With Covid-19 still lingering around, we need to stay safe and healthy first. But then we need to move past the pandemic and get back to everyday life, which includes attending trade shows for traders. You can still go to or host the trading booths while observing the Covid-19 spread prevention measures. Here are ways to tweak your booth to adhere to social distancing rules.
Reconstruct the Booth
Trading dens are restructuring their physical spaces to accommodate the changes through trade show displays and social distancing partitions. You can use transparent shields to enable the customers and the staff to interact face to face.
Depending on the size of your space, ensure the customers can move around while observing the social distancing demands.
Train Your Staff
Start by training your staff on how to observe and handle customers in the face of the pandemic. It will help them keep them well protected and keep the customers safe too.
The training should cover areas such as wearing masks, gloves, sanitizing hands and surfaces, and handling customers.
Have extra masks and hand sanitizing points in different points around the booth.
Make the Most out of Technology
During this season, exploit tech tools to your advantage. Even in the face of this pandemic, Technology is quite advanced. You can do video conferencing presentations via the web, among other enabling digital tools.
Instead of visitors coming to the physical booth, you can schedule one-on-one virtual meetings or do group video calls.
If going to the booth is unavoidable, consider adopting A/V technology to make social distancing possible. You can use amplifiers and screens to make communication efficient with the partitions. This way, everyone will stay protected and safe.
Use Outdoor Space
Consider operating in an outdoor space rather than worrying about the limited space at your trading booth. You can conduct group talks and one-on-one interviews with customers. You can take the indispensable business activities to the booth.
Do not limit or stop your trade show events because of the pandemic. Outdoor events can be safe and fun.
Other Methods to Consider
Other things you can do at your trading booth to enhance safety for everybody are:
- Ensure your staff have all protective gears they need, such as face masks, face shields, gloves, sanitizing liquids, among others
- Regular cleaning and sanitizing of surfaces after every visitor.
- Scheduling appointments and early booking to prevent overcrowding at the booth make social distancing impossible.
- Floor stickers and signs to help visitors observe spacing effectively and guide them through the safety recommendations.
- Use sneeze guards and plexiglass dividers to enable mask-free communications without compromising the safety of either party.
Conclusion
You can carry on with your trade shows safely without compromising your health, that of your staff, and your clients. One of the best moves to defeat the pandemic is to adopt the use of Technology. It makes things efficient for both you and the customers. Adopt other preventative measures discussed above and carry on with your business.
