{"id":6590,"date":"2014-02-07T08:29:39","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T13:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweekinimaging.com\/?p=6590"},"modified":"2014-09-30T01:32:24","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T05:32:24","slug":"between-the-lines-less-is-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/the-week-in-imaging-twii\/editors-blog\/2014\/02\/between-the-lines-less-is-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Between the Lines: Less is More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"less_is_more_dribbble_shot\"<\/a>I just finished interviewing Chip Miceli, president of DPOE in Elk Grove, IL for a couple of articles I\u2019m writing for ENX and The Cannata Report.<\/p>\n

As I was preparing for my interview, I got to thinking about how Chip is a familiar face at industry events, not just dealer meetings. \u00a0What impresses me is his eagerness to learn more about the industry and new ways to improve his dealership. I find that admirable for someone who has been in the industry since the early 1970\u2019s.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not the only one doing that and I\u2019m aware of a number of other dealers just like Chip who never fail to take advantage of the many educational opportunities available at various conferences and events held throughout the year. The question Chip raises, and one I\u2019ve wondered about myself, is whether or not there\u2019s just too many industry events and if consolidating some of these events would better serve the industry?<\/p>\n

Obviously OEM dealer meetings are not part of this equation, however, does it truly make sense, and more importantly, is it even possible to combine some of these other events into one? Considering that many of these events are money makers for the organizations presenting them, I\u2019m thinking that\u2019s more wishful thinking than practical even if too many shows dilute the pool of potential attendees.<\/p>\n

Again, this concept of consolidating events is coming from someone who is a networking machine and has rarely met a conference he hasn\u2019t been convinced to attend at least once. For those who limit themselves to their own OEM\u2019s meetings and maybe the occasional BTA regional conference this might not be an issue at all. But for those who don\u2019t have the time to travel to all of these events and conferences, less could end up being a whole lot more.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just finished interviewing Chip Miceli, president of DPOE in Elk Grove, IL for a couple of articles I\u2019m writing for ENX and The Cannata Report. As I was preparing for my interview, I got to thinking about how Chip is a familiar face at industry events, not just dealer meetings. \u00a0What impresses me is his eagerness to learn more about the industry and new ways to improve his dealership. I find that admirable for someone who has been in the industry since the early 1970\u2019s. He\u2019s not the only one doing that and I\u2019m aware of a number of other dealers just like Chip who never fail to take advantage of the many educational opportunities available at various conferences and events held throughout the year. The question Chip raises, and one I\u2019ve wondered about myself, is whether or not there\u2019s just too many industry events and if consolidating some of these events would better serve the industry? Obviously OEM dealer meetings are not part of this equation, however, does it truly make sense, and more importantly, is it even possible to combine some of these other events into one? Considering that many of these events are money makers for the organizations presenting them, I\u2019m thinking that\u2019s more wishful thinking than practical even if too many shows dilute the pool of potential attendees. Again, this concept of consolidating events is coming from someone who is a networking machine and has rarely met a conference he hasn\u2019t been convinced to attend at least once. For those who limit themselves to their own OEM\u2019s meetings and maybe the occasional BTA regional conference this might not be an issue at all. But for those who don\u2019t have the time to travel to all of these events and conferences, less could end up being a whole lot more. Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[116,140,174,328,343],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6590"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6590"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6594,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6590\/revisions\/6594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}