Being persistent to be remembered is one thing. to slip past that and into annoying, is quite another. Once during an internal interview with Honeywell, I made a point of staying in touch with the hiring manager. I had business reasons to call or talk with him, so I took full advantage. However, when the […]
Our colleague, Rick Rackow of EBAA Iron, just completed the American Water Works Association trade show. Here are some of his observations of this year’s show: “Show attendance, according to AWWA, was down only 3% to 6%,” he said, “which was surprising.” “Our (EBAA’s) traffic was light, considering past shows,” Rick reported, “but the traffic
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Our colleague, Sheri’ DuMond, of Pacific Biometrics Inc. (PBI) is on site at the AAPS (American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists) National Biotech Conference this week in Seattle. She will report for us as time permits. Before things get started tomorrow, Sheri’ told us this as she and her colleagues prepared to staff the exhibit and
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The lesson of how far we are of each other in degrees of separation became a reality last evening. And it was a lesson in recollection and “The 6 Degrees of Separation.” An alumni association friend invited me to join his cycling group for dinner. Now, Joe has been after me for a while to
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Yesterday I had the good fortune to be able to spend some time with one of Dallas’ leading business people, Gail Warrior-Lawrence. As a part of our duties as volunteers for the North Dallas Chamber, my colleague, Bob Trice of New York Life, and I interviewed Ms. Warrior-Lawrence for the NDCC Business of the Year
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Our colleague Corbin Ball was at the HCEA show this past week and filed a report for us. HCEA stands for the Health Care Exhibitor’s Association (www.hcea.org). This annual event is a conference between health care industry people who exhibit at trade shows and events and the suppliers of the exhibit industry. Corbin reports: “It
Watch this space. The Paris Air Show opens today at Le Bourget. This show should be quiet. With airlines asking for their orders from Boeing and Airbus to be delayed, the crash of the Air France jetliner in the Atlantic and the Boeing Dreamliner’s maiden flight not taking place until after the show, look for
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It goes without saying that networking and fishing have a lot in common. Really. There are three things to remember in each: Choose your spot. Where will the fishing be best? You know where the best fish hang out, go to them. Not sure if GPS works in networking, though. Shoreline or IABC happy hour?
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When it comes time to let your competing suppliers of a contract award, here is one request: Call them. If you can’t call them, send a polite e-mail. But, above all, don’t just not contact them at all and make them hear about the “loss” from a third party. That’s like hearing about a break
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Our colleague, “Trade Show Bob” Milam, reports from Anaheim and the International Food Technology Show: “The Annual Meeting and Food Expo of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) was held June 7-9 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Despite the absence of four major “anchor” exhibitors (Kraft Food Ingredients, Kerry Ingredients, Wixon, and Tate & Lyle),
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