Vendor Registration &
Show Information

Want to be an Exhibitor?


There are four steps:


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Select your booth by viewing the conference floor plan. Click here to review the vendor show floor plan and select a booth.


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Complete the Booth Registration form online. Click here for the registration form. At the end of this form you will be prompted to go to step 3.


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Complete the Representative Registration form online. Click here for the Representative Registration form. At the end of this form you will be prompted to step 4 and given your payments options. You can return to step 3 to update your representative list before the conference.


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At the end of step 3 you will be given payment options. Lock-in your booth with your online payment. If paying by check, send to: MiSHE, 1620 70th Ave., Evart, MI 49631. Unpaid booths will be released after September 3rd.

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Information At-A-Glance:
(See the Exhibitor/Vendor packet and Expanded Information below for more details)

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Exhibitor/Vendor Packet – Expanded Information

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Booth Size: 10 feet wide (approx.) by 8 feet deep (approx.) See the “Vendor Floor Plan” for more details.

Booth Fee: $850 after September 3rd (includes: booth drapes, one skirted 2'X8' table, 120 volt outlet, 2 chairs & wastebasket)

Booth Fee also includes:

Optional Costs (not included in the booth fee):

Vendor Show Time: This is a Lunchtime Show and starts at the first break 9:30 AM on Thursday, September 23rd. 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 50 minutes!!

Extended Show Time: If you choose a booth in the yellow shaded area, you are required to stay until 3:40 PM. This time period includes the Lunch Show and the afternoon break that ends at 3:40 PM. Vendor Show time requirement for the Extended Show Area will be a total of 6 hours and 10 minutes!!

Set-up Time: Exhibitors registration begins on Thursday between the hours of 7:00 to 9:30 AM. Booths must be set up by 9:30 AM for the first break.

Tear-down Time: Booths in the Extended Show area shaded in yellow will not be allowed to tear-down until after 3:40 PM, after the last break. Normal tear-down can begin for booths in the non-shaded exhibit area after 2:20 PM.

Shipping Information: Shipment of materials to Soaring Eagles cannot be received any sooner than Monday, September 20th. Packages shipped to Soaring Eagle should be addressed as follows:

MiSHE Annual Conference

(name of company representative & box 1 of ?)

September 23, 2010

Entertainment Hall

2710 Makwa Rd

Mount Pleasant, MI 48858.

Return shipping must be pre-arranged with your shipper!

Attach your shipping tag on all boxes to be returned before leaving the conference.

For other information and assistance please contact:

Rob Court

Event Coordinator

989-775-5422

Additional Company Representatives: The booth fee includes registration for up to 2 company representatives. Additional representatives are welcome for a fee of $50 each, and may be purchased online in the MiSHE Store – click on “Vendor”. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER AS A PARTICIPANT.

Booth Representatives: Please let us know by September 3rd the email address, name (correct spelling) and cell phone number of each of your representatives attending the conference by registering online. Please let us know of any changes in your representative line-up by September 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 skirted 2’X8’ table. An additional table may be purchased for $30 online in the MiSHE Store and click on “Vendor”.

Conference Decorum: 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 recipient 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 13that 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: 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 3:40 PM There are eight presentation slots with two sessions of four 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 3rd and receive a full refund. Cancellations made after September 3rd and before September 15th may receive half of the registration fee as a refund. No refunds for cancellations after September 15th. Banquet tickets are nonrefundable.