Trade show models, promotional models, brand ambassadors, and lead-retrieval talent for DDW – Digestive Disease Week 2027 — locally sourced in Washington, trained before the doors open, and managed on-site. (Almost) instant quotes.
“A major show is a short window with a lot riding on it, and your booth staff decides how much of that crowd you actually reach. I have watched two exhibitors with the same booth get completely different results because one team engaged people and the other waited to be approached. The right staff turns foot traffic into conversations and conversations into leads. That is the whole game on a show floor, and it is what we train our talent to do.” Caryn Hanna, Owner of TSM Agency
DDW fills the the Washington, D.C. event with endoscopy and device stands, pharmaceutical displays, and diagnostics platforms alongside scientific sessions, abstract presentations, and hands-on learning. The people walking those aisles are gastroenterologists, endoscopists, GI surgeons, fellows, and the hospital and procurement buyers who came to evaluate technology, not to be entertained, and who can tell within a sentence whether your staff understand the field. When your own clinical and sales experts are deep in a demo, every unread badge is a referring physician or procurement lead you paid the exhibit fee to meet. The four roles below each solve a different part of staffing a quiet, high-stakes GI floor.
DDW fills the the Washington, D.C. event with endoscopy and device stands, pharmaceutical displays, and diagnostics platforms alongside scientific sessions, abstract presentations, and hands-on learning
DDW trade show models sort traffic by GI discipline and use case: gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, surgery, motility, inflammatory bowel disease, or practice operations. At the the Washington, D.C. event, they manage demand at procedure-demo stations, confirm whether a visitor is a physician, nurse, technician, researcher, or supply-chain buyer, and send the person to the correct clinical or commercial specialist. They do not operate devices or answer procedural questions. See our trade show models service.
DDW promotional models recruit the right users for endoscopy demonstrations, GI software walk-throughs, sponsored education, and scheduled product previews. The briefing identifies which program is meant for endoscopists, hepatologists, surgeons, fellows, or practice teams, along with capacity, start time, and scan code. Staff can fill cancellations, manage the hands-on queue, distribute the matching procedure or product material, and return clinical questions to faculty. See our promotional models service.
DDW brand ambassadors learn the GI workflow your product serves, from screening and visualization through resection, reprocessing, pathology, or longitudinal disease management. They can establish relevance and identify the visitor's care setting without making a device comparison or treatment recommendation. A documented handoff sends technical questions to product specialists, medical questions to the clinical team, and purchasing questions to the assigned territory representative. See our brand ambassadors service.
A complete DDW roster may include procedure-station coordinators, device-demo reset support, theater hosts, private-meeting reception, multilingual ambassadors, scanners, and a lead who controls traffic across the three Exhibit Hall days. Capture fields can record GI specialty, facility type, procedure volume, installed platform, purchasing role, and requested follow-up. TSM also plans breaks around the concentrated May 16–18 hall schedule so high-demand demonstrations remain covered. See our event staffing service.
92% of trade show attendees come specifically to see new products — primed to engage at your booth, if someone engages them first.
Source — CEIRA booth that's professionally staffed open-to-close at DDW – Digestive Disease Week — and a clean lead list when the show ends.
A woman-owned talent agency co-founded by Caryn Hanna, a former professional model.
More than 20 years of trade show and event staffing experience.
More than 2,000 trade shows, conventions, and promotional events staffed across the United States.
Over 2,000 experienced trade show models, brand ambassadors, and promotional staff across 25+ U.S. cities.
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A member of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the largest global community of meeting and event professionals.
Fully insured with $1M per occurrence and $2M aggregate general liability. Certificates of insurance available on request.
Local talent in every major U.S. convention city, eliminating travel expenses, with staff who know the venue.
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