Kimberly Hardcastle

Event and association marketing professional at mdg, mom, life-long learner, runner, reader, believer in civil rights, baseball fan.

[Kimberly Hardcastle @hardcastlegedde]

@MikeLevinCA #GoLIVETogether and I would like you to support access for small businesses to business events; vital for these businesses and vital to local economies in desperate need of tax revenues that this $396 billion industry provides.

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@SenKamalaHarris #GoLIVETogether and I would like you to support access for small businesses to business events; vital for these businesses and vital to local economies in desperate need of tax revenues that this $396 billion industry provides.

[Kimberly Hardcastle @hardcastlegedde]

@SenFeinstein #GoLIVETogether and I would like you to support access for small businesses to business events; vital for these businesses and vital to local economies in desperate need of tax revenues that this $396 billion industry provides.

[Kimberly Hardcastle @hardcastlegedde]

Check out my latest article: Spreading the Love on LinkedIn https://t.co/f8y6SHRqlq via @LinkedIn

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@TradeShowReady @mdgsocial Thanks @TradeShowReady . Great to see you!

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@jkinfosalons @vpolito27 Thank you! We feel the same about you. Looking forward to collaborating.

[Kimberly Hardcastle @hardcastlegedde]

We have to have functional symbolic value in our product; be authentic and transparent; and have compelling content and an engaged community.

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Dr. Bell explains his BOSS model, starting with Bonding which is different than branding. #CEIRPredict

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#CEIRPredict better information makes better customers which creates better sales

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Dr David Bell explaining what’s new, different, and exciting in the digital economy at #CEIRPredict.

[Freeman @FreemanCo]

Interested in data, design and the way they work together to transform brand experiences? This Friday at #CEIRPredict, Haluk Kulin will moderate a panel of industry leaders discussing these exciting topics. Learn more about Freeman and Haluk at https://t.co/V82i2smwwQ

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⁦@mdgsocial⁩ Vinnie Polito doing a great job chairing #CEIRPredict

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Cathy Breden kicking off day two of #CEIRPredict by thanking all the supporting partners including ⁦@mdgsocial⁩

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#CEIRPredict speaker @LindseyPiegza ends by letting us know that the 77% debt to gdp ratio is at the highest level to the size of the economy since 1950.

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⁦@LindseyPiegza⁩ at #ceirpredict points out that half of household budgets go to housing and healthcare. Smaller amounts are left over for discretionary spending.

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Consumer spending trends highlighted at #CEIRPredict include more being spent on food and drink as a result of foodie culture and more spent on experience vs hard goods.

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Childcare costs have risen over 200% over the past 25 yrs causing many women to drop out of labor market. #CEIRPredict

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At #ceirpredict, Lindsay Piegza explains that we need 200k new jobs created as a minimum and we’ve been below this # since March 2017

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#CEIRPredict speaker Lindsay Piegza explains that minimum acceptable GDP growth is 2%. 1% for productivity gains and 1% for population growth.

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@ndrapeau predicts that the exhibition industry will enter into an expansion phase in 2018. #CEIRPredict