{"id":390,"date":"2010-07-13T16:18:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T20:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=390"},"modified":"2010-07-13T16:57:46","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T20:57:46","slug":"celebrating-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2010\/07\/13\/celebrating-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re off to a great start at our show in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asishow.com\/10Chicago\/Schedule.html\">Chicago<\/a>, which continues through Thursday at McCormick Place. ASI\u2019s vice-chairman, Matthew Cohn, hit the ground running this morning with an educational seminar for newcomers.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asishow.com\/10Chicago\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/chi1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The advice he gave to more than 100 people attending the session \u2013 \u201cHow to Get the Most Out of Your Trade Show Experience\u201d (sponsored by Ariel Premium Supply Inc., <em>asi\/36730<\/em>) \u2013 really applies to anyone, whether they\u2019re here for the first time or a trade-show veteran.<\/p>\n<p>It all boils down to three main points:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t just scan and go<\/strong>. Engage with suppliers and ask questions at every booth you visit.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be on the lookout for new ideas<\/strong>. For one, check out the <em>Advantages<\/em> Showcase for tons of new products and fresh applications for those products.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Network, network, network<\/strong>. Attend every keynote you can and stop by every morning coffee klatch and evening reception. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asishow.com\/10Chicago\/Schedule.html\">Click here<\/a> for the complete schedule.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To watch my first Tim\u2019s Take with Matthew, just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-l1Q7cJ8J3E\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know how you make the most of your trade-show experiences by posting a comment or emailing me <a href=\"mailto:tim.andrews@asicentral.com\">here<\/a>. I\u2019m also on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Andrews_ASI\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/timothymandrews\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/timasitv\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re off to a great start at our show in Chicago, which continues through Thursday at McCormick Place. ASI\u2019s vice-chairman, Matthew Cohn, hit the ground running this morning with an educational seminar for newcomers. The advice he gave to more than 100 people attending the session \u2013 \u201cHow to Get the Most Out of Your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asi-shows","category-news-about-asi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":395,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions\/395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}