2011 TSNN Event Excellence Awards Lines Up Stellar Speakers: Announces Industry Icon Award Honoree

Austin, TX (PRWEB) October 06, 2011

The 2011 TSNN Event Excellence Awards, Nov. 4-6 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., promises to be a stand-out event with thought-provoking keynotes, valuable educational sessions and the naming this years Industry Icon Award Honoree, Jason McGraw.

McGraw is the senior vice president of expositions for InfoComm International and a 24-year veteran of the trade show industry. Besides InfoComm, he also has worked on some of the biggest shows, such as CONEXPO-CON/AGG and the International Builders Show. He also has managed international shows held in China, Europe, Japan, Mexico and Singapore.

At InfoComm, McGraw is responsible for the annual TSNN Top 250 professional audiovisual industry exposition held each June in the U.S. In addition, he is a board member of IAEE and a member of ASAE, MATSO and PCMA.

For these achievements and more, TSNN is proud to name Jason McGraw this years Industry Icon Award Honoree.

I am deeply humbled and honored to be selected as TSNNs Industry Icon Award Honoree, McGraw said. Thank you to everyone at TSNN and Tarsus Advon for recognizing my years of effort and service in the exposition management industry.

Keynotes will include one given after lunch by Sekou Andrews, an award-winning and internationally acclaimed spoken word artist, actor and musician who inspires the business world one poem at a time with The Sekou Effect.

"What if you could leave a tradeshow but have the tradeshow never leave you? What if you could experience a tradeshow once and remember it forever? What if the reason you rushed off to the airport after the final presentation was not because the tradeshow had ended but because the ideas it inspired had just begun?, Sekou said.

Sekou thrives on transforming "What ifs" into reality. His unique and captivating keynote will be unlike any youve experienced at a tradeshow. The keynote will help you both retain and apply the information, strategies and insight that will have filled your mind by sealing them into your heart and soul. Expect not to expect what you expect to come next, Sekou said.

His work has been featured on such diverse national media outlets as ABC, MSNBC, HBO, Showtime, MTV and BET. Companies and organizations that have experienced The Sekou Effect include Kraft, Kaiser Permanente, Nike, Medco, Time Warner, eBay and Microsoft. For more on Sekou, visit http://www.TheSekouEffect.com.

The morning keynote will be given by Thom Singer, who is a professional speaker, sales trainer and the author of seven books on the power of business relationships and networking, and a eighth on presentation skills. He has spent over 20 years in sales, marketing, and business development roles with major corporations and AM LAW 100 law firms.

He regularly consults with corporations, law firms and individuals on how to cultivate their personal brands and establish professional connections that will lead to more referral business.

His speaking includes impactful keynotes, break-outs sessions, training programs and the "Conference Catalyst" program, which is quickly becoming a "meeting planner's favorite". In this role he sets the tone for a meeting to be a place where people embrace the opportunity to create real and meaningful connections. For more on Thom Singer, please visit http://www.ThomSinger.com.

T-awards educational highlights feature a State of the Industry session Saturday morning with Vinnie Polito, chair of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events, and Sean Guerre, chair of the Society of Independent Show Organizers, discussing the state of the trade show industry with moderator Stephen Nold, president of Tarsus Advon, a division of U.K.-based Tarsus Group (owner of TSNN).

The C-level executive conference also will include a panel on the latest in social media with show managers talking about what they are doing on their show, as well a session talking a look a Visa issues with Patricia Rojas, U.S. Travel Association vice president of government relations, and what the industry is doing to ease international visitation to trade shows.

The Saturday night gala awards evening will celebrate not only the 40 fastest-growing shows in attendance and net square footage, but also the show with the best social media outreach and marketing, the special Industry Icon Award Honoree and TSNNs very first Best of Show award.

The award presentation is hosted by Adam Schaffer, former Publisher of Tradeshow Week, and President of Media Revenue Partners. To register, please go to http://www.T-awards.com.

Sponsors for this years event include Presenting Sponsors Freeman and Ungerboeck Software International; Founding Sponsor The Expo Group; Gold Sponsors SmartSource, Trade Show Internet, a2z Inc., Experient, etouches, asp and MarketArt; Silver Sponsors presdo, T3Expo, OnPeak, IndustryConnect, AllianceTech, LA Inc. and Convention Data Services; Hotel Sponsor Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.; Media Sponsors include Convention News Television and H+A International; Photography Sponsor The Photo Group.

For sponsorship information please contact: Chris Anderson canderson(at)tsnn(dot)com 512 992 6297.

