Comments on: Stallholders - are you listening? http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2006/06/29/stallholders-are-you-listening/ hints, tips and articles ~ to help the impact you make Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:51:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark White http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2006/06/29/stallholders-are-you-listening/#comment-2 Mark White Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:00:17 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/?p=5#comment-2 Exhibitions and trade shows can certainly be a trial, both when you are manning a stand and (as a result) when you attend one as well. Talking to someone when you are on a stand sounds easy enough - after all it's just chatting to them, isn't it? To be done well though, it needs a certain level of know-how to hold their attention and find out what their requirements are without making them feel that they have been pounced on and "detained against their will"! Some shows are a real nightmare in this regard as a visitor, but you quickly learn which stands to stay well clear of! Exhibitions and trade shows can certainly be a trial, both when you are manning a stand and (as a result) when you attend one as well.

Talking to someone when you are on a stand sounds easy enough - after all it’s just chatting to them, isn’t it? To be done well though, it needs a certain level of know-how to hold their attention and find out what their requirements are without making them feel that they have been pounced on and “detained against their will”!

Some shows are a real nightmare in this regard as a visitor, but you quickly learn which stands to stay well clear of!

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