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April 3-5, 2013. ISS is the Inside Self-Storage World Expo, and there’s nothing like it in the world, we were reliably informed. The expo hall featured more than 100 exhibits, allowing visitors to explore and converse with suppliers in industry-dominating numbers. The education program offered the up-to-date critical business information delegates needed to excel in today’s self-storage industry. The Education Tracks were organized based on categories regarding each of these markets: Building Blocks, International, Investor Essentials, Limiting Liability, Manager Essentials, Marketing and Owner Essentials. One keynoter talked about adding space by building up instead of out, adding thoughts on when to consider climate-control storage, and how to capitalize on the immediate demand for boat and RV storage in waterside markets. Another session addressed a wide range of issues pertaining to successful facility design, covering site selection, zoning issues, design options, costs, and construction do’s and don’ts. All in all, quite a “store” of knowledge…
April 3-6, 2013. Full name? The International Sign Expo 2013, billed as the industry’s “SIGNature” event for those wanting to take the sign business to the next level. The show brought together 18,000 signage end-users, integrators, manufacturers and suppliers. Beyond the trade show floor, ISA International Sign Academy education sessions offered insight into the latest developments in the signage industry. With more than 550 exhibitors and 18,000 colleagues under one roof, there were ideas and products aplenty to make an immediate impact on display business goals. There was a special focus on dynamic digital signage and how it is revolutionizing the signage marketplace. Targeted sessions were designed with the custom sign company in mind, and provided insights into how to add this new technology to the current business model, and how to sell these new solutions to a company’s current customer base. “Sign” of the times…
March 19-22, 2013. The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association is the fitness industry’s leading global trade association, we heard. IHRSA’s mission is to grow, protect and promote the health and fitness industry, and to provide its members with benefits that will help them be more successful. IHRSA members represent health and fitness facilities, gyms, spas, sports clubs and suppliers worldwide. IHRSA and its members are dedicated to making the world healthier through regular exercise and fitness promotion. IHRSA has affiliations with dozens of government agencies and organizations such as First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign, and the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. The fitness industry is stepping up as a solution to the growing public health crisis of obesity and weight problems. IHRSA represents and supports this goal through outreach and programs which help promote healthy, active lifestyles, such as the annual Summit for a Healthier America. Now, let’s see you touch your toes…
March 25-28, 2013. AEA stands for the Aircraft Electronics Association, which represents more than 1,300 aviation businesses including repair stations that specialize in maintenance, repair and installation of avionics and electronic systems in general aviation aircraft. AEA membership includes instruments facilities, manufacturers of avionics equipment, instrument manufacturers, airframe manufacturers, test equipment manufacturers, major distributors, and educational institutions. The AEA has an Ambassador Program, created to encourage stronger professional relationships between AEA repair station members and FAA Flight Standards District Offices. As an ambassador, an AEA member representative agrees to keep local FSDOs informed about AEA events, meetings and news. Since its inception, the Ambassador Program has helped to increase FAA personnel attendance at the AEA regional meetings and annual convention. Sort of like “flying to the aid of the industry…”
March 11-15, 2013. ICBA stands for Independent Community Bankers of America. With nearly 5,000 members representing more than 24,000 locations nationwide and employing 300,000 Americans, ICBA member institutions hold $1.2 trillion in assets, $1 trillion in deposits, and $750 billion in loans to consumers, small businesses and the agricultural community. Such banks can be located in small towns, suburbia or big-city neighborhoods. Community banks improve America’s towns and cities by funding small businesses and using local dollars to help families purchase homes, finance college and build financial security. These banks create symbiotic relationships with the communities they serve, favor local decision-making, and adhere to best business practices and ethical standards. You can bank on it…
March 5-7, 2013. The RPA is a self-governed not-for-profit organization comprised of professionals involved in all facets of production and distribution of retail packaging products including boxes, bows, bags, tissue, wrapping paper, tape, and stuff like that. RPA has member companies representing all entities of retail packaging nationwide and abroad. The RPA is a distributor-driven organization offering sales opportunities for manufacturers of packaging products. Exhibitors had to be producers or manufacturers of retail packaging products or providers of services that benefit RPA members. People came for client referrals, discounts on services, scholarship opportunities for students, and other benefits. There was a “Lunch & Learn” opportunity – participants could reserve a box lunch and attend a sales seminar. No-one felt “boxed in”, though there was plenty of “red tape” on view…
March 4-7, 2013. Heli Expo is short for the Helicopter Association International Show. This year it hosted 60 helicopters, 736 exhibitors, and 20,393 attendees, making it once again the world’s largest helicopter trade show and exposition. Early this year the association hosted an industry forum at which senior FAA representatives addressed members’ questions about the regulations and oversight requirements for public-aircraft operations. The forum also included a presentation by the National Transportation Safety Board. Helicopters can make quite a noise, so staying in good standing with the neighbors is important. It was therefore good to hear that “The most important benefit of responding to a citizen complaint is the opportunity to assure the community that helicopter operators hear their concerns, and are reducing noise impacts when possible. HAI’s Fly Neighborly Program helps reduce noise impacts to the community and provides the cornerstone for an effective noise management program”. Shhhhhhhhh!
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