Vendor Show Information for 2008

Want to be an Exhibitor? There are three steps:
                1. Click here to select a booth.
                2. Complete the registration form online.
                3. Lock-in your booth with your online payment by September 5th or by check to: MiSHE, 1620 70th Ave., Evart, MI 49631

Important Bulleted Information – note the changes in what the booth fee includes (see more information below)

·         LATE FEES APPLY after September 5th.  Booth fee for registrations placed after September 5th are $850.

·         Booth EARLY registration deadline ENDED AT MIDNIGHT, SEPTEMBER 5th.

·         Booth fees need to be paid by September 5th to hold the booth.

·         Booth payments not received PRIOR to the conference date will be assessed a $50 late fee.

·         Cancellation for PAID booth registrations with full refunds can be done up to September 5th, thereafter, half of the booth fee will be refunded until September 17th.  No refunds will be given for cancellations after September 17th.

·         Cancellation for UNPAID booth registrations can be done up to September 5th, thereafter, half of the booth fee will be charged until September 17th, after which full booth registration will be assessed.

·         Booth fees include registration for up to two (2) company representatives. Additional representatives can be registered for $40 each. (DO NOT REGISTER AS AN ATTENDEE)

·         Thursday evening banquet tickets can be purchased for $35 each.

·         Online payment options are available and encouraged.  Click on “MiSHE Store” 

·         Checks should be made payable to MiSHE and mailed to 1620 70th Ave., Evart, MI 49631.  PLEASE indicate with your check Booth # and associated costs.

·         To make inquiries or receive assistance, please email misheconf@mishe.org or call phone/fax # 231-734-3483.

See who’s coming this year - Exhibitors

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Expanded Information – Exhibitor/Vendor Packet

Booth Size: 10 feet wide (approx.) by 8 feet deep (approx.)

Booth Fee: $800 (includes: 120 volt outlet, 2'X8' table, table skirting, & drapes)

Booth Fee also includes:

  • Free admission (registration) to conference for up to 2 company representatives.
  • Free continental breakfast for up to 2 company representatives.
  • Free lunch for everyone registered; exhibitors and participants.

Optional Costs (not included in the booth fee):

  • MiSHE Banquet ticket for Thursday evening - $35 each – NO REFUNDS
  • Additional booth representatives (beyond two per booth) - $40 each.

Vendor Show Time: This is a Lunchtime Show and starts at the first break 10:00 AM on Thursday, September 25th. Participants go back into the general session for another hour and return for the Lunch Show that runs from 11:55 AM to 2:20 PM. Vendor Show time will be a total of 4 hours and 20 minutes!!

Extended Show Time: If you choose a booth in the yellow shaded area, you are required to stay until 3:35 PM. This time period includes the Lunch Show and the afternoon break that ends at 3:35 PM. Vendor Show time requirement for the Extended Show Area will be a total of 5 hours and 35 minutes!!

Set-up Time: Exhibitors registration begins on Thursday between the hours of 7:30 to10:00 AM. Booths must be set up by 10:00 AM for the first break.

Tear-down Time: Booths in the Extended Show area shaded in yellow will not be allowed to teardown until after 3:35 PM, after the last break. Other arrangements can be made by contacting the conference coordinator. Normal teardown can begin for booths in the non-shaded exhibit area after 2:20 PM.

Shipping Information:  Shipment of materials to Kewadin Casino cannot be received any sooner than Friday, September 19th.  Packages shipped to Kewadin should be addressed as follows:

Convention Services Manager (Annette Andress)

Kewadin Casino, Hotel and Convention Center

2186 Shunk Road Sault Ste. Marie, MI  49783.

 

ATTN: (Recipient's name/Company name/MiSHE).

 

Return postage must be pre-arranged with your shipper!

 

Kewadin's shipping department is equipped to handle shipments to and from UPS, FEDEX, and AIRBORNE (DHL).  If there is another shipping company being used, please notify the Convention Services Manager.  The shipping department will supply the bill of lading, unless special requirements are necessary, then the shipper would have to supply the appropriate forms.

 

Additional Company Representatives: The booth fee includes registration for up to 2 company representatives. Additional representatives are welcome for a fee of $40 each, and may be purchased online in the MiSHE Store – click on “Vendor”. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER AS AN ATTENDEE.

