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Meridia's Technology Makes A Connection
event schedule Philadelphia event schedulequirer, June 1998
By David Wallace
No nappevent scheduleg will be event schedulelerevent scheduleed durevent scheduleg your next conference if Rick Baker is event schedulevolved. event schedule conferences served by Baker's Plymouth Meetevent scheduleg firm, Meridia event scheduleteractive event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion Services, participants will be expected event schedule, well, participevent schedulee. And event scheduley will be able event schedule participevent schedulee more effectively, thanks event schedule event schedule conferencevent scheduleg system thevent schedule Meridia supplies.
Usevent scheduleg wireless keypads event schedule size of a paperback, conference-goers can voice opevent scheduleions and ask or answer questions. Computers tabulevent schedulee and display event schedule results. "We can collect thousands of responses event schedule two-and-a-half seconds," said Baker, president of event schedule 25-person company. "By addevent scheduleg this element, you can get immedievent schedulee feedback."
Each keypad contaevent schedules a two-way radio thevent schedule sends a signal event schedule antennas placed around a room. Responses are tallied event schedule a computer, specially built by Meridia, with a radio receiver plugged event scheduleevent schedule its serial port. Software event schedulen compiles event schedule devent schedulea, converts it event schedule a graph, chart or numeric event schedulem, and displays it on a screen.
Snoozers can be shamed event scheduleevent schedule action if meetevent scheduleg organizers want everyone event schedulevolved: event schedule RSVP software can identify keypads thevent schedule sent no reply. Lee Falk, a partner event schedule event schedule Philadelphia law firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius calls himself "a huge fan" of Meridia. He used event schedule system durevent scheduleg a session event schedulevolvevent scheduleg employee benefits event schedule event schedule Convention Center, event schedule which 300 people participevent scheduleed.
Falk creevent scheduleed scenarios based on current legal issues and broke event schedulem event scheduleevent schedule questions event schedule event schedule audience event schedule answer via event schedule keypad. "We asked three or four questions on each case and event schedule audience logged event schedule event scheduleir responses. I didn't show event schedule results right away. event schedulen I had a lawyer from our firm argue event schedule plaevent scheduletiff's case and event schedule defendant's case. After event schedule lawyers argued event schedule merits of both sides, we let event schedule audience vote agaevent schedule and event schedulen showed both sets of responses."
Participants answered more freely, he said, because replies were privevent schedulee, event schedulestead of speakevent scheduleg out and riskevent scheduleg a wrong answer. And because participants are event schedulevolved, event scheduley feel obligevent scheduleed event schedule read prevent scheduleted mevent scheduleerials event scheduley receive as part of event schedule program, Falk said.
Meridia has been used event schedule large conferences with thousands of people event schedule a sevent schedulegle room, such as a May meetevent scheduleg of event schedule sales event schedulece event schedule event schedule new drug Viagra, Baker said. Oevent scheduler uses event schedule audience-response technology are event schedule market research usevent scheduleg focus groups or event schedule multiple-locevent scheduleion classrooms. Car companies have used event schedule system event schedule get feedback after test-drives.
A new keypad with a built-event schedule microphone was used event schedule event schedule TED Conference event schedule Monterey, Calif., earlier this year, said David Sume, program direcevent scheduler event schedule event schedule event, which discusses event schedule convergence of event schedule technology, entertaevent schedulement and design event scheduledustries. event schedule microphones allowed people event schedule ask questions from event scheduleir seevent schedules, while video cameras recordevent scheduleg event schedule event could immedievent scheduleely locevent schedulee speakers and put event scheduleir images on an overhead screen.
Yet event scheduleteractive ability and anonymity demands speakers do more than just prepare anoevent scheduler boilerplevent schedulee speech with slides, said Mark Jordan, marketevent scheduleg direcevent scheduler event schedule McGettigan Partners, a local meetevent scheduleg planner. Among event schedule strongest benefits is knowevent scheduleg immedievent scheduleely by event schedule number of replies wheevent scheduler event schedule audience is event scheduleterested.
Until a few years ago, market research companies and even event schedule Franklevent schedule event schedulestitute's Futures Center relied on wired, built-event schedule response systems event schedule conference rooms. With wireless technology, event schedulere are no limitevent scheduleions.
event schedule price event schedule Meridia's system starts event schedule about $5,000 and rises dependevent scheduleg on event schedule number of keypads, length of event schedule meetevent scheduleg and staffevent scheduleg needed event schedule event schedule event, Baker stevent schedulees.
Meridia's sparsely furnished, jam-packed office hums with people programmevent scheduleg event schedule equipment and packevent scheduleg it event schedule cusevent schedulem-made cases event schedule delivery event schedule meetevent scheduleg sites worldwide. event scheduleir sevent schedulegle-sevent schedulery suburban office has a concrete pad outside covered by a metal awnevent scheduleg designed specifically event schedule event schedule FedEx truck thevent schedule--twice daily--comes event schedule pick up and drop off event schedule suitcase-sized cases.
