March 18, 2009

Pre-Event Marketing & Development Breakfast - Thank you!

Thank you to the InnoTech exhibitors, sponsors and partners who attended this morning's pre-event marketing & development breakfast at the Governor Hotel. It was great to see you all and feel the energy and enthusiasm in the room.

Check your email for the Exhibitor Checklist that will help you prepare for the upcoming InnoTech event as we enter the "home stretch" (the last month before a show.)

For those of you who may be looking for additional sponsorship opportunities, we do have a few left (it's not too late!) Event bags anyone? It's pretty cool to see the attendees walking around the exhibit hall and conference sessions with bags imprinted with your company name. Let me know if you're interested.

Hope you enjoyed St. Patrick's Day today,
Sean

Comments (0) | Posted by Sean M. Lowery at 6:02 AM

March 16, 2009

InnoTech Returns (for the 6th year!) April 22-23, 2009

Is it REALLY that time again?! Even though I've been working on it since the conclusion of last year's event, the InnoTech Oregon event still manages to creep up on me every year.

This Tuesday, March 17th, is the InnoTech Marketing & Development Breakfast which is always a really exciting morning for me. (Yeah, it's St. Patrick's Day too but it's too early to start serving green beer.) This Tuesday, 6 weeks prior to the event, I get to meet, network and share ideas for event success with our exhibitors, sponsors, partners as well as those who are still deciding if they will participate. This pre-event "event" never fails to spark lots of creativity and enthusiasm...and I always look forward to it.

The breakfast also marks the time where InnoTech's marketing really kicks into high gear. (Let's face it, no matter how much I WISH everyone registered months in advance, experience tells me that the Mon, Tue and Wed prior to the event are our biggest registration days.) So, now is the time to spread the word about the amazing conference content, national caliber speakers and excellent exhibits happening at InnoTech Oregon this year.

For example, we have secured Keynote Presenter Rahaf Harfoush, New Media Strategist, Member of Obama's Social Media Team, & Associate Director of the Global Cooperation Initiative at the World Economic Forum, to present on Thursday, April 23, 2009. We have Scott S. Ballantyne, former VP General Manager, Personal Systems Group, Hewlett Packard kicking off this year's eMarketing Summit @ InnoTech and we have a Windows 7.0 Sneak Peek session at InnoTech as well.

There's so much great stuff happening this year that I am vowing NOW to be more diligent (than I have been) about blogging about the event as it draws nearer. I do Twitter about InnoTech frequently so if you'd like to follow me there I'm listed as slowery.

More later this week...Sean

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April 23, 2008

InnoTech Wrap Up Report

Well, the InnoTech Oregon event was last week, Wednesday and Thursday and we are almost recovered. It was two solid days of conference sessions with massive networking and one productive day of exhibits and demos at the Expo. So much happened over the two days it is difficult to recap in one blog, so I spread out over the next couple of days.

Wednesday, April 16 was strictly conference sessions with the expo set up going on behind closed doors. At times there were six different tracks happening and most of the day all six rooms were packed. The buzz in between the conference sessions was amazing and the complimentary coffee from EasyStreet did not hurt. Two of our main authors/speakers presented on April 16 to packed rooms with book signing taking place right after.

Ron Pernick, who resides in Portland, was the keynote for the Clean Tech Track hosted by SAO on April 16. When I opened the door, Ron's presentation was standing room only and I was excited to see the line of people purchasing his Clean Tech book from Powells and asking for autographs. I was a little worried about attendance for the Nonprofit Technology Summit, but again the room was full and I heard many positive comments about the sessions and the work TACS & NPOWER are doing in the community. I look forward to making the Nonprofit Tech Summit a big part of InnoTech next year with presentations and its own expo with demos and product discussions.

Over 800 business and technology professionals from the NW attended InnoTech on April 16. It was nothing but hard work and fun all day long. More to follow about the eMarketing Summit and second day of InnoTech. My thanks to everyone for attending and solidifying InnoTech as Oregon's premier technology event.

Comments (0) | Posted by Sean M. Lowery at 4:18 AM