MPI Blog
Industry News
Southern Inclusivity for Groups Visiting Atlanta
Jason Hensel
Industry News
What is your greatest professional pain point in 2020?
Meeting Professionals International
An Emotional Journey Through New York City
Rich Luna
Pivoting to a Lean and Agile Culture
Tracy Judge
How Are You Coping with the Emotional Toll of Social Distancing?
Meeting Professionals International
MPI Evaluating Options for WEC Grapevine
Rich Luna
MPI News
Meeting Pros Rally Together for Global Meetings Industry Day: Virtual
The global meeting and event industry, nearly 13,000 strong, came together, albeit virtually, on Tuesday for a 12-hour, worldwide event hosted by MPI and focused on education, inspiration and networking during the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Industry News
Inspiring a Whole Community to Support Food Waste Reduction
“There’s so much opportunity to be thoughtful about what planners are ordering and why they’re ordering it, and having a dialogue with the supplier.”
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Tips & Advice
Choose Your Battle Cry, Make It Sing
We may be worn and dented right now, but that’s OK. Shiny swords don’t win wars.
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Industry News
5 Questions with Joe Marcy, MPI RISE Award Recipient
I started my career at a CVB, where I felt inspired by impactful leaders. I was encouraged to join MPI.
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Industry News
WEC Grapevine: Let’s Focus on the Things that Bring Us Together
David Allison has built “the world’s first dataset of what everyone on the planet actually cares about” and says it’s a game changer for the way we plan events.
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Industry News
Force Majeure: How Do You Define Impossible?
Some force majeure clauses only allow cancellation if it becomes “illegal or impossible” to move forward, but legally the word impossible doesn’t always mean literally impossible.
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Industry News
Why are you passionate about this stressful industry?
“As long as I am healthy, I will continue [planning events]. I am convinced that those of us who organize events are dementes (locos)!”
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Industry News
GMID 2020 The Virtual Experience
MPI is bringing the meeting industry together for a day of education and inspiration during its free, 12-hour live event, Global Meetings Industry Day: Virtual on April 14.
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Industry News
Convention Centers and Coronavirus: The People Who Feed People
There were many inspiring examples of convention centers around the U.S. helping vulnerable citizens in their communities with food donations amid coronavirus shutdowns.
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Industry News
Event Design: Pivoting Educational Deliveries
Following a shift in corporate structure, remaining agile with some event components related to visioning and aligning the stakeholders.
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Trends
The State of Exhibitions and Events in 2020
As a new decade begins, taking stock of what’s working and what isn’t helps organizations and people rethink and refine how they approach business and life.
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Industry News
Getting Through the Coronavirus Together
As part of our 13-page “Special Report: Novel Coronavirus” in the April issue of The Meeting Professional, we focused on relevant content to help meeting industry professionals cope with the fallout.
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Industry News
We’re a Resilient Community
As we make our way through this difficult time rest assured that we will be stronger together.
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Industry News
Building Authentic Experiences for Staff and Clients
“Experience design is in everything. Each touchpoint and part of the experience is communicating something all the time.”
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