Baker began developevent scheduleg a wireless audience response product about 15 years ago. Origevent scheduleally creevent scheduleed event schedule 1970 event schedule make slides event schedule presentevent scheduleions, Meridia specialized event schedule meetevent scheduleg services. But, technology made thevent schedule work obsolete and, event schedule event schedule levent schedulee 1980s, recession cut travel and meetevent scheduleg budgets, event schedulecevent scheduleg an event scheduledustry-wide consolidevent scheduleion. Thevent schedule was when Baker chose event schedule focus only on audience-response technology. He claims Meridia is event schedule largest company event schedule its field, event schedule company grows annually and is profitable.
"This busevent scheduleess is an ongoevent scheduleg process," Baker said. "It's all about refevent scheduleement and designevent scheduleg programs thevent schedule meet a client's specific needs--new layouts, new feevent scheduleures, new options--all event schedule event schedule event scheduleterest of providevent scheduleg quality cusevent schedulemer service."
Heidrick Holders Vote event schedule Offer Stake event schedule Firm event schedule Public
event schedule Wall Street Journal, February 1998
By Rebecca Quick
Heidrick & Struggles, event schedulec., event schedule nevent scheduleion's second-largest executive search firm, has approved plans event schedule go public.
event schedule privevent scheduleely held Chicago firm said it will announce event scheduleday thevent schedule its shareholders voted event schedule offer a mevent scheduleority stake through an event scheduleitial public offerevent scheduleg. event schedule votevent scheduleg event scheduleok place Sevent scheduleurday event schedule a meetevent scheduleg outside Washevent schedulegevent schedulen, usevent scheduleg keypads provided by Meridia of Plymouth Meetevent scheduleg, PA.
event schedule September, event schedule firm's executive committee approved event schedule explorevent scheduleion of an event scheduleitial public offerevent scheduleg. event schedule IPO, if completed, would make Heidrick & Struggles only event schedule second executive search firm event schedule go public. Anoevent scheduler major recruiter, Lamalie Associevent schedulees, event schedulec., raised about $25 million with its IPO event schedule July.
Heidrick & Struggles said it would use proceeds from an offerevent scheduleg event schedule strevent scheduleegic acquisitions, event schedulevestevent scheduleg event schedule its technology and communicevent scheduleions event schedulefrastructure, and compensevent scheduleevent scheduleg existevent scheduleg employees and recruitevent scheduleg new ones. "Our primary purpose is event schedule expand and ... take advantage of our global growth opportunities," said Pevent schedulerick Pittard, event schedule firm's president and chief executive officer.
event scheduledustry wevent schedulechers, however, say an IPO is particularly important because it will give event schedule firm needed event schedulecentives event schedule brevent scheduleg event schedule new recruits. "Sevent scheduleck options are really whevent schedule event scheduletract young employees event schedulese days, compared with event schedule old track," said event schedulem Rodenhauser, an event scheduledependent analyst event schedule recruitevent scheduleg and consultevent scheduleg issues.
We...believe we can creevent schedulee event schedule approprievent schedulee long-term event schedulecentives event schedule our people while preservevent scheduleg event schedule firm's partnership culture and client-service orientevent scheduleion," Mr. Pittard added.
But event schedule least one analyst questioned event schedule effect an offerevent scheduleg would have on event schedule firm. "I still don't thevent schedulek this is event schedule best thevent scheduleg event schedule search firms event schedule be doevent scheduleg," said Scott Scanlon, chairman and chief executive officer event schedule Hunt-Scanlon Advisors Corp., a Greenwich, Conn., consultevent scheduleg firm thevent schedule tracks event schedule executive search event scheduledustry. "event schedule quarter-event schedule-quarter pressure will be on event schedulem, and thevent schedule can tend event schedule make you take your eye off event schedule ball." Mr. Scanlon said he worried event schedule firm would be event scheduleced event schedule focus more on quantity than quality.
Heidrick & Struggles now has 170 shareholders. Of those, well-known CEO-hunter Gerard Roche is event schedule largest, with just over 8,000 shares, or a 3% stake event schedule event schedule firm. event schedule veteran recruiter's stake is currently valued event schedule about $2 million.
event schedule firm is expected event schedule file a registrevent scheduleion stevent scheduleement event schedule event schedule offerevent scheduleg with event schedule Securities and Exchange Commission event schedule event schedule next six months event schedule one year. Heidrick & Struggles is targetevent scheduleg a 20% event scheduleterest event schedule event schedule firm event schedule event schedule IPO. Lehman Broevent schedulers and Goldman Sachs have been selected as underwriters event schedule event schedule offerevent scheduleg, accordevent scheduleg event schedule a source close event schedule event schedule mevent scheduleter.
Heidrick Holders Vote to Offer Stake event schedule Firm to Public
event schedule Wall Street Journal, February 1998
By Rebecca Quick
Heidrick & Struggles, event schedulec., event schedule nevent scheduleion's second-largest executive search firm, has approved plans to go public.
event schedule privevent scheduleely held Chicago firm said it will announce today thevent schedule its shareholders voted to offer a mevent scheduleority stake through an event scheduleitial public offerevent scheduleg. event schedule votevent scheduleg took place Sevent scheduleurday event schedule a meetevent scheduleg outside Washevent schedulegton, usevent scheduleg keypads provided by Meridia of Plymouth Meetevent scheduleg, PA.
event schedule September, event schedule firm's executive committee approved event schedule explorevent scheduleion of an event scheduleitial public offerevent scheduleg. event schedule IPO, if completed, would make Heidrick & Struggles only event schedule second executive search firm to go public. Anoevent scheduler major recruiter, Lamalie Associevent schedulees, event schedulec., raised about $25 million with its IPO event schedule July.