About Tarsus Advon

Based in Austin, Texas, Tarsus Advon oversees online publications and community portals that provide technology information and education for the event and trade show industry. Tarsus Advon also conducts research with show organizers, technology suppliers and industry experts. Qualitative and quantitative data are respectively gathered through primary sources and survey analysis. Events are designed to educate event and exhibition professionals about the latest trends and developments in technology. Tarsus Group acquired Tarsus Advon in 2010.

TSNN Press Contact:

Taylor Poss

tposs(at)tarsusus(dot)com

(512) 310 0628

###

Find More Ebay Press Releases

Avon Breast Health Outreach Program Awards Grant for Breast Cancer Awareness Program to Womens Community Clinic

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 22, 2011

The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program has awarded a $ 29,000 one-year grant to the Womens Community Clinic to increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer to underserved and uninsured women in San Francisco with a focus on the Western Addition. It is the first year that the program has received funding from the Avon Foundation for Women to support its work on this important health issue.

The breast health outreach program at the Womens Community Clinic will educate San Francisco area women and refer them to low-cost or free mammograms and clinical breast exams in their own communities. The vital program will also help to expand the safety net for direct health services for African American women in the Western Addition.

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women in the United States, and the leading single cause of death overall in women between the ages of 40 and 55. According to the American Cancer Society, 21,130 new cases of breast cancer will be detected in California this year and 4,230 lives will be lost. Nationwide, there is a new diagnosis every three minutes and a death from breast cancer every 14 minutes. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of years of life lost for African American women in San Francisco. While advances have been made in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure, early detection still affords the best opportunity for successful treatment. Programs such as the Womens Community Clinics Breast Health Outreach Program help ensure that all women have access to early detection information and options, even poor and medically underserved women.

We are proud that the Avon Foundation for Women shares our mission and has chosen to support our program. With these funds we will be able to provide clinical breast exams and mammograms to 300 new clients and to provide breast health education to 1000 community members, says Ms. Carlina Hansen, Executive Director, Womens Community Clinic.

Since 1993, the Avon Foundation has awarded more than 1,425 grants to community-based breast health programs across the United States, including the Breast Health Outreach program at the Womens Community Clinic. These programs are dedicated to educating underserved women about breast cancer and linking them to early detection screening services.

The Avon Foundation for Women and Breast Cancer Crusade

The Avon Foundation for Women, an accredited 501(c)(3) public charity, was founded in 1955 to improve the lives of women and today is the worlds largest corporate-affiliated philanthropy focused on issues that matter most to women. Avon philanthropy focuses its funding on breast cancer research and access to care, efforts to reduce domestic and gender violence, its women's environmental movement to nurture nature, and efforts to provide relief and recovery in times of major natural disasters and emergencies. Since the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade launched in 1992, Avon breast cancer programs in more than 50 countries have raised almost $ 700 million for research and advancing advance access to care, regardless of a persons ability to pay. In addition to receiving generous support from Avon Products, Inc., and its sale of Avon pink ribbon products, the Foundation raises funds through a variety of events and walks, such as the U.S. Avon Walk for Breast Cancer series, which is the Foundations largest fund-raising source.

The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program

The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program is administered by Cicatelli Associates Inc. to support community-based, non-profit breast health programs across the country. The Fund's National Advisory Board selected the Breast Health Outreach Program at Womens Community Clinic, as one of 125 new grant recipients nationwide in the 2010 cycle of Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund grants. These organizations were chosen based on their ability to effectively reach women, particularly minority, low-income, and older women, who are often medically underserved.

Womens Community Clinic:

The Womens Community Clinic is committed to meeting the sexual and reproductive health care needs of Bay Area women and girls. Our volunteer-based model of care-the only one of its kind in the Bay Area-is highly effective in enabling underserved women to directly access health care services. We honor our mission to improve the health and well-being of women and girls by providing sexual and reproductive health services, outreach services, and health training programs. Since 1999, we have served more than 20,000 women and trained more than 500 health worker volunteers. womenscommunityclinic.org

For more Information

For more information on the Breast Health Outreach Program at the Womens Community Clinic please call Kemi Role at (415) 379-7802 ext. 371. For more information about breast cancer, contact the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345 or http://www.cancer.org, or the National Cancer Institute at 1-800-4-CANCER or http://www.cancer.gov.

To learn more about the Avon Foundation for Women, call 1-866-505-AVON or visit http://www.avonfoundation.org, where you can access free printable Breast Health Resource Guides in English and Spanish. For information or to register or support the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer events, visit http://www.avonwalk.org or call 1-888-540-WALK.

# # #