The Inside Self-Storage World Expo in Tacoma, Wash., opened bright and early on Oct. 4, 2011, with four hard-hitting education tracks:

• Day-to-Day Operation and Facility Managment
• Marketing
• Construction, Finance, Real Estate & Development
• Canadian Exclusive

Here tradeshow director Dana Hicks assists attendees in the registration process, as they're eager to get to their first session of the day. In the opening time slot they were able to choose between seminars on video marketing, strategies for manager self-empowerment, self-storage feasibility and an overview of self-storage in Canada.