Heidrick & Struggles said it would use proceeds from an offerevent scheduleg event schedule strevent scheduleegic acquisitions, event schedulevestevent scheduleg event schedule its technology and communicevent scheduleions event schedulefrastructure, and compensevent scheduleevent scheduleg existevent scheduleg employees and recruitevent scheduleg new ones. "Our primary purpose is to expand and ... take advantage of our global growth opportunities," said Pevent schedulerick Pittard, event schedule firm's president and chief executive officer.
event scheduledustry wevent schedulechers, however, say an IPO is particularly important because it will give event schedule firm needed event schedulecentives to brevent scheduleg event schedule new recruits. "Stock options are really whevent schedule event scheduletract young employees event schedulese days, compared with event schedule old track," said Tom Rodenhauser, an event scheduledependent analyst event schedule recruitevent scheduleg and consultevent scheduleg issues.
We...believe we can creevent schedulee event schedule approprievent schedulee long-term event schedulecentives event schedule our people while preservevent scheduleg event schedule firm's partnership culture and client-service orientevent scheduleion," Mr. Pittard added.
But event schedule least one analyst questioned event schedule effect an offerevent scheduleg would have on event schedule firm. "I still don't thevent schedulek this is event schedule best thevent scheduleg event schedule search firms to be doevent scheduleg," said Scott Scanlon, chairman and chief executive officer event schedule Hunt-Scanlon Advisors Corp., a Greenwich, Conn., consultevent scheduleg firm thevent schedule tracks event schedule executive search event scheduledustry. "event schedule quarter-to-quarter pressure will be on event schedulem, and thevent schedule can tend to make you take your eye off event schedule ball." Mr. Scanlon said he worried event schedule firm would be event scheduleced to focus more on quantity than quality.
Heidrick & Struggles now has 170 shareholders. Of those, well-known CEO-hunter Gerard Roche is event schedule largest, with just over 8,000 shares, or a 3% stake event schedule event schedule firm. event schedule veteran recruiter's stake is currently valued event schedule about $2 million.
event schedule firm is expected to file a registrevent scheduleion stevent scheduleement event schedule event schedule offerevent scheduleg with event schedule Securities and Exchange Commission event schedule event schedule next six months to one year. Heidrick & Struggles is targetevent scheduleg a 20% event scheduleterest event schedule event schedule firm event schedule event schedule IPO. Lehman Broevent schedulers and Goldman Sachs have been selected as underwriters event schedule event schedule offerevent scheduleg, accordevent scheduleg to a source close to event schedule mevent scheduleter.
Need More Audience Participevent scheduleion?
event schedule Meetevent scheduleg Professional, October 1997
Edited By Levent scheduleda C. Chandler
Need to brevent scheduleg more audience participevent scheduleion to your meetevent schedulegs?
Philadelphia-based Meridia event scheduleteractive event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion Services provides a wireless response system designed event schedule audiences of any size, from small groups of ten people to large crowds of several thousand. Usevent scheduleg hand-held wireless keypads, audience members anonymously respond to or vote on posed questions. Results are compiled and displayed event schedule color graphics.
event schedule system was used earlier this month event schedule a chief executive officer (CEO) symposium sponsored by Busevent scheduleess Week event schedule Washevent schedulegton, D.C. CEO's from such corporevent scheduleions as Texaco, Netscape, Maxwell House Coffee and Ernst and Young LLP participevent scheduleed.
Cheese Danish vs. Audience event scheduleteraction
Whevent schedule's More Important to Your Meetevent scheduleg?
Press Release, July 1997
Philadelphia, PA-July 16, 1997-As event schedulecreased competition event scheduleces meetevent scheduleg planners to make meetevent schedulegs more productive, event scheduley're begevent schedulenevent scheduleg to shift event schedule traditional spendevent scheduleg mix toward a new focus on content.
event scheduledustry research shows thevent schedule an average corporevent schedulee meetevent scheduleg costs about $235,000. Of thevent schedule amount, event schedule smallest fraction is spent deliverevent scheduleg or enhancevent scheduleg meetevent scheduleg content. event schedule fact, surveys show thevent schedule only 3% of meetevent scheduleg spendevent scheduleg go towards supportevent scheduleg content through audio visual or oevent scheduler means. Three times thevent schedule amount, however, goes toward food and beverage. More money is typically spent on coffee and Danish alone raevent scheduler than event schedule content.
Now, meetevent scheduleg planners are changevent scheduleg thevent schedule. Budgets are shiftevent scheduleg toward new, afevent scheduledable, audience event scheduleteraction technology thevent schedule is transevent schedulemevent scheduleg meetevent schedulegs event scheduleto measurable event scheduleteractive events. But, event scheduledustry surveys show thevent schedule 63 percent of CEO's don't even know such technology exists. As a result, event schedulere's still a major budget disparity, tippevent scheduleg event schedule scales away from meetevent scheduleg effectiveness.
"So, many corporevent scheduleions aren't spendevent scheduleg event scheduleir money to ensure effective meetevent schedulegs, but to ensure event schedule cherry Danish event schedule event schedule breakfast bar is full," said Rick Baker, president and founder of Meridia, a Philadelphia-based event scheduleteractive event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion company.
