Jim Hlavac
Trade Shows
Trade Shows I was involved with or created:
International Crawfish Exposition
(Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Association)
I created and enacted the entire kit and caboodle of the Palm Beach Business Expo, with the Florida Trade Show
Company and it was the largest trade show in the county when I did it in 1995.
I was involved in dozens of LOBO Business to Business Trade Shows, which stands for Louisiana Ordinance
Buying Organization. I had a booth, sold booths, helped companies figure out what they were going to do with
their booths, created promotional materials for them and did a slew of things.
EnviroExpos were put on by BIC Magazine and I was part of the team that made sure all the companies that we
sold booths to were in the right booths with the things they wanted, needed or ordered, and was involved in nearly
every aspect of making sure these shows happened in the cities along Interstate 10 from Mobile to Houston.
In 1986 I conceived the notion of a Louisiana Expo to be held in New York City. I just ran out of time and money to
pull it off, but I sure generated a lot of buzz. I made money with it, and I certainly didn't lose money with it. It was a
wild time of commuting between New York City and Louisiana. I made about 60 trips in five years, back and forth,
a few weeks in each before returning to the other. The show was slated for April of 1990, but four years on a
shoestring was not enough to get an entire state aligned with the great idea of marketing the entire place like it
was a Hollywood movie.
International Crawfish Exposition
(Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Association)
I created and enacted the entire kit and caboodle of the Palm Beach Business Expo, with the Florida Trade Show
Company and it was the largest trade show in the county when I did it in 1995.
I was involved in dozens of LOBO Business to Business Trade Shows, which stands for Louisiana Ordinance
Buying Organization. I had a booth, sold booths, helped companies figure out what they were going to do with
their booths, created promotional materials for them and did a slew of things.
EnviroExpos were put on by BIC Magazine and I was part of the team that made sure all the companies that we
sold booths to were in the right booths with the things they wanted, needed or ordered, and was involved in nearly
every aspect of making sure these shows happened in the cities along Interstate 10 from Mobile to Houston.
In 1986 I conceived the notion of a Louisiana Expo to be held in New York City. I just ran out of time and money to
pull it off, but I sure generated a lot of buzz. I made money with it, and I certainly didn't lose money with it. It was a
wild time of commuting between New York City and Louisiana. I made about 60 trips in five years, back and forth,
a few weeks in each before returning to the other. The show was slated for April of 1990, but four years on a
shoestring was not enough to get an entire state aligned with the great idea of marketing the entire place like it
was a Hollywood movie.
That's me sitting in the center of my crew -- Mike Cappelli is in the shorts, my father Karl is
seated at the table, and the two other people were good buddies, but it was so long ago I
forgot their names - -maybe they'll come to me in time. It was 15 years ago, after all. This
was at the Palm Beach County Arena where I put on the largest trade show the county had
ever seen, and that launched a lot of other opportunities, and also caused a lot of grief. It
was odd to say the least.
seated at the table, and the two other people were good buddies, but it was so long ago I
forgot their names - -maybe they'll come to me in time. It was 15 years ago, after all. This
was at the Palm Beach County Arena where I put on the largest trade show the county had
ever seen, and that launched a lot of other opportunities, and also caused a lot of grief. It
was odd to say the least.