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In the 69th episode of the Trade Show Talk podcast, host Danica Tormohlen interviewed Kinsey Fabrizio, president of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and producer of the Consumer Electronic Show (CES). They discuss what's new for CES 2026, which is expected to welcome more than 140,000 attendees from 150+ countries to Las Vegas in January.    The 2026 tech extravaganza will debut the CES Foundry focused on AI and quantum technologies, a show sector that will be held at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Fabrizio shared insights from her recent trip to the UFI Global Congress in Hong Kong and outlined how CTA is leveraging AI to enhance attendee experiences through the event's mobile app.     Additionally, there's an advocacy update from Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance EVP Tommy Goodwin on the latest government and tariff developments affecting the trade show industry.    This episode is brought to my Trade Show News Network and is sponsored by Marriott.    Chapters   00:00 Introduction to Trade Show Talk  01:26 Meet Kinsey Fabrizio: Background and Achievements  02:47 Insights from the UFI Global Congress  05:06 Preview of CES 2026  06:25 Exciting New Features at CES 2026  08:18 The Role of Robotics and Health Tech at CES  12:42 Kinsey's Fabrizio's Journey and Leadership at CTA  22:54 Advocacy and AI in the Tech Industry  30:14 Personal Interests and Hobbies  31:10 Favorite Gadgets and Wishlist  35:27 Travel Tips and Hacks  39:06 Advocacy Update with Tommy Goodwin  39:33 Government Reopening and Tariff Discussions  46:05 Visa Fee and Industry Impact  50:17 Conclusion and Farewell    Guest bio: Kinsey Fabrizio Kinsey Fabrizio is president of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, which represents more than 1,200 consumer technology companies and owns and produces CES® - the most influential tech event in the world. In this role, Fabrizio serves on CTA's Executive board and directs strategy and operations across all business units.  Since joining CTA in 2008, Fabrizio has driven transformation at both CTA and CES. As senior vice president, she oversaw CES conferences and show operations, led an expansion of CES products, and spearheaded a modernization of CTA's membership infrastructure and categories.  Earlier in her career, she drove strategic growth in emerging tech categories. A pioneer in the digital health space, Fabrizio created CTA's Health Division, launched a healthcare provider program for doctors at CES 2015, and debuted CES's first Continuing Medical Education (CME)-accredited conference in 2019. She also spearheaded the Video Division Board's 4K and 8K TV initiatives, founded the Content and Entertainment Council, and launched CTA's Disruptive Innovation Council in 2016 to engage companies with breakthrough technologies and services.  Fabrizio's leadership earned her recognition as one of Washingtonian's Most Powerful Women in 2025 and a Washingtonian Tech Titan in 2024 and 2025. She also received the 2023 Women in CT Legacy Award for her contributions to the consumer technology industry.  Fabrizio is a member of the George Mason University Costello College of Business Dean's Advisory Council and the Washington Economic Club. She holds a BA from George Mason University and an MBA from the University of Maryland Global Campus. She lives in Arlington, VA, with her husband and two children.  Guest bio: Tommy Goodwin Tommy Goodwin is Executive Vice President for the Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA), the advocacy association for the business events industry. In this role, he leads ECA's work on behalf of the interconnected ecosystem of exhibitors, event and meeting organizers, suppliers, venues, and destinations that comprise the global business events landscape. Prior to joining ECA, Tommy spent more than 20 years working for several globally recognized associations and corporations, including Oracle, AARP, and the Project Management Institute. Recognized by The Hill in its list of association "Top Lobbyists" every year since 2020, Tommy has also received several industry awards including: CEO Update/Association Trends: Leading Association Lobbyist (2023) American Society of Association Executives (ASAE): ASAE Fellow (2022) DCA Live: Association Innovation Leader (2022) Trade Show news Network: Industry Support Award (2022) MeetingsNet: Changemaker (2022) Host bio: Danica Tormohlen An award-winning journalist who has covered the trade show industry since 1994, Danica Tormohlen is VP of Group Content, Meetings, Sports, Travel for Informa Connect. In her role, she oversees content for Trade Show News Network, Corporate Event News, BizBash and Connect's portfolio of in-person events. These leading media brands publish websites, newsletters, social media channels, video, podcasts and online and in-person programming for the trade show, corporate event, association meeting, experiential marketing and exhibition industries. Tormohlen currently serves as president of the Women in Exhibitions Network North America chapter. She has been a speaker and moderator at major industry events, including the TSNN Awards, IMEX, IAEE, SISO, UFI, ESCA, DI and Large Show Roundtable — to name a few. Keywords: CES, Kinsey Fabrizio, Consumer Technology Association, AI, trade shows, event industry, technology trends, advocacy, digital health, robotics 

