Award Overview
All-Star Awards honor exhibit and event managers who have developed innovative
solutions that have improved their companies’ programs dramatically.
The annual awards are presented to industry leaders who have faced a specific
problem or challenge, implemented an innovative solution, and achieved measurable,
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Eligibility
Trade show exhibit managers and corporate event managers are eligible. Previous All-Star Award winners are also eligible if their nominated projects have never received an EXHIBITOR Award.
Self and peer nominations are accepted. Suppliers
are encouraged to submit entries on behalf of their clients. (Supplier-side
employees, such as exhibit-house account executives and trade show management-firm
employees, are ineligible.) |
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What’s in it for you?
Winners are featured in EXHIBITOR's February issue, read by more than 30,000 marketing professionals in the trade show, corporate event, and meetings industries. Winners also receive a free one-day pass to EXHIBITOR SHOW, including three seminars, a Peer2Peer session, and admission to the exhibit hall and reception (valued at nearly $900). The pass is valid on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday of the show. |
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Deadline
Sept. 13, 2010 |
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Fee
There is no fee to enter. |
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Entry Form
Download the 2010 All-Star Awards Entry Form |
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2010 Judges
Members of EXHIBITOR’s Editorial Advisory Board, CTSM graduates, and past winners will judge the competition. More details about the judges here.
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Kathy Granger, director of exhibition marketing, Thomson Reuters Legal, Eagan, MN |
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Amy Gregory, CTSM, senior veterinary conference planner, Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc., Topeka, KS |
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Marla Merritt, director of sales and marketing, OrthoBanc LLC, Chattanooga, TN |
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Doreen Paquette, event and trade show coordinator, Wacker Chemical Corp., Adrian, MI |
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Adam Polaszewskitrade show and events manager,CareerBuilder Inc., |
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Kerry Talbot, director of trade shows and events, contracting for Quintiles, Durham, NC |
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Mara Weber, events and users group director, Honeywell Process Solutions, Phoenix |
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Example
A sample synopsis from a previous All-Star Award winner can be found here. |
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Contact
Linda Armstrong
EXHIBITOR Magazine
972-317-1005
larmstrong@exhibitormagazine.com |
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Adam Polaszewski of CareerBuilder Inc. works his voodoo with a New Orleans-themed exhibit overhaul, cutting costs and conjuring a 65-percent increase in booth traffic.
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Doreen Paquette fought back when management decided to eliminate the most important show on her exhibiting calendar, cutting costs by more than $57,000 and convincing company bigwigs to reconsider.
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Lorna Pierno, Xirrus Inc.’s director of marketing programs, generates show-wide awareness at Interop Las Vegas by delivering a prizewinning boxing-themed program that quadruples booth traffic, brings in $1 million in showrelated sales, and traps heavyweight competitors on the ropes.
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Marla Merritt, sales and marketing director for OrthoBanc LLC, kicks off a competitive revolution by riffing on the host city’s history at a Boston trade show for orthodontists. Her tea-party-themed exhibit grows leads by 145 percent and produces a 700-percent uptick in show-floor sales.
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See last year's
All-Star Award Winners
in the February 2009 issue
of EXHIBITOR magazine.
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