James Dickson

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2,171 appearances 14 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 13 Aug

James Dickson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Event Industry News Podcast · Beyond Footfall: Inside Exposure Analytics' Physical Engagement Index · 13 Aug 2026 podcast

But if you watch anybody who walks in through the doors of a trade show now, often people, they walk straight past the ones that are right at the front because voice-verified

know where they want to go because they've looked at an app in advance. voice-verified

You know, all of this sort of old school psychology and thinking, you know, it is taking a while to sort of break old habits, isn't it? voice-verified

Yeah, and it's interesting. voice-verified

I was working on a show recently and they designed everything of significance from a theatre and a hospitality point of view to be at the very back of the hall. voice-verified

There was nothing kind of even in the centre or on the edges. voice-verified

It was all at the back where their thinking was to drive people, you know, all the way to the back to give maximum coverage to all of the exhibitors. voice-verified

I couldn't tell if it worked or if it didn't work, but I actually don't think that they base anything, base that planning on anything other than their own instinct. voice-verified

Absolutely. voice-verified

This first report has been, we've referenced the fact that the data spans 2020 to 26. voice-verified

That's a six year period. voice-verified

Yep. voice-verified

Is our future iterations of this report on an annual basis going to start from that 2020 start point? voice-verified

Or will they just be based on data that you've collected in a yearly cycle? voice-verified

Or will you voice-verified

And it's interesting because it's, we're now, you know, the pandemic of 2020 reshaped the events industry. voice-verified

And for the next year or a couple of years, you know, there was so much chatter in the industry and on this podcast about getting back to live events and getting back to doing this. voice-verified

And we miss the industry. voice-verified

The reality is now we are now closer to being a decade on voice-verified

from the pandemic than voice-verified

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