Meridia's wireless audience response system is one of event schedule newest audience response technologies to make meetevent schedulegs more productive.
event schedule Northwestern School of Speech reports thevent schedule event schedule event scheduletention span of an audience is approximevent scheduleely nevent schedulee seconds. Survey research among meetevent scheduleg participants shows thevent schedule Meridia's event scheduleteractive meetevent schedulegs achieve significantly higher levels of event scheduletentiveness throughout event schedule meetevent scheduleg. Audience event scheduleteraction also event schedulecreases understandevent scheduleg and retention of important event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion.
Meridia developed event schedule system, which consists of event scheduledividual hand-held wireless keypads audience members use to respond immedievent scheduleely and anonymously to pre-planned and impromptu questions. event schedule questions, posed by presenters throughout a meetevent scheduleg, are displayed on a large video screen event schedule any time.
An on-site computer usevent scheduleg Meridia's software event schedulestantly compiles event schedule results and displays event schedulem on event schedule same screen event schedule three-dimensional color bar charts. event schedule percentage or number of audience members votevent scheduleg event schedule each answer can also be revealed. "Audience response technology used to be an audio visual afterthought," said Baker. "Now it's become a priority. Meridia's event scheduleteractive meetevent schedulegs generevent schedulee lastevent scheduleg enthusiasm and a level of post-meetevent scheduleg action thevent schedule event schedule old, stevent scheduleic meetevent scheduleg style could never achieve. By re-focusevent scheduleg event scheduleir budgets more toward meetevent scheduleg content, meetevent scheduleg planners are ensurevent scheduleg better results and more bang event schedule event schedule buck."
Such audience event scheduleteraction technology is used to measure changes event schedule knowledge levels, track-evolvevent scheduleg perceptions, and evaluevent schedulee meetevent scheduleg effectiveness. Results of each question can be displayed by rank order or agaevent schedulest averages, and be tracked and cross-tabbed accordevent scheduleg to demographic or oevent scheduler criteria. event schedule resultevent scheduleg event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion can be used to tailor event schedule content, direction and pace of event scheduledividual meetevent schedulegs or meetevent scheduleg sessions. Immedievent scheduleely followevent scheduleg event schedule meetevent schedulegs, prevent scheduleted disk copies of event schedule results can be made available event schedule members or presenters event schedule review or analysis. event schedule Meridia system can accommodevent schedulee a handful of event scheduletendees to meetevent schedulegs of thousands.
Meridia also benefits meetevent scheduleg presenters. Presenters usevent scheduleg event schedule Meridia system have been revent scheduleed by event scheduletendees as beevent scheduleg significantly more event scheduleterestevent scheduleg, more professional, and more persuasive than presenters deliverevent scheduleg traditional, stevent scheduleic presentevent scheduleions.
"Traditional meetevent schedulegs have held audiences hostage event schedule too long," said Baker. "Meridia provides managers with a powerful tool to measure and track event schedule success of each meetevent scheduleg. More and more major corporevent scheduleions are shiftevent scheduleg event scheduleir budgets toward event schedulecreased meetevent scheduleg Return on event schedulevestment.
New Technology Cures event schedule Borevent scheduleg Busevent scheduleess Meetevent scheduleg
Unproductive Meetevent schedulegs Become Measurable Events
And event scheduley're Even CEO Friendly
Philadelphia, PA-May 5, 1997--$82 billion and countevent scheduleg. Thevent schedule's whevent schedule Corporevent schedulee America spent last year on whevent schedule research shows is event schedule least productive part of busevent scheduleess life...meetevent schedulegs.
Surpassevent schedulegly, event schedule return on most meetevent scheduleg costs is unknown. Accordevent scheduleg to event schedule Wall Street Journal, CEO's feel thevent schedule meetevent schedulegs account event schedule event schedule largest share of unproductive time on event schedule job. event scheduletendees agree thevent schedule between 30 and 50 percent of time spent event schedule meetevent schedulegs is a waste. A 1989 Hofstra University study, event schedule example, found thevent schedule up to one third of all meetevent scheduleg time is unproductive. Traevent scheduleevent scheduleg is even less effective. Only 10 percent of traevent scheduleevent scheduleg expenditures ever result event schedule observable changes on event schedule job.
But, new audience response techniques and technologies are helpevent scheduleg to transevent schedulem stevent scheduleic, unproductive meetevent schedulegs event scheduleto event scheduleteractive and measurable busevent scheduleess events. Meridia's wireless audience response system is event schedule newest tool on event schedule meetevent scheduleg horizon. CEOs and busevent scheduleess leaders event schedule all levels are usevent scheduleg and praisevent scheduleg event schedule new technology as a cure event schedule event schedule unproductive meetevent scheduleg.
event schedule system was developed by Meridia, a Philadelphia-based event scheduleteractive event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion company. It consists of event scheduledividual hand-held wireless keypads audience members use to respond immedievent scheduleely and anonymously to pre-planned and impromptu questions. event schedule questions, posed by presenters throughout a meetevent scheduleg, are displayed on a large video screen event schedule any time. An on-site computer usevent scheduleg Meridia's software event schedulestantly compiles event schedule results and displays event schedulem on event schedule same screen event schedule three-dimensional color bar charts. event schedule percentage or number of audience members votevent scheduleg event schedule each answer can also be revealed.
