An Inventor's Journey to a Tradeshow! Are You Ready? (+ Annual Elections)

INCA welcomes Ms Leslie Holland, inventor & patent pending - for her award winning Jewelry Closet - proudly storing & displaying your collection of fine jewelry. "Do You Love Your Jewelry??!!" she asks of passing folks at the ASD Market Week show in Las Vegas (Think hundreds of national and international distributors, wholesalers & manufacturers of consumer products).

And it worked!!!! She connected with a couple of likely partners - including a QVC heavyweight! With some help from the Inventor Lady, Leslie came prepared - with a working and presentable prototype, marketing materials, business cards and logo dress shirts too! Will you be ready?

Ms Holland will review her product and target audience - and how she prepared for the possible opportunities at the show. As a member of The Inventor Lady's group of independent inventors, Leslie received great professional advice and encouragement. Hear about her successes, and difficult moments - as well as the energy, size, pace and "feeling" of a trade show show. This could be your story too!

Additionally, Mr Kris Paul will review several other tradeshows - where inventors often introduce their new product. He'll review the alternative, lower cost methods of participating and getting the "right" attention from your target audience.

IMPORTANT In addition, INCA will hold their annual elections, per the by-laws, for President, Vice President and Treasurer. PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING for this very important and worthwhile effort to help other independent inventors. The INCA officers also represent our organization at national tradeshows, and national inventors organizations, such as the IGA and UIA, as well as with staff from the USPTO and its Pro Bono program.

This is a FREE EVENT so please try to attend, and have some GREAT questions ready!!

NOTE: This is a public forum -- therefore, please do NOT disclose any sensitive information about your product or idea during our meeting - or it may limit your ability to protect your idea with a patent.

IMPORTANT: Since this is an interactive event, ONLINE SPACE WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FIRST 50 ATTENDEES

Agenda
6:00 - 6:30 Pre-meeting Mix & Mingle, and images from the
recent Housewares & Hardware tradeshows
6:30 - 6:45 Meeting start - INCA club business : Kris Paul
6:45 - 7:30 "An Inventor's Journey to a Tradeshow" - Ms Leslie Holland
7:30 - 8:00 "Tradeshows - Still Worth It?" - Mr Kris Paul
7:45 - 8:15 Q&A
8:15 - 8:30 Open Mike & Meeting Close