MPI Blog
Destinations
Activities, Accessibility Key for Drive Market Meeting Destinations
Blair Potter
Industry News
We Must Take Pandemic Lessons Learned and Bet Big on Our Future
Rich Luna
How to Navigate Virtual Platforms in the Digital Space
Shannon Byck
Diversity & Inclusion: Speaking Your Truth
Rich Luna
Singapore: Reimagining Safe, High-quality Events
Blair Potter
Planning for the Return of Modified In-Person Events
Michael Granek, MBA, CSEP
Destinations
Lifting the Mood: Outdoor Destinations Attract Pandemic-weary Groups
Destinations with plentiful outdoor offerings are attracting groups that want to have fun and stay safe during a pandemic.
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Industry News
MPI European Advisory Council Update: Adjusting to the New Normal
Anne Dalgaard says creating real experiential online events calls for new business models, new ways of working and new partnerships, because this situation has shown that we really are #strongertogether.
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Industry News
MPI Netherlands: MPI RISE Award, Innovative Educational Programming
The MPI Netherlands Chapter received the 2020 MPI RISE Award for Innovative Educational Programming.
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Trends
KPMG Redesigns its Conference with Participants at the Core
The event team wanted to create an experience as special as its participants, with a special lens on inclusivity on site and keeping the movement alive long after the conference.
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Industry News
Time to Renovate? Exhibitor, Sponsor Relations for Association Events
Renovation is investing the time in reimagining what is possible for your exhibitor and sponsor relationships, gutting them and building something entirely new.
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Trends
Diversity and Inclusion: Open Hearts, Open Minds
“We all will have a role to play in finding solutions where everyone is treated with equal recognition and respect.”
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Industry News
Making the Most of Groundhog Day
Collectively, we’re stronger when we’re focused and aligned behind the most important strategies to reinvent our industry and our lifestyles.
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Industry News
Putting an End to Human Trafficking
MPI’s Anti-Human Trafficking Committee has created a resource page to combat human trafficking.
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Trends
How F&B Service Must Now Be Different
As meetings and events wake up from the coronavirus doldrums, numerous aspects of dining need to and will change.
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Industry News
MPI’s Independent and Small Business Owners Welcomes New Members Daily
The MPI Independent/Small Business Owners Community (ISBO) was created to provide a supportive space to discuss the challenges of starting, surviving and succeeding in your own business.
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Industry News
Lockdown Affects Work-Life & Mental Health
The Summer 2020 Meetings Outlook report showed the day-to-day life effects and mental health of meeting professionals has been upended.
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Member Spotlight
Yumi Yasuda
“The global pandemic, as unfortunate as it is, has provided me with an opportunity to prioritize my daily tasks, predominantly regarding the balance between family and work life.”
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Trends
Where Do We Go from Here?
Taking a look back at MPI’s diversity and inclusion efforts as we work on taking some big steps forward.
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Tips & Advice
Everything that Can Go Wrong in a Meeting (and How to Prevent it)
Failure-Proofing is a neuroscience-based strategy that tackles cognitive biases that can bring down your best efforts.
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