The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) is set to release its new Industry Insight Series report, Managing Results: Benchmarks for Exhibit Growth.
The document offers exhibitors a primer on exhibit goal setting that aligns with an organisation's strategic goals and defining metrics that track event performance against these goals.
This report takes into account that business-to-business exhibitions are versatile and serve many business objectives. It lists 99 reasons why organisations choose to exhibit.
Author Barry Siskind offers an approach advocating to follow a tighter focus when exhibiting that supports an organisation's top priorities and a way to quantify what success looks like to use as performance metrics.
CEIR President and CEO Brian Casey, CEM, said: "CEIR's Industry Insight Series showcases advice from leading industry experts. This particular report offers a pathway for exhibitors to assure that their exhibit programmes are positioned for success."
Siskind states in the report: "Objectives are the 'fundamental strategy of business'. Business objectives must be set in all operational areas, including marketing... However, establishing clear measurable and realistic objectives is not as easy as it sounds... One of the most important challenges exhibitors face is developing well-articulated objectives and measuring the impact of their business-to-business exhibition investment against these objectives."
The report includes the following steps to follow:
- Importance of Defining Objectives
- Quantifying Your Objectives
- Define Metrics to Assess Outcome of Exhibiting to Stated Objectives
- Be Realistic About Your Objectives
- Establish Benchmarks
Click here to download the full report. IAEE members can access the CEIR library and reports at no cost – a benefit of IAEE membership.
