
Exhibit Smarter (Zero Proof)
Sparkling apple, ginger and lemon with an apple-page fan — a toast to the book's September 29 release
Exhibit Smarter ships September 29; its launch week runs through October 5. The book offers avoidable mistakes, proven frameworks and practical steps for strategic exhibiting.
Why this sip? A clear-headed toast to Exhibit Smarter and the work of changing an industry together.
The Story

She spent seventeen years asking exhibitors to prepare their teams and learn from the show they just finished. Now those lessons can travel farther than she can, one book at a time. This alcohol-free golden sparkler is the launch toast: ginger for the persistent push to change the industry's habits, crisp apple for a fresh page, bubbles for the people who will turn that page together.
Ingredients
- 2 oz unfiltered apple juice
- 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
- 0.5 oz ginger syrup
- 3 oz sparkling water
- 3 very thin apple slices
- Thyme sprig
Preparation
- 1.Stir apple juice, lemon and ginger syrup over ice in a small wine glass.
- 2.Top with sparkling water.
- 3.Fan thin apple slices at the rim and finish with thyme.
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