Competitive Exhibits

• Finding the Next Generation of Superintendents/Volunteers for Your Exhibits Departments

• A Focus Group – Learn About Your Next Competitive Exhibitors

• Yes, And! – A Creative Toolbox Workshop

 

Facilities

• You Have a Captive Audience for 1 Minute to Pitch Your Facility – GO!

• Facility Marketing & Sales – It’s a Year-Round Experience!

• Create a ‘Master Plan’ RFP/RFQ That Gets the Responses You Want

• Uniting the Community Through Food and Culture

• Trends and Best Practices in Access

 

Sponsorship/Marketing

• New and Unique Sponsor Ideas

• Facility Marketing & Sales – It’s a Year-Round Experience!

• Opening Big…. Finishing Strong! – Lets Create Two BIG Promotions

• Ticketing “Rights” and Wrongs – ADA

• How Ticketing Technology Can Benefit Other Departments

• Impactful Marketing Tools 

• Growing Revenue Online 

• Growing Revenue Online – The Proven Strategy That Works for Fairs of All Sizes!

• How Thought Leaders are Revolutionizing the Sponsorship Industry

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Ticketing/Technology

• Today’s Information Technology  

• Making Ticketing Technology Work for Smaller Fairs

• Ticketing That Changes Everything - AttendStar

• Ticketing “Rights” and Wrongs – ADA

• How to Sell More Tickets Online – Building the Perfect Marketing Ecosystem – Etix

• Automate Your Ticket Sales Strategies for the Digital Age – Saffire

• How Ticketing Technology Can Benefit Other Departments

 

Commercial Exhibits/Concessions

• Vendors: The Guest Experience and Improving the Fair/Vendor Relationship (Part 1 & 2)

• Two Views of the Food & Beverage Coin – A Conundrum

• Consumer Protection Program E. coli Workshop

• Every Dish Has a Narrative – Get to Know The Story of Your Community in Your Fair

 

Agriculture

• Uniting the Community Through Food and Culture

• Expansion and Opportunity in Youth Livestock Programs

• Consumer Protection Program E. coli Workshop

• “Are We Listening” An In-Person Ag on a Grand Scale Consumer Focus Group Session

• Hosting a Cannabis Festival

• Yes, And! – A Creative Toolbox Workshop

• Ag on a Grand Scale – Fair Oaks Farms

 

Entertainment

• How Do You Build Your VIP Entertainment Experience?

• Ticketing “Rights” and Wrongs – ADA

• Growing Revenue Online 

 

Business & Professional Development

• Developing & Nurturing Relationships with Community Leaders

• Board Governance

• The New Face of Leadership

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Why It Matters to You, Your Organization, and Your Community

• The 101 of Contracts & Other Legal Questions

• Countdown to Transition – Succession Planning for Fairs

• Culture in the Workplace

 

Safety & Security

• How to Communicate Safety Enhancements to the Public

• Key Factors for Crowd Management

• Consumer Protection Program E. coli Workshop

• Shhhh…. It’s Quiet Hours = Inclusivity for More Fair Patrons

• Trends and Best Practices in Access

 

Volunteers/Staffing

• Finding the Next Generation of Superintendents/Volunteers for Your Exhibits Departments

• Volunteers: How to Recruit & Perks Given

 

Future of Our Industry

• Top Fair Industry Leaders Field Tough Industry Questions!

• Countdown to Transition – Succession Planning for Fairs

• Establishing a 501(c)3 Charitable Foundation at Your Fair

• Junior and Senior Fair Boards – Making Partnership a Priority

• Yes, And! – A Creative Toolbox Workshop

• The Status of the Mobil Amusement Industry

• The New Face of Leadership

• Customer Trends – What Matters & What is Changing

• Shhhh…. It’s Quiet Hours = Inclusivity for More Fair Patrons