
MedQuist invited attendees to stop at its booth to charge their iPods and cell phones. While the devices charged, the company's staff talked to attendees about its products.
Photo: BizBash

Exhibitors can use QR codes to provide product information at trade shows. At the World Congress on Intelligent Transport in Orlando, Austrian company Kapsch gave attendees a choice of scanning a QR code or picking up printed materials.
Photo: Mitra Sorrells/BizBash

Q.R. codes on the show floor of I.B.M.'s Lotusphere conference.
Photo: Brandon Dowling for BizBash

TED chief Chris Anderson speaking at TEDGlobal 2010.
Photo: James Duncan Davidson/TED

Attendees could relax on beds at TEDActive 2010.
Photo: TED/Michael Brands

Attendees expanding the community conversation at the TEDxKibera salon in January 2011.
Photo: Courtesy of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Boston Scientific execs made a chandelier out of employee photos.
Photo: Courtesy of Boston Scientific

Oracle's giant water cooler at OpenWorld.
Photo: Hartmann Studios

Using NTEN's social media platform.
Photo: Michaela Hackner/Wander the Backroads Photography

One of SAP's control rooms at Sapphire Now 2010.
Photo: Wolfram Schieble/SAP AG

A panel on liveblogging for TV shows at BlogWorld.
Photo: Dave Cynkin

One of the Surf Expo's loud attractions.
Photo: Brandon Dowling for BizBash

The Cable Show's 2010 My World exhibit.
Photo: Jim Douglass

Cisco's online gaming platform.
Photo: Courtesy of Cisco

Comfy seating on the show floor of the American Academy of Nursing's Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science.
Photo: Courtesy of the American Academy of Nursing

ABC Kids' area for "modern child" exhibitors.
Photo: Courtesy of the ABC Kids Expo

Lotusphere's touch-screen monitors.
Photo: Brandon Dowling for BizBash

Pressure-sensitive floor mats were used to track visits to wayfinding kiosks at a meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society.
Photos: Courtesy of Scanalytics