the seven people you meet at expo
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we met the list also plus a few more i am sorry to say i cant remember. was although very, very nice to meet all of you. we have really good people here on EO. some we talked to more than others, not that we would not have enjoyed spending time chatting w/ all. just never seems to be enough time. transporter, we are dedicated to our conversation. so please keep in touch on the status. we will help. bob&linda, great to finally meet, new dear friends that it seemed like we have always known. dreamer, just plain and simply great to meet you, wish we could have met the misses. ovm, wish we could have talked more. piper , the same goes for you. pelican, very nice to meet you and the dog, he is so funny. layoutshooter&the misses, glad we met. have been wanting to meet you and the misses for a long time. wingnut and the mister, glad we got to talk a little, w/a little lady that i was very impressed with the business attitude and the dedication you have. a team, busy like us and other than introducing myself @ the progressive dinner, did not get to talk to much but thanks for taking all the pics. we'll have to talk next year. enemy, we met and the misses we didn't get formally introduced to. would like to have talked with you more. ldb, the same. we met @ the seminar but did not get to talk that much, but still a pleasure. i could go on and on but i wont. like i said, all EO'ers were wonderful and was glad to meet all of you. finally, and in closing the biggest thanks and praise goes to our fearless leader lawrence. thanks so much for all you do. this is only possible because of you and the great team you have put together.
guido4475
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Don't like tall dudes? wouldn't like me,6'7" barefoot.
No, No problem with tall dudes at all, but this Elvis guy was like 12 ft tall, or close to it.My girlfreinds 20-year old son is 6'9 tall, so I have an idea how tall you are.Ever consider a career in drywall hanging? lol.
moose
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" Moose ?
You moose ??
I was expecting a tall guy with long dark hair..."
(Ken , (OVM),Making a long lasting first impression...)
It was a blast meeting all of you ,
shore glad I made it .
wish i could stay longer , but was under a load.
I hope Expedite will Pick up soon ,so i can go back Expediting...
See Yh'all down the road.
You moose ??
I was expecting a tall guy with long dark hair..."
(Ken , (OVM),Making a long lasting first impression...)
It was a blast meeting all of you ,
shore glad I made it .
wish i could stay longer , but was under a load.
I hope Expedite will Pick up soon ,so i can go back Expediting...
See Yh'all down the road.
I wonder just how many others were surpised by the "reality" of how someone that they just met looked as opposed to the "mental picture" they had of that person?
Dakota
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Just wait until you get aload of me...lol
The Enemy
Veteran Expediter
I don't think anyone's mental picture of me was what they saw in person.
It was really nice meeting everyone. I know the roundtable meeting was 2 hours, but they went by fast, wish it would have lasted longer.
That 2 hours was gone in a flash. I think maybe 2 out of over 100 people left before it ended. I think it could have gone at least 3 hours and honestly think it could have gone 4 hours and nearly everyone would have stayed the whole time and been amazed at the end that it wasn't a one hour seminar. I hope next year it's set up so the room is available at least 3 hours just in case. It's got to be what the attendees want but if this year is an indicator it will end up going a full 3 hours. I just hope I get to be there to participate again. That was a great time.
wellarmed
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The mental picture is what it seems a lot of people rely on,when I first posted here with my original avatar I received a lot of personal messages about it and I changed it to Yosemite Sam and thats what the picture was related to. the screen name is actually a side business "Wellarmed Inc." that is a home security company and nobody ever thought to ask, but were lead to believe I was a gun toting redneck.
nightcreacher
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Sorry you didnt get a chance to meet me,but some of us work for a living.Maybe next year
Steve I think most of us work for a living also and after the Expo I think many of us went away with ideas on how to improve our lives and to improve our businesses.
The Expo is a learning tool for the new and the experienced expediter and the knowledge gained at one of these events in priceless. The networking that went on at this Expo was just amazing and on down the road who is to say that the knowledge gained or the person you met will not save your behind. There is just an wealth of information bandied around at the Expo that you cannot get at any other show. This year was just amazing to me at the amount of people you saw sharing ideas and creating friendships. As great as this Expo was I think next years will even be better due to the fact we have started a few new ideas that I hope will turn into traditions.