                                                Booth Representatives:  Please let us know by September 5th the email address, name (correct spelling) and cell phone number of each of your representatives attending the conference by sending an email to misheconf@mishe.org. Please let us know of any changes in your representative line-up by September 5th as well.

Additional Power:                The booth fee includes one 120V outlet, but electrical power will not be provided unless requested. Additional power (220V) may be purchased.  Contact MiSHE at misheconf@mishe.org for more information.

Additional Table:                 The booth fee includes one 2’X8’ table. An additional table may be purchased for $30 online in the MiSHE Store and click on “Vendor”.

Conference Activities:   It is expected that all Company Representatives and Exhibitors will respect the agenda and program of the MiSHE Conference and will not plan “private” events that will interfere or prohibit MiSHE Conference Attendees from participation in the Pre-Conference programs, MiSHE sponsored Wednesday networking activities, Main Conference program or the Thursday evening banquet.  Please review the conference agenda.  Sponsorships are available to allow additional exposure of your company with conference attendees.  For more information about sponsorships, contact MiSHE at misheconf@mishe.org or phone/fax 231-734-3483.

Prize Give-Away:      During the Vendor Show there will be an assortment of “vendor sponsored” prizes. These prizes, given by MiSHE, are sponsored from the proceeds of the booth sales and will target Professional Members of MiSHE. The prizes will be given away during the lunch-show in the following way (with minor variations, depending on the circumstances):

 

IMPORTANT:  All Exhibitors are asked to have available in their booth a suitable container (such as a fish bowl) for Conference Attendee business cards.

 

To begin the give-away process, approximately 30 minutes after the Vendor Show begins, one exhibitor, from all of the exhibitors present, will be selected at random to establish a starting point location.  At that chosen location, a strobe light will be turned on and run for two (2) minutes.  All persons within the immediate area will know this is the location of a “prize give-away”.  At the end of the two minutes, a bell will sound and an attendee business card will be drawn from the exhibitors “fish bowl”.  The attendees name will be announced over the public intercom system as the recipent of the prize.  The prize winner will have 90 seconds to claim his/her prize at the booth location.  If the prize winner has not claimed their prize at the end of 90 seconds, a bell will sound and another name will be drawn.   This will continue until a winner has claimed their prize.  A new round is started when the booth representative draws, at random, the next exhibitor location that a prize will be given away.

 

Photos will be taken of the prize winner and booth representatives at each prize give-away booth location for viewing at the Thursday evening banquet.

 

Exhibitor Prize Give-Aways:  Exhibitors who want to give away their own company prizes in conjunction with MiSHE during the “Vendor Show” may do so by contacting the Conference Coordinator by Monday, September 15th   at misheconf@mishe.org or phone/fax 231-734-3483.  

 

There is a limit of six (6) such prizes that will be included with the MiSHE prize give-away program on a “first-come, first-serve” basis. We encourage that the prizes have a value of $50 or more.  Please indicate the type of prize offered, your company name, booth number, booth representative name and contact information.  These prizes will be accommodated within the give away program. 

 

SPECIAL NOTE:  Other company “prizes”, free material or promotional items given away will be the responsibility of your company booth representatives to distribute and MUST NOT interfere with the MiSHE sponsored prize give-away event.

 

Presentations:  ALL BREAK-OUT SESSIONS HAVE BEEN SELECTED AT THIS TIME.

                                ONLY PAID EXHIBITORS MAY MAKE A “BREAKOUT” PRESENTATION.  If your company would like to make a presentation that you feel fits the conference theme, please submit a paragraph describing the presentation and title.  Presentations will be chosen from those submitted by the Conference Planning Committee.  All presentations must fit a 40 minute time period. Selected presentations will be made after the Vendor Show and during the breakout sessions starting after 3:35 p.m.  There are six presentation slots with two sessions of three concurrent sessions offered to participants.  Please send your presentation for consideration to:  misheconf@mishe.org.  A requirement of all speakers is that a copy of the presentation be made available for posting to the MiSHE web site.  Posting of the presentations will start soon after the conference has ended.

Special Requests: Exhibitors with special needs or requests can make those by contacting the conference coordinator: misheconf@mishe.org 

Cancellation: Exhibitors may cancel up to September 5th and receive a full rebate. Cancellations made after September 5th and before September 17th may receive half of the registration fee as a refund. No refunds for cancellations after September 17th.  Banquet tickets are nonrefundable.

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