By Stehphanie Zizzo, ASHM
The familiar glow of bright blue carpet, the sound of Starbucks orders being shouted from the mountain tops, the hundreds of free give-a-ways, and the thousands of geeky name tags being worn all in the name of safety! The ASSE Safety Conference 2011 marked the 100th anniversary for ASSE, and boy was it a celebration! Located at the bigger and better McCormick Place Conference Center in the wonderful windy city of Chicago, Illinois.
Summit Training Source, Inc. attended the conference again this year earning their 25 PLUS years as an exhibitor and who did they bring along this time... ME!
Located in a very social spot, right by the silent auction and ASSE Foundation, our booth recieved a lot of attention! One of the great aspects that sets this trade show apart from other safety trade shows is how safety professionals don't come this is conference because they have to... people here have the want and the drive to earn their CEU's and really connect to other safety professionals. Attendees didn't just stumble into Summit's booth, they had it in their itinerary to come and learn more about safety training and updating their programs. It is an important show for creating the ambiance of the safety culture!
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| The Women In Safety Engineering (WISE) practice specialty celebrated 100 Women in Safety in honor of the ASSE 100 Years. Summit is a proud supporter of WISE. For more info, visit www.asse.org/wise. |
Business and sales aside, this is THEE place to network. People from all over the United States and the world come to ASSE. You have the laid-back people from Texas, the interesting individuals from Ireland, the scholarly from England, the fun from Hawaii, the cool from Florida, and the intriguing from Nigeria plus many more! All of these individuals have one thing in common... keeping people safe. Although I did experience some questionable conversation from the girls in the short jean shorts selling fall protection, almost every connection I made at this years ASSE conference is well worth a follow up!
As a safety professional the ASSE Safety Conference is the trade show of all trade shows when it comes to taking your career seriously. Besides attending for the free highlighter shaped like a syringe or the hundreds of different letter openers, I would highly recommend being present at next years ASSE Safety Expo in the irresistible, mile high city of, Denver, Colorado!
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| Grand Valley State University OSH degree students visit the Summit booth. From R to L, Stephanie Zizzo - Summit, Dominick Rizzo - GVSU, Sara Wesche - Summit, David Cox - GVSU, Emma Daniels (seated) - Summit, Greg Adams - Summit, Courtney Draveling (seated) - GVSU, Bryan Hornik - Summit. |
And don't forget a round of applause to the ASSE Foundation for doing such an amazing job this year! They raised thousands of dollars for scholorships and research grants that help further our industry. For more information, visit www.asse.org/foundation/
See you in Denver!
Steph
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