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An entirely open stand with no private meeting space
Technology · Exhibition
A 400 sqm expo pavilion measured in meetings, not footfall
A large stand producing plenty of visitors and very few qualified conversations — until the space and the diary were redesigned.
01 · The brief
The brief in this scenario.
An enterprise software company had a substantial presence at a major Gulf technology exhibition, and could not evidence a return. Leads were collected on paper, executive meetings happened in noisy public areas and the follow-up began a fortnight later.
- Sector
- Technology
- Format
- Exhibition
- Scale
- 400 sqm · 60 staff · 5 show days
- What this is
- Representative scenario
02 · What goes wrong
What is going wrong.
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Lead capture on cards, typed up after the show
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No pre-booked meetings — the diary was filled by walk-ups
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Sixty travelling staff booking their own flights and hotels
03 · What we change
Four changes that matter.
- 01
Zoned the stand
Open demonstration frontage for volume, four enclosed meeting rooms behind it for depth, sized against the sales motion rather than by floor-area convention.
- 02
Built the diary before the show
Target accounts identified six weeks out, meetings confirmed with a time and a named attendee, and a briefing sheet per meeting for the executive taking it.
- 03
Configured capture to the CRM
Scanner fields mapped to the CRM before the show, staff briefed on qualification, and a sync running through each day rather than at the end.
- 04
Took over the travel
Sixty staff moved onto managed group travel with one rooming list, one arrival plan and one support number.
04 · Expected outcome
What that produces.
Every figure is illustrative
Expected
210 qualified meetings held across five days against a target of 160
Expected
Leads in the CRM the same day, every day
Expected
Executive meetings held in private space with a briefing each
Expected
No travel or accommodation incidents across sixty staff
05 · Carry-forward
What this one teaches.
Private meeting space changes what an enterprise stand can do commercially
A diary built in advance beats any amount of stand traffic
Same-day lead sync is the single cheapest improvement available
More formats
Other worked examples.
Representative scenarioAutomotive · Dealer meetA 340-dealer annual summit that finished on timeFourteen departure cities, a resort buyout and an awards ceremony that had overrun by two hours the previous year.340 delegates · 14 origin cities · 3 days
Representative scenarioPharmaceuticals · Advisory boardsA twelve-country advisory programme that passed auditA series of advisory boards where the compliance record, not the logistics, was the deliverable.12 countries · 240 healthcare professionals · 9 months
Representative scenarioAssociations · CongressA congress that returned a surplus for the first time in four yearsStrong attendance, weak commercials — and a volunteer committee doing three jobs at once.2,400 delegates · 90 exhibitors · 4 daysSomething of this shape, for your programme.
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