Trade show models, promotional models, brand ambassadors, and lead-retrieval talent for LDI, Live Design International 2026 - locally sourced in Las Vegas, briefed before the doors open, and ready to support your team 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
LDI is where the live entertainment industry sees next season's gear for the first time. A touring lighting designer is evaluating whether your fixture belongs on the next arena rig. A technical director from a regional theater is comparing control consoles under real demo conditions. An audio engineer is listening to your speaker in the room, not reading about it online. The 2026 show also embeds 75+ professional training courses and 125+ conference sessions across the same week, which means attendees are context-switching between learning and buying all day. A booth that isn't staffed when a purchasing-ready TD stops - or that can't support a real gear demo - loses the specification to the exhibit next door. The four roles below each solve a different piece of that problem.
LDI, Live Design International 2026 staffing should start with the specifics of the event record, not a generic trade show staffing checklist. Event type: Entertainment technology trade show and professional training conference. Primary industry: Entertainment technology & live events. Related categories: Entertainment technology & live events, Professional audio / video / lighting. Audience to qualify: Lighting designers, audio engineers, video technologists, production and stage managers, technical directors, riggers, set and scenic designers, content creators, system integrators, and technology buyers from concert touring, theatrical production, broadcast, corporate events, houses of worship and theme parks. Local planning context: Las Vegas Convention Center (West Hall) | Las Vegas, NV | 3150 Paradise Rd. Event positioning: LDI 2026 features the most extensive professional training program in the show's history, with 75+ hands-on LDInstitute courses - including ETCP-credit rigging certification and the Stage Managers Academy - plus 125+ sessions across the LDInnovation Conference, all alongside the 350+ exhibitor expo floor. Booth responsibilities: Greet and qualify lighting designers, audio engineers, production managers and technology buyers across the Las Vegas Convention Center expo floor, support gear demonstrations and product previews at the booth, scan and tag leads, and represent the brand to live entertainment professionals and technology buyers from concert touring, theatrical, broadcast and corporate event markets. That mix determines whether TSM recommends trade show models, promotional models, brand ambassadors, lead capture staff, demo support, bilingual talent, a team lead, or a lighter front-of-booth crew.
LDI is where the live entertainment industry sees next season's gear for the first time. A touring lighting designer is evaluating whether your fixture belongs on the next arena rig
LDI's expo floor is high-energy and technically demanding - lighting designers and production managers want to get hands on equipment, not wait in an unstaffed booth. Our LDI trade show models work the front of your stand, drawing and qualifying the lighting designers, audio engineers, technical directors and system integrators moving through the Las Vegas Convention Center, opening conversations and keeping the booth covered through every expo hour. Sourced locally in Las Vegas, they spare you the airfare, hotels and per-diems that show week would add, and they arrive already familiar with the Convention Center West Hall.
Our LDI promotional models cut through that competition and draw lighting designers, audio engineers, production managers and technology buyers into your space: animating gear reveals, hosting giveaways, distributing materials, running lead-capture stations, and sustaining high energy through three full expo days. Each is briefed on your product and the single action you want every visitor to take, whether that's a live demo on the console, a sample spec sheet or a scanned badge. The outcome: stronger booth traffic from the surrounding aisles, and more of it qualified and captured rather than moving to the next exhibitor's rig.
At LDI your brand is judged by professionals who stake their productions on the gear they choose - they can spot an overstated spec sheet instantly and they talk to each other constantly. Our LDI brand ambassadors are trained on your products, positioning and talking points so they represent you accurately to that hands-on crowd: guiding lighting designers and production managers through live demos, explaining system architecture to technical directors, and driving traffic from high-flow zones of the Convention Center back to your stand. For launches in lighting fixtures, control consoles, audio systems, video or rigging products, they carry the story the way your product specialists would, in language a touring professional respects. The goal they serve: brand credibility and on-message coverage with the exact designers, engineers and buyers who decide what gets specified for next season.
Beyond the front of the booth, an LDI stand runs on the roles that make it perform. As your LDI event staffing partner we field the whole team: product demonstrators who deliver accurate, compelling gear demos for lighting designers, audio engineers and technical directors evaluating your products for real productions; lead-retrieval specialists trained on Cvent, Compusystems, Validar, Klik and Bartizan so every prospect is scanned and qualified correctly in real time; presenters and emcees for in-booth product reveals and theater; bilingual talent for LDI's international attendee base from more than 76 countries; and a booked team lead to support check-in, breaks and coverage across the full expo run. One dedicated account executive scopes the mix to your booth size and goals - we recommend, you choose - and coordinates the booking. The outcome: a booth staffed open-to-close across every expo day, and a clean, complete lead list when the show ends.
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 LDI, Live Design International 2026 - 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.
Rated 5.0 stars on Google Reviews based on verified client feedback.
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.
Three steps to a fully staffed LDI, Live Design International 2026 booth.
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