Short summary of event
This is currently the Largest Alternative Health Expo in the northeast and 2005 was its eighth year. Distributors of goods and services in the Healthy Living field came from around the country and around the world to make this event a success. There were free yoga classes, free lectures and paid events. A weekend pass was available and there were opportunities to volunteer.

Long summary of event
The topics ranged from herbs and massage to energy and pranic healing. Paid workshops and lectures were given by big name speakers that you’ve probably always wanted to see in person. This year’s paid events included Iyanla Vanzant, Spiritual Life Coach, Inspirational Speaker, Bestselling Author, and regular on NBC’s Starting Over; John Holland, Renowned Psychic Medium; Michele Livingston, Psychic and Counselor; Carol Bowman, Past Life Regressionist; and a Concert and Kirtan with David Newman and Donna De Lory “An Evening of Inspirational Music”. Workshops and special events by local names included Mark Seaman, "The Healing Power of the Drum"; Gabriele Weber, "Re-igniting Ourselves as Masters of the Heart"; Rusty Stewart, PhD, "Personal Power: Proven Manifestation Techniques"; Robert Butera, PhD, "The Psychology of Yoga Poses"; Barry Kapp, "Coming Alive Again-Medicinal Aromatherapy"; and Meijin Lu, "Feng Shui for Health and Prosperity".

2004 event
I have gone to this event for several years now and I am always amazed at the collection of vendors and people who show up. I never fail to see several people I already know, including Anne Khoury, who has dynamically put this show together for many years now.
Last year I went to the lecture of a woman doing Feng Shui and she must have really known what she was doing because her booth was always hopping and her lecture was packed! That’s one way to know that a Feng Shui practitioner knows what they’re doing. It was Meijin Lu and she had a couple of workshops at the event.

2005 event
There was a raw food cafe and other vendors selling healthy food products. As for me, if someone else is going to make the raw food for me I’m ready to pull out my cash! And boy was it tasty. I didn’t bring lunch for the kids, because I knew we’d be able to find healthy, tasty food for everyone.
I spoke to so many different people (vendors) and learned about so many different products and practices that I didn’t even know existed! It’s well worth going. I hope you’re able to catch next year’s event.

2006 event

Vendors sign up
Vendors can now sign up for next year’s event on the website. Early bird pricing goes until August 1, 2006.

Advertise
The expo offers advertising in the Expo Guide which puts your ad into 35,000 guides. They target their audience through purposeful distribution of the guides. The advertising information can be found half-way down the page that this link takes you to.

This expo has quite a following. One astrology team comes from London every year and every year people bring their friends increasing the number in attendance. This show becomes a bigger success every year.

My recommendations to attendees
First pick out the speakers you want to hear. I highlight them in the guide, then in between those speakers I visit the exhibitors on the expo floor. That way I can see every speaker I want and still be able to check out the exhibitors too.

My suggestion to the Expo organizers

1. Offer a package for the weekend at a rate that is less than what it would cost to go to all the paid events one person could go to. So, let’s say you could go to paid events totaling $100 (obviously we can’t go to all of them since some of them occur simultaneously) plus the $30 for entrance the whole weekend. The price for the package for the weekend could be $100 or some amount that makes it worthwhile. The advantage to the organizers is that it gets more tickets sold for paid events and more people to the expo. The advantage to the purchaser is that they get to go to everything they want to for a discounted price! I had this offer at the Whole Life Expo in Maryland years ago and it was well worth it!
2. You could have a place on your site for visitor feedback after the event. People can enter what day and time they were there, what events they went to, etc.
3. Have a place on the web site for people to enter a speaker they would like to see at next year’s expo and/or people could vote on which speakers they would like to see most.
4. Create an email list so you can notify those who want reminders. It would have a place on your site to collect email addresses.

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