SOURCE: Fast Company
Fear of failure can leave you feeling weak and anxious about your work, wanting to run from potential problems or less than desirable outcomes. Flip the script on your perspective. Re-focusing on the client needs, rather than your own, often generates feelings of self-confidence in your expertise and a strong sense of self-worth.

Source: TSNN
The annual TSNN Top 250 Trade Show List ranks the year’s top events based on square footage of paid exhibit space. The list for 2018 will be out in March. Deadline to enter your shows (U.S. based shows only) is February 9, so be sure to enter your show now!

SOURCE: Forbes
Resumés are introductions to the business world, yet so many people resort to a personal-branding style of "I'm the best blah, blah, blah" without due consideration to their actual track record. Choosing clichéd-brands like guru, disruptor and catalyst can be counterproductive, while using praising words like savvy, mogul, expert to describe yourself is unseemly. Saying who you are and this is my record shows self-confidence and power.

SOURCE: Trade Show Executive
The on-going U.S. federal government shut-down has forced managers of the CES to change some programs and speaker engagements due to a number of federal agency representatives having to cancel their travel plans.

SOURCE: ExhibitorOnline
Candy Adams, nicknamed the "Booth Mom" for her keen insight in to event managment, is scheduled to appear at the Lev Promotions booth #1561 at EXHIBITORLIVE for a Q-and-A about the perils and pitfalls of trade show management.

SOURCE: Harvard Business Review
Prioritizing, planning and delegating helps you get work done, but each project requires a different approach. Keep in mind these basic strategies for increasing your team's efficiencies and saving time. 

SOURCE: GES
Integration of technology has been integral to event industry professionals looking to positively impact their events. The conversation now moves from using digital components to impact live experiences to using technology like Smart Spaces, Intelligent Data and Digital Immersion to combine the physical with the digital world.

SOURCE: Inc.com
In this age of ever-evolving ideas, "soft skills" like "persuasion" are no longer being viewed as soft. Rather, storytelling, and the ability to publicly speak and persuade audiences are now being viewed as a fundamental skill for success.

SOURCE: ExhibitorOnline
Orbus Exhibit & Display Group announced last week their release of more than 30 new products and updated product categories for 2019 including 40 indoor and outdoor display solutions.

SOURCE: CEIR
Despite the potential for digital offerings to replace face-to-face communications building trust is essential, and the 2018 CEIR Index Report provides insight into show attendance, the importance of maintaining channel and much more.