Niki looks back at the last two years of Tech'ed Up and shares some of her favorite moments from the podcast.  This episode highlights engaging clips from episodes featuring Bloomberg reporter Ashlee Vance, US presidential candidate and former Congressman Will Hurd, Washingtonian Tech Titan 2023 Amy Gilliland of GDIT, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Denelle Dixon, CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, and many more.  Listen in as Niki and guests explore all things tech: covering emerging technology from AI to crypto, speculating about government regulation, and geeking out about the future of tech in general. Check out Tech'ed Up on YouTubeFollow Niki on LinkedInLearn more about where we record at Switch & Board

Zvi Band, author of Success Is in Your Sphere, believes nothing is more powerful than relationships in your professional life. Listen to learn how to establish meaningful personal connections and deepen your relationship with people who will make a difference in your career. Zvi Band is the co-founder of Contactually, a relationship-centric business that powers millions of relationships, and author of Success Is in Your Sphere: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals. Beyond his work and writing, Zvi serves as a proponent of entrepreneurship in Washington DC, founding DC Tech Meet Up and advises early-stage startups. He’s been named a Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and is a three-time Washingtonian Tech Titan. He received his B.S. in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Maryland.

Zvi Band(@skeevis) on measuring success in spheres Work 2.0 Podcast #FutureofWork #Work2dot0 #Podcast In this podcast Zvi Band discussed his book Success is in Your Sphere. In this podcast Zvi emphasized the importance of relationships in social platform. He discussed how organizations could leverage success in the shape of relational sphehers. Zvi's Book: Success Is in Your Sphere: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals by Zvi Band https://amzn.to/36Z1cu2 Podcast Link: iTunes: http://math.im/jofitunes Youtube: http://math.im/jofyoutube Zvi's BIO: ZVI BAND is the cofounder and CEO of Contactually, a leading CRM platform for relationship-oriented businesses, and author of SUCCESS IS IN YOUR SPHERE: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals (McGraw-Hill, May 21). As a relationship marketing strategist, Zvi has led the company to millions in venture backing, and served tens of thousands of customers, including eight of the nation’s top 20 real estate brokerages. An engineer, developer, entrepreneur, strategist, and startup advisor, Zvi has been named a Washingtonian Tech Titan four times, and was a finalist for Ernst & Young’s 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He was recognized among T360’s Swanepoel Power 200 Most Influential Leaders and REAL Trends Game Changers. His work and expertise have been featured in The New York Times and the Washington Post, among other outlets. He lives in the Washington, DC area. About #Podcast: Work 2.0 Podcast is created to spark the conversation around the future of work, worker and workplace. This podcast invite movers and shakers in the industry who are shaping or helping us understand the transformation in work. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest by emailing: info@analyticsweek.com Want to sponsor? Email us @ info@analyticsweek.com Keywords: Work 2.0 Podcast, #FutureOfWork, #FutureOfWorker, #FutureOfWorkplace, #Work, #Worker, #Workplace,

