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Top Four Tips for Restarting Meetings
Matt Johnsen
Industry News
Sherry DeLaGarza: Meeting Industry Leadership, MPI RISE Awards
Rich Luna
Hilton Details Enhanced Health Safety Programs
Michael Pinchera
How have you managed the shift to more virtual events?
Blair Potter
PlanetIMEX: A Digital Gift to the Meeting Industry
Annette Gregg
Supercharge Virtual Events with Influencer Marketing ​
Rachel Stephan
Industry News
Glimpse into the MPI-MD Community
As the coronavirus pandemic is, by far, having more of an impact than anything else on the meeting and event, we reached out to Jacqueline Beaulieu, HMCC, co-chair of the MPI-MD Community of med-pharma meeting professionals, for some insight on how that segment of the market is coping as well as how that they benefit from the unique, niche online community.
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Tips & Advice
The Five Stages of Grief for Meeting Pros Navigating a Pandemic
Whether you are working by yourself or with a team, you are not exempt from a pandemic and all that it brings. We experience symptoms of anxiety and depression, and many of us have even walked through the five stages of grief.
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Industry News
How is the pandemic impacting people and business in our industry?
“Our industry is as strong as the relationships we have spent our careers nurturing.”
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Industry News
Survey: Seeking Safety and Comfort
Planners need to hear about safety plans/strategies from industry suppliers. That’s the top messaging they desire at this time, as cited by 58% of respondents in the The Meeting Professional’s June survey.
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Industry News
Bryan Quinan: Member of the Year, MPI RISE Awards
“It’s incredible to receive this award because I would never put myself in that category of exceptional recognition—I was just doing what I loved.”
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Industry News
Gratitude is Attitude: MPI ISBO Committee Shares Insights on Staying Positive Amid COVID-19
ISBO committee shares insights on staying positive and grateful during this new alternate reality of COVID-19.
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Tips & Advice
Where Will You Be Five Years From Today?
How will you change the world in the next five years? Be daring, be bold and be true to yourself.
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MPI
A Letter from Southeast Tourism Society President and CEO Monica Smith
It is time for us all to take both leadership and action in advocating for changes to address systemic racism within the communities we serve.
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Tips & Advice
No, You Don’t Need to Know—Just Expect It
The time of “needing to know” a person’s gender, ethnicity or race to ensure everyone has a positive event experience is over.
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Industry News
Update from MPI's European Advisory Council
EAC chair Pieter Allaerts shares updates on the work of MPI’s European Advisory Council, one of MPI’s international volunteer committees.
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Trends
Q&A: MPI Financial & Insurance Advisory Board
More than 600 MPI members work in the financial and insurance sector that supports roughly more than 500,000 meeting industry-related jobs in the U.S.
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Industry News
MPI Chapter Business Summit: Sharing Our Leadership Journeys
More than 450 volunteer leaders representing Meeting Professionals International’s global chapters gathered Thursday for the two-day Chapter Business Summit, the association’s annual leadership training event.
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Industry News
What does the meeting industry need most right now?
“The survival of our industry needs to be represented by a collective voice and message—it cannot be fragmented.”
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Industry News
Catalysts for Good: MPI Summit Focuses on the Return of Live Events
More than 2,000 meeting professionals engaged in a spirited dialogue during MPI’s “Navigating the New Normal Summit” this week.
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