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- Steve is father of the world's cutest kid, Kelly, husband of the world's best partner, Kay, and puts his family ahead of everything else!
- Steve is the author of the top-selling book in the trade show industry, How to Get the Most out of Trade Shows, now in its 3rd Edition.
- Steve is author of the book, Over 66 Tips & Tricks to Supercharge Your Trade Show Promotions, the trade show industry's first and only book that not only teaches all about promotions, but gives you a solid blueprint for creating your own unique theme and promotional plan.
- Steve is co-author of Over 88 Tips & Ideas to Supercharge Your Exhibit Sales, the trade show industry's first and only book written specifically for the exhibit staffer.
- Steve is co-author of How to Design a "WOW!" Tradeshow Booth Without Spending A Fortune.
- Steve's industry observations and opinions were featured in his monthly column in Convene magazine for six years, published by the Professional Convention Management Association.
- Steve has spoken before over 200,000 corporate executives.
- Steve has written for or been written about in over 250 trade publications, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fast Company, Fortune, the Washington Post, CEO, Success, Business Marketing, Exhibitor Magazine, and Expo.
- Steve was the first trade show marketing specialist to produce a video-based educational system.
- Steve has spoken eight times at the Trade Show Exhibitors Association annual convention/trade show, including a general session.
- Steve has spoken six times at the International Association of Exposition Managers annual convention. His presentation, "Where Value Is Clear, The Decision Is Easy," scored a speaker rating of 4.97 out of a possible 5.00!
- Steve has spoken six times at the annual National Speakers Association convention.
- Steve focuses 100% of his consulting, speaking, and products on the trade show industry.
- Steve provided the first computer-supported, multimedia presentation in the industry.
- Steve was the first consultant in the trade show industry to develop a true formula that exhibitors can use for measuring ROI at a trade show. Most trainers now use this formula in their presentations.
- Steve was an exhibitor himself, working his first major, international trade show at age 16. He knows how exhibitors think and what they feel, because he's been there.
- Steve was the first consultant and trainer to offer a 100% no-questions-asked, money-back guarantee for all services and products. (In over 18 years, no one has asked for their money back.)
- Steve was the consultant who developed and implemented the groundbreaking NHMA Benchmarking Survey, the first true in-depth, study of top trade shows in the United States.
- Steve presented the first online trade show marketing seminar, sponsored by CompuServe. To this day, it is still the most attended and downloaded business seminar in CompuServe history.
- Steve was the first trade show consultant to have a home page on the World Wide Web.
- Steve was the first trade show consultant to provide totally customized exhibitor educational seminars and workshops.
- Steve was the first trade show consultant to offer the service of staying after a boothmanship seminar to personally visit exhibitors.
- Steve is not a trainer, providing the same-old "do's and don'ts" to exhibitors. In his seminars and workshops, Steve is a true consultant who helps change the Perception and Behavior of exhibitors for permanent and positive results.
- Steve's company, The Adventure LLC, also provides in-depth research and surveys of the trade show industry.
- Even though he is 100% trade-show-focused, Steve regularly goes outside the industry for learning opportunities from the highest-paid business consultants in the world, most of whom are friends of his. This allows Steve to constantly grow and be challenged by the best and prevents getting trapped in the same-old, same-old thinking year after year. You can be assured that Steve's knowledge and experience continues to grow and multiply. As Steve's dad told him, "There's a BIG difference between ten years of experience and one year of experience ten times."
- Steve has not negotiated a consulting or speaking fee in over twelve years. Steve believes in providing value beyond fee and maintaining fee integrity. Every client knows they have paid exactly the same as everybody else. (Besides, ask the others consultants and trainers why they feel the need to quickly lower fees?)
- Steve publishes the popular series "Ramblings," published quarterly and requested by over 1200 trade shows producers in the U.S.
- Steve was a consultant for Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield on their NY Times best-seller, Chicken Soup for the Soul.
- Steve is the first and only consultant to sponsor the popular Exposition Manager's Boot Camps.
- Over 80% of Steve's clients bring him back for more consulting and/or training.
- Steve was the first consultant to identify the serious problem with poor post-show follow-up by exhibitors and then develop a straightforward system for closing the loop.
- Steve is no wallflower. He is well-known for straight talk, and in-your-face controversy. Working with Steve can be uncomfortable.
- And to repeat ...... Steve puts his family ahead of everything.
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