On this episode of the program I’m joined by Zvi Band. Zvi is the cofounder and CEO of Contactually, a leading CRM platform for relationship-oriented businesses, and author of "Success is in Your Sphere." An engineer, developer, entrepreneur, and startup advisor, Zvi has been named a Washingtonian Tech Titan four times. I'm hosting an event on Saturday February 29th, 2020 – the extra day that we get in a leap year – and I'd love for you to join me and a bevy of stellar speakers and great guests. It's called The BIG Ready and I'm holding this event at The Pace - a venue that's located in the first city I lived in when I moved to the west coast, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Early bird and BIG Ticket VIP tickets are now on sale, so visit http://thebigready.com/ (TheBIGReady.com) to get more details and grab your tickets today!This episode is brought to you by my new online course, 30 Days of TimeCrafting. In this program you'll learn all of the basics of the productivity methods I use in my TimeCrafting process that help me define my day, filter my focus, and make every moment matter... for just $5. To learn more about this program, visit https://productivityist.com/fivedollars (productivityist.com/fivedollars). Zvi and I talk about the acronym he uses as his CAPITAL strategy, why you need to aggregate all of your relationships (both personal and professional) in a database, and the need for purpose and process when forging and fostering relationships. Considering that my Monthly Theme for February is Relationships this was the perfect conversation to prime me for the month ahead. I trust you'll get a lot of value out of it as well. Talking Points Zvi shares his origin story (2:49) We talk about the role of consistency when it comes to achieving success in your sphere - and the role of the calendar in that (5:05) This is one of the things Zvi did to execute consistently to help himself over both the short and long term (6:36) Where does someone begin aggregating their relationships? And why aggregate at all? (8:31) Zvi breaks this aggregation down into manageable chunks (10:41) This is why Zvi has many separate email accounts (12:02) Zvi explains how to ensure you are going beyond organizing your relationships... and prioritizing them (17:05) What nuances do you need to watch out for as you gain intelligence around your relationships? What does this intelligence-gathering look like? (18:57) You need to keep this in mind as you forge and foster relationships (22:16) How do you handle the person that connects with you with no real purpose? (25:00) We talk about the importance of boundaries (27:01) Why adding value is of the utmost importance in relationships and why you need to ask how you can do that on an ongoing basis (29:54) How can you make all of this easier to do? (32:36) This is how we can get in our own way during this process (35:48) If you want to start doing what Zvi suggests today, here's the one small action you can do starting now (38:21) Quote "The important thing is that just because these are different people...doesn't mean that the people differ or change in importance. " - Zvi Band Helpful Links https://amzn.to/30NhlRI (Success Is in Your Sphere: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals) https://www.contactually.com/ (Contactually) https://productivityist.com/podcast266/ (Episode 266: Becoming Indistractable with Nir Eyal) https://amzn.to/2GpfqcB (Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence) https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191001-dunbars-number-why-we-can-only-maintain-150-relationships (Dunbar's number: Why we can only maintain 150 relationships) https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-technique (The Pomodoro Technique) https://sivers.org/contact (Derek Sivers's Contact Page)...

Zvi Band, author of Success Is in Your Sphere, believes nothing is more powerful than relationships in your professional life. Listen to learn how to establish meaningful personal connections and deepen your relationship with people who will make a difference in your career. Zvi Band is the co-founder of Contactually, a relationship-centric business that powers millions of relationships, and author of Success Is in Your Sphere: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals. Beyond his work and writing, Zvi serves as a proponent of entrepreneurship in Washington DC, founding DC Tech Meet Up and advises early-stage startups. He’s been named a Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and is a  three-time Washingtonian Tech Titan. He received his B.S. in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Maryland.

An in-depth conversation with with Tony Cappaert, the Co-founder of Contactually, one of the largest CRM's in North America. He is now serves as Compass's Strategic Growth Manager, where he leads programs that help grow each real estate professionals business by leveraging Compass Concierge & Compass Bridge Loans.  Some topics we cover: "What lead to the partnership for Compass to acquire Contactually?", "What makes Compass like the New York Yankees?", "Why should our customers should think of us as The Four Seasons?", "Are people that start companies, not the people that should scale growing companies?"  Tony is a Washingtonian Tech Titan, a Microsoft Alum, has spoken on numerous podcasts and conferences, and has been featured in Slate, Crain's, The Washingtonian, TechCrunch, and others. He is an MIT alum with a B.S. in Management Science.

Today on 22 Motivational Minutes, author Zvi Band shares the power of nurturing your brand through relationship marketing. Listen in as Marlo and Zvi discuss the science behind building relationships and how growing your business is directly linked to your connection with your audience. This episode is chalk full of great insight into how to work with your existing network to develop more business and do it in a way that differentiates.  Zvi Band is the co-founder & CEO of Contactually, the top CRM which empowers professionals in real estate, consulting, and other professional industries to build authentic relationships. Having founded Contactually in 2011, Zvi has led Contactually to $12M in venture backing, 75 employees, and tens of thousands of customers, including 8 of the top 20 real estate brokerages in the country. An engineer, a seasoned entrepreneur, developer, strategist and startup advisor, with unique both technical and non-technical operations. Thrice named a Washingtonian Tech Titan, featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and Washington City Paper, Zvi was also a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Zvi is a passionate speaker and author whose writing has appeared in Forbes, Inc, Inman News, and many other outlets. Highlights from this episode: 11:00 – How to grow your assets 12:00 – Strategy to the relationship 13:00 – We are tribal people 14:00 – Relating to people 16:00 – Dig the well before your thirsty 18:00 – The capitol strategy You can connect with Zvi Band via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/zviband/ or on his website http://zviband.com/ --------------------- My book, The Making of a Maverick, Building Champions in Business and in Life is available now on Amazon.  It vibrates with a frequency of action.  It contains some of the most tactical and detailed information I’ve ever given, all in hopes of inspiring you to gain clarity and remove self-doubt.  Get it right here -  bit.ly/MaverickMovement Lastly, if you are looking for clarity to what may be holding you back, you can take The Maverick Assessment.  It was created to help you understand the 4 Pillars of Performance to Making Mavericks and Building Champions.  Take it now -  https://www.marlohiggins.com/maverick-assessment

