say hello and learn more about what show dailies offer your attendees, exhibitor and … Continue reading Visit CustomNEWS at #ASAE18
Share Stories, Photos and Videos via a Show Daily
Show dailies are often considered to be something read and discarded once an attendee's finished reading it. But CustomNEWS show dailies have become so much more. At last month's PLA 2018 conference in Philadelphia, PLA Daily News had a few different components: Printed newspaper actively distributed to attendees daily as they entered the convention center. … Continue reading Share Stories, Photos and Videos via a Show Daily
Recommended Reading: Keep Printing
One common theme in CustomNEWS' posts is the important role that print materials still play at conferences and trade shows. Attendees do use mobile apps, but if they forget the room number for a session, or want to find a booth on the show floor - printed materials are what they seek. Here's two great … Continue reading Recommended Reading: Keep Printing
Case Study: Digital Preview Issue
Seeking a new way to share conference details with members, confirmed registrants and prospective attendees? Check out the digital preview issue that CustomNEWS published last month for the American Association of Anatomists: Email Preview Issue Distributed via email and AAA's social media channels, the publication includes links to registration pages, reminders about upcoming conference events … Continue reading Case Study: Digital Preview Issue
Looking Back: Top Posts of 2017!
What a great year we had! After launching our blog two years ago, it continues to grow in scope and has become a great resource on conference communications for the meetings industry. As we plan out our posts for 2018, we wanted to look back at our most-read posts and pages in 2017: CustomNEWS Case … Continue reading Looking Back: Top Posts of 2017!
Takeaways from @CadmiumCD’s #CadCon 2017
My 16-year career in the meetings industry has centered around print. As an assistant publisher with CustomNEWS, I've produced show dailies for more than 100 events. But the role that print plays at conferences is changing, in part due to the strides that event technology companies such as CadmiumCD have made. A few months ago, … Continue reading Takeaways from @CadmiumCD’s #CadCon 2017
Case Study: SYNERGY 2017
Not all conferences draw thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors. But that doesn't preclude smaller events from publishing a show daily. Exhibitors still want to stand out and have direct access to attendees. And having a show daily at a smaller conference will elevate the feel of the meeting, and also provide a vehicle … Continue reading Case Study: SYNERGY 2017