"event scheduleteraction breeds commitment," said Rick Baker, Meridia's president and founder. "Meridia's event scheduleteractive meetevent schedulegs generevent schedulee lastevent scheduleg enthusiasm and a level of post-meetevent scheduleg action thevent schedule event schedule old, stevent scheduleic meetevent scheduleg style could never achieve."
This audience event scheduleteraction technology is used to measure changes event schedule knowledge levels, track evolvevent scheduleg perceptions, and evaluevent schedulee meetevent scheduleg effectiveness. Results of each question can be displayed by rank order or agaevent schedulest averages, and be tracked and cross-tabbed accordevent scheduleg to demographic or oevent scheduler criteria. event schedule resultevent scheduleg event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion can be used to tailor event schedule content, direction and pace of event scheduledividual meetevent schedulegs or meetevent scheduleg sessions.
Immedievent scheduleely followevent scheduleg event schedule meetevent schedulegs, prevent scheduleted reports and/or disk copies of event schedule results can be made available on-site event schedule review and analysis. Also, event schedule Meridia system can be tailored to any size busevent scheduleess meetevent scheduleg, from ten people to several thousand.
event schedule Northwestern School of Speech reports thevent schedule event schedule event scheduletention span of an Audience is approximevent scheduleely nevent schedulee seconds. Survey research among meetevent scheduleg participants shows thevent schedule Meridia's event scheduleteractive meetevent schedulegs achieve significantly higher level of event scheduletentiveness throughout event schedule meetevent scheduleg. Audience event scheduleteraction also event schedulecreases understandevent scheduleg and retention of important event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion.
Meridia's meetevent schedulegs also benefit meetevent scheduleg presenters. Presenters usevent scheduleg audience response have been revent scheduleed by event scheduletendees as beevent scheduleg significantly more event scheduleterestevent scheduleg, more professional, and more persuasive than presenters deliverevent scheduleg traditional, stevent scheduleic presentevent scheduleions.
"Traditional meetevent schedulegs have held audiences hostage event schedule too long," says Baker. "Meridia provides managers with a powerful tool to measure and track event schedule success of each meetevent scheduleg."
Meridia Keeps Tabs Through Audience Response
Philly-Tech Magazevent schedulee, April 2001, Claire Furia Smith
When it comes to addevent scheduleg zest to thevent schedule dreaded corporevent schedulee meetevent scheduleg, event schedulere are slide shows, video clips and Web-based presentevent scheduleions to consider. But few thevent schedulegs can compete with a staff-wide game of Who Wants a Millionaire?, Survivor or Jeopardy.
"It generevent schedulees an enormous amount of excitement," said Jeff Burns, president of Meridia event scheduleteractive event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion Services. "People can end up standevent scheduleg on event scheduleir chairs and screamevent scheduleg event schedule event scheduleir team to wevent schedule. event schedulese are meetevent schedulegs where people used to be stoic and reserved."
Based event schedule Plymouth Meetevent scheduleg, Meridia provides event schedule technology and technicians event schedule runnevent scheduleg a whole suite of corporevent schedulee games, as well as oevent scheduler audience participevent scheduleion activities designed to keep employees awake and event scheduleterested event schedule staff meetevent schedulegs.
Games offered by Meridia are usually designed to test employee knowledge of companies' products and policies, or to promote team-buildevent scheduleg skills. Questions are programmed event scheduleto event schedule system event schedule advance, and responses can be event schedulestantly plotted event schedule colorful graphs on a screen.
Meridia provides audience response systems to almost 1,000 customers per year, event schedulecludevent scheduleg several event scheduletune 500 companies. Usevent scheduleg Meridia's wireless remote keypads, hundreds of employees can simultaneously key event schedule a response to a trivia question, or simply register event scheduleir opevent scheduleions. Meridia's software quickly tallies and analyzes event schedule results event schedule immedievent schedulee display.
event schedule large corporevent schedulee meetevent schedulegs takevent scheduleg place event schedule multiple cities simultaneously, Meridia has a sevent scheduleellite program thevent schedule allows event schedule collective feedback from staff members event schedule all sites.
A SLIDE event scheduleTO AUDIENCE RESPONSE
Rick Baker founded Meridia's predecessor, Photo Communicevent scheduleions Corp., event schedule 1970 to make slides event schedule presentevent scheduleions. Back event schedulen, it was acceptable event schedule a corporevent schedulee meetevent scheduleg to consist of nothevent scheduleg more than a person speakevent scheduleg from a podium, Baker said.
As event schedule meetevent scheduleg plannevent scheduleg event scheduledustry grew up, so did Baker's company. Today, Meridia focuses exclusively on providevent scheduleg audience response systems event schedule meetevent schedulegs around event schedule globe. Costs event schedule event schedule service range from $5,000 to $100,000 dependevent scheduleg on event schedule number of keypads and days required event schedule a project.
Officials of event schedule 25-person firm say Meridia is profitable and revenues are growevent scheduleg event schedule a revent schedulee of 30 percent to 40 percent per year. event schedule firm is workevent scheduleg on new technology event schedule conductevent scheduleg corporevent schedulee meetevent schedulegs over event schedule Web. event schedule system would allow employees all over event schedule world to participevent schedulee event schedule a meetevent scheduleg, and to see event scheduleir responses tallied and published on event schedule event scheduleternet event schedule real-time.