Zvi Band is the cofounder and CEO of Contactually, a leading CRM platform for relationship-oriented businesses. He is author of SUCCESS IS IN YOUR SPHERE: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals (McGraw-Hill). As an entrepreneur and relationship marketing strategist, Zvi has been named a Washingtonian Tech Titan four times. He lives in the Washington, DC area. “it's not going to be fun every day but you have got to wake up every day as an entrepreneur and pursue your dream, pursue something that you wanted to see in the world. That's a fun experience. That's something that most people won't, most people don't have the opportunity to do. For you as an entrepreneur no matter how much adversity you may face remember this is an incredibly fun amazing part of your life. So just have fun”…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-7aj

Zvi Band founded Contactually back in 2011. An engineer and a CEO, he has taken Contactually from idea to a fast-moving startup that now powers over 208million relationships. The company has over 60 employees, millions in revenue, 12M+ in venture backing, numerous awards, and thousands of customers. As of Monday, February 25, 2019, Contactually entered into an agreement to be acquired by Compass. Beyond Contactually, Zvi has served as a proponent of entrepreneurship in the DC region, founding DC Tech Meetup and ProudlyMadeInDC and serving as a mentor and advisor to numerous early-stage startups. Prior to launching Contactually, Zvi was the CTO of Workstreamer, acquired in 2009, and founded skeevisArts, a web development and design agency. Recently named to the 2019 Swanapoel Power 200, Zvi is three times named a Washingtonian Tech Titan and member of MindShare, the DC community’s exclusive forum for CEOs of emerging tech companies. Zvi is an active public speaker, participating in thought leadership panels at TechCocktail, WordPressDC, DC PHP, and DC RUG events, to name a few. He has been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and Washington City Paper. His first book, Success is in Your Sphere was released on May 21, 2019. He received his B.S. in Computer Sciences and Economics from the University of Maryland, and lives in DC with his wife and daughter.Check out what Zvi is up to at: https://www.contactually.com/Check out and buy his book at: http://www.successisinyoursphere.com/

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com  #312: Zvi Band Zvi Band is the co-founder & CEO of Contactually, the top CRM which empowers professionals in real estate, consulting, and other professional industries to build authentic relationships. Having founded Contactually in 2011, Zvi has led Contactually to $12M in venture backing, 75 employees, and tens of thousands of customers, including 8 of the top 20 real estate brokerages in the country. An engineer, a seasoned entrepreneur, developer, strategist and startup advisor, with unique both technical and non-technical operations. Thrice named a Washingtonian Tech Titan, featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and Washington City Paper, Zvi was also a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Zvi is a passionate speaker and author whose writing has appeared in Forbes, Inc, Inman News, and many other outlets. He's the author of the newly released book, Success Is In Your Sphere.  Published by McGraw-Hill (Zvi and I share the same agent, publisher, and editor). Notes: Leaders who sustain excellence = They have a level of introspection This creates self-awareness and mindfulness Take a step back... Analyze, pick apart.  Understand why something happened based on the decisions you made They are tactical 5x7 notepad -- Take blank sheet and write the exact things you need to do each day Weekly wrap up -- Capture what happened Use a daily journal to understand how you felt at that moment "It's way too easy to be reactionary."  It's not productive.  Be thoughtful and intentional Zvi at 25 years old: Quit his job His dad's cancer came back and he died The same day was officially declared a recession in 2008 How to respond? Zvi was interested in a startup "I emailed my network, and the CTO of an enterprise software company helped me out" "Relationships are our most important asset" Zvi realized he wasn't good at managing his relationships.  He was using Evernote. He wanted a proactive CRM (customer relationship management) tool to proactively work for the relationship driven professional That was how Contactually was created "It's not about staying in touch.  It's about being of value." How to make the right hiring decisions: It's values based: Be user first - solve problems for others Ownership - entrepreneur types Learn & innovate - embrace failure and learn Demonstrate the ability to learn Be excellent with each other -- "If a company has a named 'No Asshole' rules then that usually means they have a lot of assholes there."  It's a red flag. Keep it simple Be real -- Transparent How does someone demonstrate the ability to learn? Run a mock call, give feedback.  They must be coachable.  How do they respond to the coaching? Ask, 'what are you learning? We want readers We want people who are intellectually curious We want people who have a "general dissatisfaction with their current skill set." Mentor advice: Leverage your experience to know the right questions to ask. Teach them how to navigate the issues, don't just give them the answers. "Relay experience.  Don't give advice."  Don't give a prescription. Mentee advice: Establish a feedback loop Establish what to do -- follow up "Must show that you took their insights to heart and acted on them." The 'icky' feeling of relationship marketing: Avoid this.  Don't just exchange business cards. "Relationships are our most important asset." Collect intelligence on those people important to you.  Listen for the little details they share.  Pay attention.  Take notes after you talk with them so you can ask about them later. Consistency - Play the long game: Create habits:  what are your relationship goals? "We're wired to think short term."  Zag when others zig.  Think long term. Build genuine, real relationships: When we look back at success, we realize it's because of relationships Invest in them long term Contactually got acquired by Compass Zvi and his investors have been rewarded for their work

