RE: WAS: Visonic PowerMax... NOW: Supplier demos

["Roger Bilboul" <Bilboul@xxxxxxx>]

Mark and Paul
This thread can take on a number of directions from outings to specific
suppliers to a professionally organised show. I have no particular
preference. However, if you want to consider one of the extremes I
happen to have an involvement with a professional event organisation and
I could ask them to give you a budget for running a possible HA event
which you could then handle yourself or have this organisation or
another handle for you. You would need to determine the following on the
assumption that this will be a relatively 'small' event with table top
exhibits and maybe a lecture room where exhibitors could give product
presentations.
1. Duration of event (one day or more?)
2. Potential number of exhibitors
3. Potential number of visitors
4. Seating capacity for lecture room
5. Any special requirements for exhibitors (power, internet access,
telephone, etc.)
6. Would exhibitors be charged to participate to cover the costs?
7. Would visitors be charged an entrance fee?
8. Will there be a need for printed material (list of
exhibitors/speakers/etc.)
9. Will there be a need for a (paid for) direct sales effort to recruit
exhibitors.
10. Will there be a need for email and or direct mail marketing to
attract visitors (if so are there relevant lists readily available).
11. Will there be a requirement for a PR campaign - 1 or 2 press
releases to a targeted press list.
12. Will UKHA members be willing to give press interviews.

If you think you want a more elaborate event, you would need to address
the above issues and as I said, I would be willing to help.

Roger


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 09 November 2001 10:21
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] WAS: Visonic PowerMax... NOW: Supplier demos
>
>
> > Mark, do you reckon we could make a go-er of something like this?
>
> Sounds good Paul - I think we had our first one of these near
> London bridge earlier this year with a certain voice
> controlled HA system :-)
>
> Of course, what we really need is an HA show.  We all know
> what happened this year with the famous HomeTech, although
> after seeing how crap that Windows show was we all went to I
> can understand how hard it must be to get enough interest
> together for an HA one.
>
> I'd really love to come back to London next year again
> (April?) and maybe we can get a few more suppliers like
> Habitech to show.  We'd need a different
> (bigger) location though and a sponsor. Kwong Li was pretty
> much our sponsor this year it must be said!!! (thanks again Li).
>
> I'm prepared to write to a few key suppliers if the group
> would think it's a good idea.
>
> Thanks
>
> M.
>
>
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