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Practical learning for better exhibitions

Start with the work in front of you. Find a useful question, understand the essential action and apply it at your own pace.

Conceptual scene of exhibition professionals learning together through a short practical discussion

Exhibitors

Connect preparation with useful outcomes.

Define your purpose, coordinate delivery and keep promises and results traceable.

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Venues

Keep facility information and actions dependable.

Connect current sources, responsible owners and measured operational work.

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Service providers

Deliver a service with clear boundaries.

Agree the scope, coordinate dependencies and close the work with honest evidence.

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60 practical questions.
Five learning paths.

See the planned titles in their learning order. Each path contains 12 lessons. Full explanations, tools and assessments are being prepared and are not open here.

Visitors12 planned lessons

  1. Which exhibition is worth my time?

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  2. How can I build a visit plan I can actually follow?

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  3. What should I check about registration and entry before travelling?

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  4. How do I keep a route I can use when the event app is unavailable?

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  5. How do I request language or access support clearly?

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  6. How can I arrange useful meetings before the exhibition?

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  7. How do I start a short, relevant conversation at a stand?

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  8. How do I compare information from different stands fairly?

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  9. How much contact information should I share or keep?

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  10. What should I do when the schedule changes or information is missing?

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  11. How do I turn visit notes into a useful decision or action?

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  12. Was the visit worthwhile, and what should I change next time?

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Exhibitors12 planned lessons

  1. Should we exhibit at this event?

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  2. How do we write a participation brief the team can use?

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  3. What belongs in a complete participation budget?

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  4. How do we coordinate exhibition orders and deadlines?

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  5. How do we brief a booth layout around real use?

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  6. How do we prepare stand staff and cover their shifts?

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  7. Is our product demonstration ready to run?

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  8. How do we capture a relevant stand conversation without overcollecting data?

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  9. How do we plan booth hospitality that supports participation?

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  10. Should we buy, rent or reuse a stand element?

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  11. How do we deliver the follow-up we promised at the stand?

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  12. How do we evaluate participation against objectives and cost?

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Organisers12 planned lessons

  1. What should this event help its audiences achieve?

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  2. How do we keep participation instructions current and usable?

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  3. How do we collect and approve exhibitor information for publication?

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  4. How do we connect registration, confirmation and entry?

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  5. Which data does this process actually need?

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  6. How do we make signs, maps and location names agree?

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  7. Can participants complete this information task?

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  8. How do we make operational responsibilities and handovers clear?

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  9. How do we recognise and act on a queue or crowding problem?

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  10. How do we keep participants informed during a service outage?

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  11. How do we report registrations, visitors and visits without mixing them up?

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  12. How do we turn feedback into a verified improvement action?

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Venues12 planned lessons

  1. How do we maintain a trustworthy facility information record?

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  2. What should a venue technical information pack cover?

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  3. How do we connect a service-location map to a clear request process?

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  4. How do we describe venue access and facilities accurately?

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  5. How do we coordinate freight arrival and unloading?

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  6. What must be checked before an area is released for opening?

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  7. How do we create a resource baseline that can be compared later?

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  8. Which energy-waste action should we try and how will we check it?

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  9. How do we record a water leak and verify its repair?

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  10. How do we organise material and waste collection routes?

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  11. How do we respond when an essential venue service fails?

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  12. How do we keep welfare and cleaning checks useful during the event?

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Service providers12 planned lessons

  1. How do we write a service brief with a checkable handover?

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  2. How do we make quotes and scope changes clear?

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  3. How do we coordinate contractor dependencies without losing ownership?

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  4. Which information and approvals do we need before arriving on site?

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  5. What shipment information is needed for delivery and return?

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  6. How do we design for dismantling and a real next use?

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  7. Where did the project’s materials actually go?

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  8. How do we plan catering quantities and account for surplus?

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  9. How do we define host and interpreter roles and cover their shifts?

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  10. How do we hand over a technology service that works for its users?

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  11. How do we define and verify cleaning and waste-separation services?

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  12. How do we close a service project with evidence and useful learning?

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Small essentials.
Useful practical work.

Essential reading is designed to take around 2–5 minutes. Completing a practical task takes longer and depends on your situation.

  1. 01

    Learn

    Understand a useful principle, its sources and its limits.

  2. 02

    Apply

    Put the idea to work in your own task and keep a useful record.

  3. 03

    Improve

    Review what happened, share evidence and decide what to improve next.