Paintball Magazine 2018 Paintball Extravaganza Special Edition | Page 12

Closing Words
From Rick Chard, Producer of the Paintball Extravaganza International
Paintball Extravaganza International with 22
hours presenting product and services.
Another new activity to the event was the
addition of roundtable discussions on
Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Each
day had a preselected agenda of topics
with a moderator to keep on subject. The
Wednesday session covered Merchandising/
Family Entertainment/Parties & Alternate
Income opportunities while the Thursday
session touched on Field Operations/
Personnel Management & Employee
Compensation. These sessions proved
to be very popular with an average of 40
participants each morning.
Discussions
stayed on topic and provided a great sharing
of information among industry peers.
The Paintball Extravaganza International
returned to the Hyatt Regency Dulles for the
2018 event after working with over a dozen
alternate locations and facilities. Many
factors enter into the selection process
including discussions with manufacturers,
field and stores.
These factors along
with the trend of the tradeshow industry
developing a permanent recognizable long
term location led to the decision to return to
the Washington DC Area.
We were excited to bring many new
activities to the 2018 event including an
Opening Session on Tuesday morning
featuring guest speaker, Tim Miles who
specializes in marketing presentations,
presenting “Brand Your Own Business”.
The session was a success with over 50
attendees sharing the information provided
by Paintball Extravaganza’s first professional
speaker presentation. The use of an outside
professional speaker had been suggested
by many as a positive addition to the event.
The Opening Session led into three days of
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The popular Industry Luncheon returned on
Wednesday with the return of guest speaker
Tim Miles accompanied by his business
partner, Ryan Patrick. Their informational
and somewhat entertaining marketing
presentation was well received by over 80
participants including event attendees and
industry leaders. Wrapping up the luncheon
was another one hour round table discussion
touching on many industry topics. Among
one of the most pressing issues touched on
during the discussion was the fragmentation
of the industry and the impact it is having on
businesses.
Tim Miles and Ryan Patrick also presented
a very popular workshop on successful
marketing along with another session which
provided participants an opportunity to ask
specific questions and gain solutions to
topics that may be affecting their businesses.
Every registered business received a free
recently released workbook co-authored by
Tim and Ryan.