Dr. Elaine Clanton and I made presentations at the 2015 American Pscyhological Association Convention. We did notice that the top research psychologists are also fine public speakers, which just goes to show the impact that effective speaking can have on one's career.
Due to its size and focus, the American Psychological Convention offers several interesting features.
One of the most interesting of those features is the enormous book exhibit. The association sets up a temporary bookstore. Here is a picture of the 2015 APA bookstore in the Toronto Convention Center. As you can see, APA has a major publication program. There are also food concessions and a selection of shirts, coffee mugs, portfolios, and so forth with the APA logo. Over the past few years, I have bought a couple of APA shirts at the end-of-convention clearance sales. (I'll buy an NCA shirt if one appears for sale at the November convention.)
The APA exhibit hall is quite a bit larger than at the National Communication Association, which I have attended for many years. This is partly because of the number of publishers who attend, but booths are also rented by people who are marketing psychological materials such as standardized tests, treatment programs, statistical packages, a massage booth, and so forth.
So, it was quite an event!
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