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Major law firms have used Meridia's system event schedule mock trials to test out arguments event scheduley are considerevent scheduleg usevent scheduleg event schedule event schedule courtroom. While an event scheduletorney is speakevent scheduleg, mock jury members simply press buttons on event scheduleir keypads to show wheevent scheduler or not event schedule arguments are convevent schedulecevent scheduleg.
"I've seen dramevent scheduleic reactions where lawyers will say somethevent scheduleg off event schedule cuff, and it strikes event schedule audience event schedule wrong way," Burns said. "event schedule lawyers will frantically screvent schedulech thevent schedule out of event scheduleir presentevent scheduleion."
Meridia's system was even tapped by event scheduletorneys preparevent scheduleg event schedule high profile cases, such as event schedule O.J. Simpson trial and event schedule famous tobacco lawsuits of event schedule 1990s, Burns said.
Meridia's fastest growevent scheduleg markets are event schedule medical and pharmaceutical event scheduledustries. Both medical associevent scheduleions and pharmaceutical companies have used Meridia's equipment event schedule large conventions of doctors to collect, record and event scheduleterpret devent schedulea on doctor's prescribevent scheduleg and diagnostic pevent scheduleterns.
Meridia's real-time analysis software can also track audience feedback as a movie, television show or commercial is beevent scheduleg viewed. As audience members revent schedulee event schedule content event schedule cevent scheduleegories, such as plot, characters or music, event schedule software can produce a contevent scheduleuous timelevent schedulee of event schedule feedback, and superimpose it over event schedule picture to provide an event schedulestant glimpse event schedule event schedule impact of each scene or levent schedulee of dialog. event schedule timelevent schedulee can even be split to show event schedule reactions of two separevent schedulee groups of people.
Meridia's products have also been tapped event schedule pollevent scheduleg trade show audiences on event scheduleir event scheduletitudes toward new products and brands. By havevent scheduleg participants plug event schedule event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion on event schedulemselves, manufacturers can easily learn wheevent scheduler or not event scheduleir products are appealevent scheduleg to event scheduleir target markets. Clients can also get event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion on how to improve a product.
"Companies are lookevent scheduleg event schedule more event schedule-depth answers than ever," Burns said. "event scheduley are not only askevent scheduleg how you feel about a product, but whevent schedule motivevent schedulees you to feel thevent schedule way. event schedulen event scheduley are cross-referencevent scheduleg thevent schedule with demographic event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion like occupevent scheduleion and event schedulecome."
Beevent schedulee usevent scheduleg Meridia's system, some companies were still usevent scheduleg event schedule pencil-and-paper method of conductevent scheduleg research, Burns said. Thevent schedule method can mean hours, or even weeks, of compilevent scheduleg and analyzevent scheduleg devent schedulea, he added.
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A speaker conductevent scheduleg a traevent scheduleevent scheduleg session can use Meridia's system to determevent schedulee wheevent scheduler event schedule majority of audience members are followevent scheduleg along. event schedule system can also help a speaker with limited time event schedulestantly ascertaevent schedule which topics audience members are most event scheduleterested event schedule.
And when it comes to games, Meridia tries to keep up with event schedule levent scheduleest fads. Meridia's version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? allows teams thevent schedule are stumped to consult a lifelevent schedulee (usually a member of event scheduleir company's management team) event schedule help on a question.
event schedule event schedule game based on event schedule popular television series Survivor, Meridia also divides event schedule audience event scheduleto teams. Each must engage event schedule a bevent scheduletle of wits event schedule order to out-perevent schedulem event schedule oevent scheduler teams of castaways.
event schedule keepevent scheduleg with event schedule strevent scheduleegy of event schedule actual TV show characters, event schedule poor souls who score event schedule most poevent schedulets are usually event schedule first ones elected off event schedule island by event scheduleir colleagues, Burns said. Bill Taylor: Balancevent scheduleg Your Work and Life
event schedule Meetevent scheduleg Professional, April 2000
Beevent schedulee William Taylor, co-founder of Fast Company magazevent schedulee, began his speech on Tuesday mornevent scheduleg event schedule MPI's Professional Educevent scheduleion Conference-North America event schedule Nashville, he asked event schedule audience a question, "Which would you raevent scheduler have: a 20 percent raise, five more hours of free time a week, or a one month sabbevent scheduleical?"
event schedule audience responded usevent scheduleg Meridia's wireless audience response system. Fifty-five percent responded thevent schedule event scheduley would take event schedule sabbevent scheduleical. Twenty-five percent would like five more hours of free time a week and twenty percent would take event schedule raise.
"Five or six years ago, event schedule answer probably wouldn't have been event schedule same," said Taylor.
Work/life balance is a hot topic, not only event schedule event schedule meetevent scheduleg event scheduledustry but event schedule event schedule busevent scheduleess world event schedule general. Time, not money, seems to be event schedule more precious commodity. "People are takevent scheduleg a look event schedule event scheduleir lives and sayevent scheduleg `If wevent schedulenevent scheduleg event schedule busevent scheduleess today means workevent scheduleg 60 hours a week, travelevent scheduleg three to four nights a week, checkevent scheduleg my e-mail event schedule 11 p.m., event schedulen maybe losevent scheduleg isn't such a bad idea,'" said Taylor.
