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Bryan Quinan: Member of the Year, MPI RISE Awards
Rich Luna
Industry News
Gratitude is Attitude: MPI ISBO Committee Shares Insights on Staying Positive Amid COVID-19
MPI ISBO Advisory Board
Where Will You Be Five Years From Today?
Janice Cardinale
A Letter from Southeast Tourism Society President and CEO Monica Smith
Monica Smith
No, You Don’t Need to Know—Just Expect It
Johnalee Johnston
Update from MPI's European Advisory Council
Pieter Allaerts
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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Industry News
MPI RISE Awards: Innovation, Diversity & Inclusion and Volunteerism
Three individual recipients and four chapters were honored for exceptional achievements in the meeting and event industry at MPI’s 2020 Chapter Business Summit.
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Industry News
Plan Your Meetings Enters a Virtual World
​To help combat the widespread in-person-event disruptor—the coronavirus—the Plan Your Meetings live event team is leveraging another disruptor by holding events in a virtual world.
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Trends
Strong Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Will Help Our Industry Recover
It’s time for us all to wake up and become strategic advocates for diversity, equality and inclusion—not just within the meeting industry, but also within our own communities.
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Industry News
CVBs Help Visitors Take Time Out for Self-Care
CVBs are developing creative new ways to help residents and visitors stay healthy during a time of near-perpetual stress.
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Industry News
Promotions and New Positions in the Meeting Industry - June 2020
Congratulations to those celebrating promotions and new positions in the meeting industry.
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Industry News
What are your concerns as live events begin to return?
“Studying articles written by medical and public health officials to better understand how the virus spreads.”
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Destinations
Crisis Spurs Opportunity as Destinations Reopen
CVBs and tourism boards are focusing on creativity, partnerships and communication as they help their local economies recover.
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Trends
The LGBTQ+ Event Experience: Inclusive Promotion and Programming
Inclusive promotion, programming and staffing can help you ensure that LGBTQ+ attendees have a great experience at your event.
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Member Spotlight
Chris Bonnett
“I love connecting attendees at in-person meetings through technology, food and conversations.”
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Industry News
How have you prepared yourself for the return of live events?
“Studying articles written by medical and public health officials to better understand how the virus spreads.”
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