The Event Group at 20: Our First Event

To celebrate The Event Group's 20th Anniversary, each month this year we are looking back at some of the milestones that brought us to today. This month we are remembering our very first event, The Computech! Computer Expo.

In the beginning
The opening line of The Event Group’s first press release read: "Our Mission is to creatively design and promote professional, top-quality events that provide the ultimate in satisfaction and add business and personal value to attendees at a reasonable cost."

At the time, our CEO Eileen Manning had spent 16 years working with meeting and conference management, planning, design and production for a Fortune 50 company. Striking out on her own, Eileen believed she could use her experience and network of professional consultants in the field to drive results for her clients.

The Computech! Computer Expo
The Event Group's first event was ambitious: a five-city computer expo designed for small businesses and individual users. It brought together hardware and software makers, Internet providers, Web designers, and others to discuss Internet use, marketing a business online, building a business network, buying a computer, computer security, and other of-the-moment technology issues. This first event foreshadowed TEG’s continued involvement with technology events, which continues today with the Cyber Security Summit, Robotics Alley, and others.

We are proud to say that at that time, when few businesses had websites, we had already launched plantoastound.com. Going forward, we will archive these anniversary milestone posts there throughout the year, so be sure to check back if you miss one!

Alongside this message, you can see examples of the materials from the Computech events, including fliers, event schedule, and the very first ticket The Event Group ever sold. Plus, look at the size of that floppy disk – a whole 1.44 MB! (click the photo to enlarge)