Exhibitor Resources

Leverage your Total Store Expo virtual presence with strategies and resources that will help you prepare, execute and follow-up with maximum effectiveness.

Exhibitor Appointment Hours

Monday, August 23
11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (ET)

Tuesday, August 24
12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (ET)

Wednesday, August 25
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (ET)

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Market Exchange Dashboard

Your portal to your company’s profile, leads and online appointment planner.

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Collaborative Meeting Agenda

Developing your meeting agenda with your trading partner will ensure you are addressing the most compelling topics with the right decision-makers and influencers in the meeting. NACDS has created the Collaborative Agenda template for companies to use with their trading partners to co-create the agenda.

 

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Exhibitor Webinars

Tips FOR Leveraging Your Market Exchange Presence

Join us for a brief overview of the exciting new NACDS Market Exchange, how to update your profile, and how to leverage the new features to assist you in your virtual Total Store Expo experience and beyond! To learn about the benefits of utilizing the NACDS Market Exchange, Click Here.

Webinar Dates:
Thursday, June 10th at 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Thursday, June 24th at 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Thursday, July 8th at 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Thursday, July 22nd at 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Thursday, August 5th at 2:00 p.m. (ET)

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Elements of a High-Quality Virtual Meeting

Pre-Meeting Preparation
Meeting Execution Preparation
During the Meeting
Post Meeting

Pre-Meeting Preparation

  • Complete your company profile in the NACDS Market Exchange.
  • Review the Participants page to find/search for the appropriate individuals within a potential company to invite to a meeting.
  • When sending an invitation, provide a business rationale for why the individual should meet with you and include a link to your Market Exchange profile.
  • Once you agree to meet, develop and share a collaborative agenda.
  • Agenda topics should encourage a two-way dialogue and should be focused on your business objectives.
  • Based on the agenda, have the right executives from both sides participate.
  • Preparation – alignment on key objectives going into the meeting.
  • Pre-reads if applicable.
  • There are a lot of new people in all levels of trading partners – obtain bios of new contacts and share internally and be prepared to provide bios of your team.
  • Review what areas of your profile page the retailer visited so you understand what may need to be included in your meeting.

Meeting Execution Preparation

  • Familiarize everyone involved from your team with the various virtual platform(s) that will be used.
  • Designate a presentation “driver” who can run all the digital media that will be used during meetings – with a special focus of leveraging the information contained on your profile page.
  • Make sure everyone has a good camera, proper lighting and clear audio.
  • If remote, have redundant internet connectivity.
  • Provide your team with a background banner that represents your company/brands.

During the Meeting

  • Limit visuals – note size of screens. Use visual stimuli – not detail. Aim to see each other’s faces, not PowerPoint, for better engagement.
  • Designate a Timekeeper to keep meeting on time.
  • Keep all cell phones on silent and out of sight during meeting.

Post Meeting

  • Provide follow-up notes with assignments, timeframes, and measures.

Made In USA

With the consumer purchasing trend of “buying American” increasing in popularity, NACDS wants to help promote your “Made In USA” products to our retail attendees.

If you have a product or products that are “Made in USA” and would like online recognition for them, simply complete the online form.

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Exhibitor Toolkit

Use these graphics in your pre-show marketing to showcase your presence at TSE.

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