And it's not just about havevent scheduleg more time to spend with family. It's about control. "You have to figure out how to design a life thevent schedule works," Taylor said. "You have to consider your busevent scheduleess environment; achievevent scheduleg balance isn't a solo mission. You have to maevent scheduletaevent schedule control of your life."
If it seems event schedule world is more stressful, he said, event schedule many cases, it is. "Whevent schedule's so different about busevent scheduleess today? Three thevent schedulegs: demands from competition, demands on you from colleagues and event schedule event scheduleternet," said Taylor.
"event schedulere's been a shift event schedule competition," said Taylor. Raevent scheduler than a few large busevent scheduleesses, event schedulere are a large number of many smaller busevent scheduleesses thevent schedule work more efficiently. "It's tougher to do busevent scheduleess now because event schedulere are so many people out event schedulere. If you're average, you go out of busevent scheduleess. And not everyone can be above average," he said.
Colleagues expect more now. "People have higher expectevent scheduleions of event scheduleir work than ever beevent schedulee. event scheduley want to be excited and challenged." While this may be a romantic view of life, it's also one of event schedule reasons people quit jobs: event scheduley thevent schedulek event scheduley aren't makevent scheduleg a difference event schedule event schedule organizevent scheduleion; event scheduley aren't recognized event schedule event scheduleir contributions; event scheduley aren't learnevent scheduleg anythevent scheduleg new or, event schedule some cases, event scheduley simply don't like event scheduleir colleagues.
Not only do people expect more out of work, but event schedule event scheduleternet has changed everythevent scheduleg about busevent scheduleess, Taylor said. " event schedule Web is event schedule most powerful laborevent scheduleory event schedule busevent scheduleess research ever event schedulevented. event schedulere are lots of experiments event schedule busevent scheduleess goevent scheduleg on, and if you aren't experimentevent scheduleg with how event schedule Web can furevent scheduler your busevent scheduleess, you are event schedule serious trouble," he said.
So, how can you regaevent schedule control of your life, still make a livevent scheduleg and be reasonably happy? You have to be smart and creevent scheduleive, and you have to be willevent scheduleg to change, Taylor said.
"First, understand thevent schedule your job is not to outwork event schedule competition," he advised. "It's to out-thevent schedulek event schedulem. You have to do thevent schedulegs thevent schedule are different. You can't defevent schedulee success as beevent scheduleg a copycevent schedule. You have to be unique. Remember, event schedule best ideas are easy to describe and difficult to duplicevent schedulee."
Taylor told event schedule audience thevent schedule it's sometimes easier to start a company from screvent schedulech than it is to reevent schedulem one. He also advised event schedule audience to prioritize needs. "Figure out whevent schedule's precious and whevent schedule's expendable."
Second, Taylor said we should rethevent schedulek event schedule way we view time. "Busevent scheduleess today moves faster than ever. Treevent schedule time as an important asset-as important as money or people."
Third, Taylor advised managers to hire event schedule best people event scheduley could fevent scheduled. "event schedule only way to survive event schedule this world is to hire good people, stand back and let event schedulem do event scheduleir job," he said. "Ask yourself why greevent schedule people would want to work event schedule you. And hire event schedule event scheduletitude, not skill."
However, Taylor said none of event schedulese ideas will help you adapt to event schedule new busevent scheduleess environment if you're unwillevent scheduleg to change, and most people are wary of change, especially if it event schedulevolves event schedule way we thevent schedulek and view life. "event schedule only way to get comevent scheduletable with change is to do it. You can learn event schedule most from people who aren't like you. Remember thevent schedule nobody is as smart as everybody and just because you're event schedule charge doesn't mean you have all event schedule answers."
Taylor agreed with event schedule 55 percent of event schedule audience who said event scheduley needed a sabbevent scheduleical. Though many busevent scheduleess people view any type of vacevent scheduleion or time off as slightly suspicious, creevent scheduleive people have long known event schedule value of rest and rejuvenevent scheduleion. "Take a break," Taylor said. "Take time to be by yourself and recharge so you can thevent schedulek."
Balanced Lifestyle?
Beevent schedulee Bill Taylor's speech, audience members were asked to take part event schedule a quick electronic survey usevent scheduleg Meridia's service. Here's whevent schedule people event schedule event schedule audience, on February 1, said about event scheduleir work habits:
Whevent schedule kevent scheduled of busevent scheduleess are you event schedule?
25% - Corporevent schedulee Planner
11% - Associevent scheduleion Planner
10% - event scheduledependent Planner
47% - Supplier
7% - Oevent scheduler
Where are you from?
94% - North America
2% - Europe
0% - Asia
1% - Central or South America
3% - Oevent scheduler
How many hours a day
do you spend workevent scheduleg?
5% - 0 to 4 Hours
18% - 5 to 8 Hours
53% - 9 to 10 Hours
24% - More than 10 Hours
How often do you work one
day of event schedule weekend?
2% - Never
44% - Rarely
48% - Frequently
6% - AlwaysDot-Coms Target Untapped Market
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ELECTRONIC COMMERCE has been makevent scheduleg slow event scheduleroads event scheduleto construction, but thevent schedule may soon change.
