Security Tips On Safeguarding Booth Property  (continued)

Do:

• Try to be on site when your product is being delivered to your booth.

• Conduct a physical inventory after your product has been delivered, noting any missing or damaged items.

• When setting up your booth, place your products within a visible vicinity.

• After setting up your booth, conduct a visual inventory of your product and the way in which it is displayed.

• Store any excess product or give-aways either with the decorator or in a locked cabinet.

• Either carry VCRs or laptop computers with you, or store them in a locked cabinet. 

• Cover your displays with a tarp or other non-see-through materials; it creates a mental block to any perpetrator.

• When arriving in the morning, go directly to your booth to prevent any early personnel from free shopping in your booth.

• During the start of move-out, please stay with your booth until you either pack it or the official decorator brings your empties and packs it.

• At the closing of the show, don't leave your booth immediately; spend some time in your booth until the floor clears. This is one of the premium times during which theft occurs.

• Display your product in such a way that it is not accessible from outside your booth during the event.

• If your booth contains a lot of valuables which are difficult to secure or time-consuming to setup or teardown on a daily basis, it is recommended that you hire your own security guard over night. The expense will be justified should you lose one item.

• Try to greet anyone that comes into your booth as this will send a signal that you are aware of their presence; this will discourage any perpetrators from attempting to steal.

• Obtain proper insurance coverage for your goods, including transit to and from the show site.

Do Not:

• Leave your product scattered all over your booth.

• Forget to account for your product when it is delivered to your booth.

• Put any valuables in areas with easy access.

• Leave immediately after event closing or move-out begins.

• Leave electronic equipment on tables, shelves, or in other areas without securing it during non-event hours.

• Leave your booth unattended to go shopping on the floor during event time.

• Allow yourself to become less aware of persons approaching or leaving your booth during the event.

• Leave purses or briefcases on tables near the entrance of the booth or in an unattended blind spot.

• Leave any prototype product unsecured in your booth.

• Leave your bill of lading unattended in your booth.

• Secure any purses, briefcases, or valuables behind drapes or underneath tables. This is the first place that any perpetrator will be targeting.

• Leave your booth unattended during lunch time. Try to work out a schedule between you and your co-workers on how to stagger your lunches.