Legislative Action Day in DC ... Interviews with attendees and updates for the future podcasts.

Charles Pappas interviews Author and Writer Charles Duhigg on the very important aspects of being an excellent communicator.  Kim and Mike promote Legislative Action Day and EXHIBITOR Education Week coming up, also chat on the challenges of sustaining industry growth in 2024 and the Sphere in Las Vegas in the news being used for a Conference Keynote in a few weeks!

David DuBois, President and CEO of The EXHIBITOR Group and Publisher of EXHIBITOR Magazine sits in with Mike to discuss the latest on the news front discussing the latest arguments in DC for Facial Recognition used by TSA, Labor Department reports and the economy in general.  David and Mike also chat with Amy Calvert, CEO of The Events Industry Council who shares their latest work for the industry.

An episode of just Kim and Mike talking about the updates for The EXHIBITOR Group and the direction for the organization, upcoming activities for the group, and more.  Also conversations centering on recent issues like the Tik Tok ban, Non-Competes and the FTC and Airlines required to make immediate cash refunds for falling short on flights!

Tommy Goodwin from ECA and Mike Morrison catch up on all things from the Exhibitions and Conferences Alliance, advocacy points, and the upcoming Legislative Action Day in DC on May 30th.  The Association Updates as well.  The website mentioned during the show for Fraud reporting is REPORTFRAUD.ftc.gov

Rich Gibbons from SpeakInc chats with Kim and Mike about his job of finding the right speaker for the right event.  Kim and Mike also chat about AI and AR in today's world, NIKE'S CEO assessment against remote work and airline travel to set new records this summer.

Well Being Alert!  This one is a great discussion with Erica Brunke as Kim and Mike talk to her about her "I Am Remarkable" program.  See more on that here, https://www.rmrkblty.org/iamremarkable
Also, Kim and Mike talked about Shop Marketplace in Cincinnati this week, where Mike spent the entire week.  Also developments with the Duke Energy Center news, discussions regarding booth traffic trends and challenges, Charles Pappas winning an award, and more.  Mike's books discussed during the interview are here :  
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Kim and Mike chat with David Dubois and Monica Myhill from The EXHIBITOR Group and discuss their assessments of EXHIBITOR Live 2024 in Nashville as well as changes coming for 2024 and 2025's show in San Antonio.  Kim and Mike also chat about air travel cost challenges, share results of a poll on the subject, trade show attendance upticks so far with 2024 shows and also the opening of the Exhibit Design Awards competition in its 38th year!

Julie Lynch from LynchPin Experiential and Jill Leithner from Intel Corporation chats with Kim and Mike regarding trends for 2024.  Kim and Mike talk about his trip to PA and what it was like four years ago to the day with the COVID shutdowns, National Women's month and the strides made in that area and also the tragedy in Baltimore and how it will affect supply chain moving forward.

ESCA Executive Director Julie Kagy comes on the show with Mark Johnson (special guest host) and Mike Morrison to discuss the upcoming Summer Educational Conference registration opening this week, the new Industry Collective movement, and a very intense discussion about the recent developments in the area of DEI.  Mark and Mike talk about the economy and its effects on the industry, AI usage in the day to day world for the industry as well as a look into second quarter for business.