David Burkus is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and former business school professor. His newest book, Friend of a Friend, offers readers a new perspective on how to grow their networks and build key connections—one based on the science of human behavior, not rote networking advice. David's TED talk has been viewed over 2 million times, and he is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review. You can find more about David at www.davidburkus.com Zvi Band is the co-founder & CEO of Contactually, a CRM for the real estate industry that fosters authentic relationships with clients, rather than seeing them as a dollar figure. Zvi is also the author of Success Is in Your Sphere: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals. He has thrice been named a Washingtonian Tech Titan, has been featured in the New York Times and Washington Post, and was a finalist for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year. You can find more about Zvi at www.zviband.com Where Others Won't is recorded at Apollo Studios in downtown Toronto. It is produced and edited by Adam Esker. You can contact Cody directly by visiting www.codyroyle.com

Amelia is co-founder and COO at Hatch Apps, an automated software development company enabling business leaders to launch a custom app on iOS, Android and web for a fraction of the cost of hiring a software development firm. Amelia has been recognized as a Y Combinator Fellow, a Washingtonian Tech Titan, a Top 40 Entrepreneur Under 40, one of DC's 50 On Fire, and a Power Woman of DC Tech, and she was recently profiled in TIME.

We Interview The CEO Zvi Band of Contactually A Leading CRM System Aimed At Real Estate Professionals Zvi Band is the co-founder & CEO of Contactually, the top CRM which empowers professionals in real estate, consulting, and other professional industries to build authentic relationships. Having founded Contactually in 2011, Zvi has led Contactually to $12M in venture backing, 75 employees, and tens of thousands of customers, including 8 of the top 20 real estate brokerages in the country. An engineer, a seasoned entrepreneur, developer, strategist and startup advisor, with unique both technical and non-technical operations. Thrice named a Washingtonian Tech Titan, featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and Washington City Paper, Zvi was also a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year . Zvi is a passionate speaker and author whose writing has appeared in Forbes, Inc, Inman News, and many other outlets. His first book, a study of relationship marketing, will be coming out with McGraw Hill next year. He also hosts the Real Relationships podcast and has interviewed hundreds of leaders on how they built the relationships that moved their careers and businesses to the next level. https://www.contactually.com/

We Interview The CEO Zvi Band of Contactually A Leading CRM System Aimed At Real Estate Professionals Zvi Band is the co-founder & CEO of Contactually, the top CRM which empowers professionals in real estate, consulting, and other professional industries to build authentic relationships. Having founded Contactually in 2011, Zvi has led Contactually to $12M in venture backing, 75 employees, and tens of thousands of customers, including 8 of the top 20 real estate brokerages in the country. An engineer, a seasoned entrepreneur, developer, strategist and startup advisor, with unique both technical and non-technical operations. Thrice named a Washingtonian Tech Titan, featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and Washington City Paper, Zvi was also a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year . Zvi is a passionate speaker and author whose writing has appeared in Forbes, Inc, Inman News, and many other outlets. His first book, a study of relationship marketing, will be coming out with McGraw Hill next year. He also hosts the Real Relationships podcast and has interviewed hundreds of leaders on how they built the relationships that moved their careers and businesses to the next level. https://www.contactually.com/