Rental & Staging Roadshow heads to the City.  
The Rental and Staging Roadshow has a new home in NYC for 2010!

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010
METROPOLITAN PAVILION with Scharff Weisberg! 
Level Entrance:  123 W. 18th Street | 5th Floor
New York, NY
 
If you're in the tri-state area on the east coast this is your best opportunity to catch the roadshow on it's way across the nation. The Rental & Staging Roadshow rolls into the Metropolitan Pavilion on Wednesday, July 28. Don't miss a minute of the networking opportunities, the technical and business sessions and the chance to grow your business!
Click here for directions for Metropolitan Pavilion

Rental & Staging Roadshow – NYC EVENT SCHEDULE

10:00 – 10:30am        
Registration/Coffee/Exhibitor Showcase

10:30 – 10:45am        
Introduction | David Keene

10:45 – 11:30am        
Keynote Presentation: Rental is a Commodity and What You Can Do About It | Tom Stimson
The problem of shrinking margins is pandemic and everyone has their own idea of whom to blame, but as an industry we have done this to ourselves. Learn how 30 years of tradition is the real culprit and what you can do to liberate your company from this cycle.

11:30am – 12:00pm
Commentary on the NY Staging and Rental Market with Josh Weisberg

12:00 – 1:30pm 
Networking Lunch & Exhibit Showcase Open

1:30 – 2:30pm
InfoComm Technical Presentation: Saving the Digital Show | Joel R. Rollins, CTS-R | Everett Hall Associates, Inc. The history of our industry has us all sharing stories about how we saved a show at the last second using gum, a paper clip, and fast thinking. Today's shows have changed, and in a world of clouds and bytes the tools we use to save them have changed. Find out what replaces the paper clip in our emergency toolkit today.

2:30 – 3:30pm 
Business Seminar: The ROI of Everything - How To Make Better Decisions | Tom Stimson
We often know that updating processes is the right thing to do but then fail to execute because it would seem to cost too much. Companies need better tools for calculating the return on these costs over time, but struggle with quantifying that value. Tom will demonstrate a simple system for calculating the ROI of change using a real world example.

3:30 – 4:30pm
Networking Reception & Exhibitor Showcase Open

4:30 - 4:45pm
Closing Thoughts with Josh Weisberg