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To Myers-Briggs I'm an INTJ on the cusp of an E. A war-orphan, I was raised an only child by my mother. Born into a family of engineers and inventors, I naturally gravitated to engineering; model railroading at age 5. By the time I left high school the railroad was well automated (back when mechanical relays and vacuum tubes prevailed.) Home was Gary, Indiana and while attending Purdue University I majored in Electrical Engineering, worked part-time and summers as a motor inspector at the Inland Steel 80" Hot Strip, where I found the air conditioning requirement of early automation equipment to be personally beneficial. I joined the DuPont Corporation as a Design Engineer and moved to Waynesboro, VA. (where in 1969 I automated the 1929 Acetate Chemical process using a Digital Equipment PDP 8E computer supervising five PDP14 industrial controllers -- the computer was programmed using a Teletype machine and paper tape!) I also had the pleasure of an assignment in Londonderry NI in 1973 followed by a move to Charleston, SC in 1976 to construct a fully automated polyester fiber facility (complete with industrial robots). But enough about me...

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

IFMA Trade Show Results

The IFMA trade show was a glorious success! The laptop-based video clips of the benefits of CCTV went over exceedingly well. People left asking for more. Our first email HTML newsletter requires adjustment to maintain the interest and relevance to the show exhibit, and that's my immediate task.

The IFMA staff has asked to include this (as yet undefined) enhanced article in THEIR newsletter to their 8000 members. And they have asked us to consider responding to an upcoming "call for papers" that might result in a presentation to participants of the IFMA conference in San Diego next year. I'll share more results about this as events evolve and time permits.

Remember "FAB"? I discussed this marketing concept of "Features, Advantages, Benefits" during our client presentation. Clearly, the excellent response I reported above is a result of discussing "Benefits" to those who stopped by our exhibit. During the video clips, we spoke of the benefits of shifting the attention of guard staff from that of identifying threats, to that of assessing rapidly recognized computer-identified threats and then taking appropriate action to resolve the situation.

I'd like our website to be primarily informational, to focus on benefits, and to request our inclusion in any Requests for Quotes that might emerge as readers connect perceived benefits to their own business situation.

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