 One of Canada's best industry trade shows is coming up soon. The Incentive Works trade show will be taking place in Toronto. I'm attending. I hope that you are as well. And would love to leave you with some tips on how to get the most out of this year's Incentive Works show. One is Leanne from leannculderwood.com. And in a few short weeks, I'll be heading to one of Canada's best attended meetings industry trade shows. And that is the Incentive Works show in Toronto. Now, Incentive Works has seen some changes over the years, as has most shows granted. Obviously changes for the better and more and more education sessions for both planners and meeting partners to attend. So what I've done this year is I've outlined how to get the most out of your trade show experience, as well as going through the show kind of day by day so that you can kind of plan your week and get the most out of each experience. So without further ado, here we go. Everything I'm sharing in today's blog posts, including links to get additional event tickets, links to educational sessions, links to the trade show hours. All of this can be found on the Incentive Works website, which is at www.incentiveworksshow.com. So head on over there. In fact, you should actually do it while you're going through this video. And then hopefully you can find things as I'm speaking. Or else read the blog posts that I've also written. They've also got links to all the landing pages over at www.incentiveworksshow.com. The Monday is Arrivals Day at the Incentive Works show. So most people are flying in on the Monday. However, some people may have come in over the weekend. Because there are some events taking place on Monday if you want to partake. Site Canada, which is an association for those in the incentive travel industry. They have a large golf tournament on the Monday. So you might want to come in the weekend prior and attend the Site Canada golf tournament. If you fly in on the Monday, the Monday night events include some hotel reception events. Also PCMA Canada East is holding a reception as well. And then of course the ever popular MPI Foundation Rendezvous event. That is also taking place on Monday night. Tuesday is a big day. So Tuesday really is the official kickoff to the Incentive Works show. And they kick it off with a bang. Some amazing educational sessions that start in the morning and lead up to the late morning keynote address. The keynote address then leads into the trade show and luncheon, which is on the trade show floor. And the trade show hours are from 12 to 5pm. But the fun doesn't stop there. Tuesday night tends to be the popular night to host all the different hotel receptions. There's different groups sponsoring and hosting a whole bunch of things all over town on Tuesday night. So Tuesday is a big day. Tuesday is when you need to get some good rest, lots of water, healthy snacks, because you're going from dawn to dusk, from trade show to education session to events. Wednesday is a little bit quieter, but there's still a lot going on. So let's get through this. Same thing when you wake up in the morning, you're heading off to some education sessions. And then a late morning keynote, which again leads into trade show and luncheon on the trade show floor. So so far we're carbon copy from Tuesday. Here's where things get interesting. At 3 o'clock p.m. on the Wednesday is when they do the Hall of Fame live awards presentation. So these are people they are inducting into the MNIT Hall of Fame. You don't want to miss it. Please, please stick around for these presentations. It's one of the highlights is the Hall of Fame awards for me. So I'm really hoping to see you there. I think it's important that we support all the industry professionals who are doing what they can to further our industry in Canada. So do hope to see you at the learning lounge on the trade show floor at 3 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday. Then the closing party starts promptly at 4 p.m. Same thing on the trade show floor. So you don't have to go back to your hotel, wait for a couple hours and then try and find the closing party. It's taking place on the trade show floor. So I encourage you to stick around throughout Wednesday afternoon. Find the Hall of Fame at 3 o'clock, stick around for the closing party at 4 o'clock, and then go out for dinner with some friends or some peeps that you just met at the awesome incentive work show and have a good time and a relaxing time debriefing about the incentive work show on Wednesday evening. So that's the show in a nutshell as far as how to manage your calendar. But there's a lot of tips and tricks that you can use to get the most out of the show. And it works has an appointment scheduler where suppliers and planners can reach out to one another and schedule a mutual time to connect and talk business. I'm a fan of the appointment scheduler. I love hate relationship with it actually. And actually that's a great blog post for another day. But the appointment scheduler is a great way to predetermine sometimes to meet with people so that you ensure you don't leave the trade show and have missed someone that you really, really wanted to talk to. So I encourage you to check out the appointment scheduler tool at the incentive work show. You'll also want to plan your route. If you have an opportunity to look at the trade show floor in advance, plan your route around the trade show floor. So again, you're not missing anyone that you really, really want to visit. And of course you can find all of those maps over at senateworkshow.com. If you're a planner, you're obviously going to want to take notes with every vendor that you meet. So make sure that you take a notebook with you or on your phone if you use the Evernote app and start taking notes of all the people you meet. Start also snapping pictures of the business cards that you collect. You can keep them in your Evernote as well. Or Camcard is a great app for business cards as well. Now, if you are an exhibitor or a vendor, you also want to take notes. And I've created this handy little trade show prospect note template. You can download over at my website at leoncaldorwood.com. And what that is, it's just a simple way of cataloging all the people that you've met. But more importantly, the highlights of their program so that you can address them very, very personally. So I'm a big fan of the checklist or rather of the notes page because it does speak to the personal goals and objectives of those clients programs. So I hope you find value in the tool as well. Okay, some final tips and tricks for getting the most out of your incentive works experience. There is an app. So make sure that you download the app. Now there's one thing to note when you're downloading the app. Get the instructions on how to download it over at the incentiveworkshow.com. I don't think you can download it straight from the Apple app store. At least I wasn't successful doing that. But I did find the instructions on the website and away I go. I've got the app up and running now for the show. Another tip, you're spending a lot of time on the trade show floor. Make sure you wear sensible shoes, ladies. It's a lot of hours to be spent schlepping around that trade show floor in high stilettos. Pack a water bottle, get a good night's sleep, eat healthy when you're on the trade show floor. And when you come back to your office, aside from all the follow-up that you want to do with all the people that you met, you can now log your education credits for continuing education over at the Events Industry Council. So, Pipes, I packed a lot of information into this video today. My blog post has a ton of links and expands on each of these points a little bit further. So maybe go over to my blog post and read about the incentiveworkshow a little bit more. And of course, get onto incentiveworkshow.com to learn more about the show there. Again, for my meeting partner friends, here is this notes worksheet that I created for you. You can download this and download as many pages as you want for as many clients as you're going to be meeting on the show. By downloading this, you automatically receive my weekly newsletter, which has the industry calendar for all the other shows that you can go and attend, as well as other tips and tricks for meeting partners like yourself. I hope these tips have helped you prepare a little bit better for the incentivework show. And if you're going to the show and you see me on the floor, please stop me to say hi. I would love to meet with you and see if these tips helped you get ready. Hope to see you in a few weeks. Bye for now.