A number of companies took advantage of the opportunity to man exhibitor tables, and one or two added giveaways to the conference bag.
Material about your organization is a no-brainer. But if you have giveaways, the aim is to have something with your brand on taken away by attendees.
I am not sure how effective squeeze or stress balls are as giveaways. But the most notable of those was a Hensel Phelps yellow dump truck (a winner with parents and grandparents).
As a journalist I found it difficult to refuse notepads and pens.
Candy is a nice touch for sweet-toothed attendees, but I am sure most of us have enough keyrings. (You can let me know if I’m wrong. Maybe landlords out there zoom in on the keyrings.)
Worthy of note were an arrowhead from Search Inc., which is an archaeologic services firm (even if the arrowhead was made in India), Framaco International’s pen with a spirit level and an accompanying flash drive with the company’s info, the exp conference bag with zipper, TakeCare’s colorful bag/cooler and notepad, and ECC’s water bottle.
And Journal and Guam Business Magazine advertisers please note, the publications on our table were really, really popular.
To the reader who read the November “Plain English” item on popular gifts and seasonal items for the house, and wanted to know where he can get the USB LED powered Christmas tree, well just about every online retailer has one.
They’re probably available on-island too. You might find something USB LED powered you never knew you needed if you browse.
I’m an early shopper, she says smugly. (Yes, I know. Don’t you
hate me?)
Which is just as well, since we might be having rolling black outs again for December, according to the Guam Power Authority, which has issued a potential schedule.
So the less driving around the island in the dark, the better, especially since after Day One of power outages, there’s a bunch of traffic lights not working.
My husband said that according to the rules of the road (aka the Guam Drivers Handbook), you treat an intersection like a four-way stop if the traffic lights aren’t working.
I thought I’d pass that on, even though I am sure that Journal readers already know that.
Last night I was behind a nice big truck that clearly didn’t, and I have to confess that with a bunch of vehicles behind me, I just followed along behind the nice big truck and cleared the intersection on Airport Road.
It’s tough enough driving on Guam’s roads at the moment, since you can drive right into a crew digging or repairing something without sufficient signage, and the other thing that Guam drivers don’t like to do is merge until the very last minute.
And finally dear reader, given the possibility of power outages, you might want to get some power banks along with that USB LED powered Christmas tree and keep them fully charged. mbj
— Maureen N. Maratita is the publisher at Glimpses Media. Glimpses Media includes the Marianas Business Journal, Guam Business Magazine, The Guam Guide, Wave 105.1 FM and Power98.