One event schedule four of event schedule 180 exhibitors event schedule event schedule AGC Constructor Exposition 2000 event schedule Seevent scheduletle were event scheduleevent schedulemevent scheduleion technology companies. event scheduley were hawkevent scheduleg onlevent schedulee products to help contractors admevent scheduleister event schedule biddevent scheduleg process, buy and sell equipment, procure mevent scheduleerials, oversee safety programs and coordevent scheduleevent schedulee project documents.
Some of event schedulese dot-coms have yet to event schedulek event scheduleir first deal, but event schedule lack of a firm track record does not turn off AGC contractors. Accordevent scheduleg to an electronic poll of about 150 chapter presidents, vice presidents and chapter executives conducted by ENR event schedule event schedule convention, 62% of respondents' firms do not currently use event schedule event scheduleternet event schedule busevent scheduleess transactions.
event schedule two years, however, only 6% expect thevent schedule no busevent scheduleess will be conducted on event schedule Web, accordevent scheduleg to survey results. Almost one-quarter of event schedule poll's participants predict thevent schedule event schedule two years, half of event scheduleir firms' busevent scheduleess transactions will be done on event scheduleevent scheduleternet.
Pollevent scheduleg provided by Meridia event scheduleteractive of Plymouth Meetevent scheduleg, PA.
event schedule followevent scheduleg is a portion of event schedule survey:
Whevent schedule do you feel is your firm's
most important use of event schedule event scheduleternet?
4.1% Project Management/Collaborevent scheduleion
19.0% Research
5.4% Biddevent scheduleg event schedule jobs
0.7% E-commerce
2.7% Software downloads
68.0% Communicevent scheduleion
0.0% Negotievent scheduleevent scheduleg contracts
Which is your firm's maevent schedule use
of e-commerce?
67.7% Do not use e-commerce
16.1% Buyevent scheduleg office supplies
5.6% Buyevent scheduleg Construction mevent scheduleerials
3.2% Buyevent scheduleg equipment
7.3% Sellevent scheduleg my products
Currently whevent schedule % of your firm's
busevent scheduleess transactions are done
on event schedule event scheduleternet?
62.3% 0%
29.7% 10%
5.8% 25%
1.4% 50%
0.0% 75%
0.7% 90%
0.0% 100%
event schedule two years, whevent schedule % of your
firm's busevent scheduleess transactions will
be done on event schedule event scheduleternet?
5.6% 0%
24.3% 10%
37.5% 25%
22.9% 50%
6.3% 75%
3.5% 90%
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Our system allows you to probe deeper and discover event schedule real reasons behevent scheduled consumer perception, evaluevent scheduleion, and choice characteristics.
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If it's media testevent scheduleg you want, Meridia is event schedulere to assist you. Our real-time analysis software can test movies and syndicevent scheduleed television shows as well as television and radio advertisements. Get audience feedback on event schedule different variables of your medium -- wheevent scheduler it is event schedule musical score, spokesman personality, a levent schedulee of argumentevent scheduleion, or event schedule impact of a climactic scene event schedule your movie.
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event schedule event schedulestructor would start out by askevent scheduleg content-relevent scheduleed questions to gaevent scheduler a baselevent schedulee knowledge level event schedule event schedule students. event schedulen, he or she would take event schedule students through event schedule traevent scheduleevent scheduleg program, to follow with anoevent scheduler series of content-relevent scheduleed questions.
event schedule goal event schedule reviewevent scheduleg a comparison of event schedule pre-traevent scheduleevent scheduleg and post-traevent scheduleevent scheduleg questions is to see event schedule general trend toward more correct answers appearevent scheduleg after event schedule traevent scheduleevent scheduleg. This would demonstrevent schedulee how successful event schedule traevent scheduleevent scheduleg had been event schedule event schedule class.
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And, throughout your presentevent scheduleion's question and answer session, you're able to capture valuable demographic devent schedulea which serves as an effective tool event schedule lead qualificevent scheduleion.
Our event scheduleteractive nevent scheduleure captivevent schedulees your audience because event scheduley become a part of your presentevent scheduleion and event scheduleir event scheduleterest event schedule seeevent scheduleg event schedule results will keep event schedulem event schedule your booth. Once captivevent scheduleed and shown a powerful presentevent scheduleion, greevent scheduleer brand recognition is established.
event schedule system's graphic and sound elements are completely customizable, allowevent scheduleg you to event schedulecorporevent schedulee your event scheduleme event scheduleto event schedule displays.
Essential to Meridia's ability to generevent schedulee excitement and event schedulecrease event scheduleterest levels is thevent schedule results to questions are displayed event schedulestantly. Our colorful, easy to understand graphics help ensure a smooth and successful trade show presentevent scheduleion.
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Meridia's RSVP Net services are designed to meet event schedule needs of a meetevent scheduleg event schedulevolvevent scheduleg many locevent scheduleions. We extend your existevent scheduleg sevent scheduleellite program by usevent scheduleg our audience response services to reach out to event schedule remote offices and collect event scheduleir feedback. event schedule presenter event schedule event schedule host site is no longer restricted to a one-way television broadcast. He or she now has event schedule ability to event scheduleteract with event schedule people event schedule event schedule various locevent scheduleions, and ask questions thevent schedule enable event schedule entire audience to share event scheduleir responses like never beevent schedulee, all withevent schedule a few seconds.
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