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Startup contests merge mission, entertainment at meetings

More associations hold live competitions, create startup zones on exhibit floors, to meet members' demands to showcase innovation Related content Live-streamed video: Opportunity or threat to meetings? Knowing your audience is the first step to event success Get your game on: Gamification adds energy to events The American Farm Bureau Federation is channeling both "Shark Tank" and "American Idol" in its search for the 2016 rural entrepreneur of the year. Four finalists will take the stage next January at the Farm Bureau's annual convention in Orlando. Judges will determine who walks away with $30,000, but voters nationwide will pick a "people's choice." The… Read More