The Expo is a learning tool for the new and the experienced expediter and the knowledge gained at one of these events in priceless. The networking that went on at this Expo was just amazing and on down the road who is to say that the knowledge gained or the person you met will not save your behind. There is just an wealth of information bandied around at the Expo that you cannot get at any other show. This year was just amazing to me at the amount of people you saw sharing ideas and creating friendships. As great as this Expo was I think next years will even be better due to the fact we have started a few new ideas that I hope will turn into traditions.
I did not bring anything. but did my part in helping out. they ask me to break wind..was thinking they must know me pretty good......then they told me to pull my truck up and block off the wind hitting the grill...LOL......
Linda, you just posted our mission and value statement for the expo. Thanks!
If you do that, it would be a courtesy to all participants to have pre-announced and scheduled breaks between the hours. Maybe 10 minutes at 1:50-2:00 and 2:50-3:00 for example. That gives people a chance to use the rest room and exit gracefully if they wish.
I also suggest that if you are going to do a marathon workshop, have it at the final three hours of the show. Some exhibitors leave early. Having the workshop late in the day enables participants to take in the full show before leaving the floor to sit in a meeting room.
If you are going to run a three-hour workshop, thought should also be given to a sligtly more-structured workshop with the topics to be discussed to be pre-announced. We'll talk about carpet cleaning and other housekeeping things from 1:00 to 1:20, we'll talk about how to get freight from 1:30 to 1:50, we'll talk about carrier pay scales between 2:00 and 2:20, etc. This helps people manage their time and attend only the portion of workshops that are most beneficial to them.
I have to admit that I thought the conference bordered on ridiculous when carpet care ideas were being discussed. I already know how to keep our truck carpet clean and know why we have it instead of hard-surface floors. I also know that some people showed intense interest in the very same topic. Announcing topics ahead of time enables people to better use their time.
I left after the first hour. Having learned nothing new in that time, I found our time better spent networking with others on the floor. I heard nothing in the forum member workshop that I had not previously read here. Diane and I shared a couple of points for others in the room, but it was nothing that we have not previously shared here.
To avoid turning a marathon workshop into a moderator cheerleading, acceptance and personal gratification festival that meets only some people's needs (as discussing any single topic also would), schedule the last half hour to accomplish exactly that. Stick to business early and transition to the personal at the end. Use the last half hour for introductions, glad handing, meeting and greeting, putting faces with screen names or whatever other kind of social networking you wish to do. Doing it at the last half hour of the show would transition nicely into the cookout that follows.
Seating, sight lines and sound quality could be improved. Moderators selected to speak from the front of the room can be steated as a panel at a table at the front of the room, with the table on an elevated platform, and not at eye level on the floor as they were at this time. Seating them as a panel on a stage enables all participants to easily see and hear the speakers. This time, some of the moderators spoke while seated at floor level. They at least should have stood while speaking to make it easier for people to see and hear them.
Holding the event in the final hours of the show puts it on Saturday afternoon, thereby giving forum members who cannot make the whole show, the maximum opportunity to make just this part of it. It also avails the adjacent conference room to the workshop. If overflow crowds develop, the wall between the rooms can be opened to seat more people. If attendance is not as great as it was this year, keeping the room at it's original size makes the event seem well attended anyway.
While it would be possible to do, I don't think putting a computer and projector in the room with live online access would help. Giving speakers and participants the ability to pull up web sites they wish to share, point to or discuss would slow down the pace of information put out, I believe.
Finally, putting together a resource kit to be distributed to all workshop attendees might be appreciated by those who attend. It could include things like a list of important web sites that expediters often use (EO of course, special mention of the EO Free Classifieds, sites like DieselBoss, weather sites, etc.), Leo's fuel tax article, a copy of Expedite Now magazine with information on how to start one's free subscription, other articles put together by forum members (cooking, cleaning, safety on the road, etc., contact information of forum members who are willing to be contacted after the show, etc.
Just some items to consider. Congratulations are in order to the people who organized this year's moderator's workshop. It was clearly a big success.
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