Best of Expo | FEATURE were grateful to have. The quality of conversation was every bit as strong as any other non-pandemic year. I was pleasantly surprised in people’s acceptance of supply chain disruptions. They get it. “Those that really wanted to be there and do business made the effort to show up. And do business they did.” For attendees, The PPAI Expo 2022 delivered practically everything they expected from the show. The EXPO Live interview booth returned, in a new location, and streamed live product demonstrations and interviews with notable speakers, exhibitors and industry leaders. Pop-up experiences brought surprise and delight to the show floor, including a puppy playpen fromWagging Tails Rescue in Las Vegas and complimentary coffee and tea in multiple locations. A beer garden created a fun environment for networking opportunities, all alongside more than 700 exhibiting Cliff Quicksell, MAS+, and Sherri Lennarson, MAS, were enshrined to the PPAI Hall of Fame during the Chair's Leadership Dinner. "In some respects, we took it for granted Expo would always operate, until it didn't," Immediate Past Chair Todd Pottebaum, MAS+ says. "It became quickly apparent on the show floor how necessary this event is for distributors and suppliers alike to kick-off the selling year." “You rely on other people if you don’t come here yourself,” Mark Ibrahim of distributor FLAMES6 wrote on the #WhyIExpo board. | MARCH 2022 | 35
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