10 Ways to Attract and Retain Millennials

Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm ‐ Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm

Credits: None available.

The Millennials: a generation of digital professionals who are entering our workforce. It takes more than daily donuts and cool tech tools to recruit and retain. This session addresses the inherent challenges in this new generation as well as an action plan on how to recruit and retain them.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how to attract Millennials to your workplace.
• Understand what makes a Millennial a valuable member of your team.
• Create an environment that not only will attract them to your workplace but keep them on your team.

5 Simple Job Search Strategies and 5 You May Not Have Thought About

Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm ‐ Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm

Credits: None available.

There are many directions you can go in your job search. There are the basics – the tried and true strategies. But, it’s a new world with new strategies that can put you ahead of your peers. This session will cover both old and new to elevate your search.

Learning Objectives:

• Use successful job search techniques to land a new job – including must haves with resumes, networking, interviewing, and cover letters.
• Use search strategies that will allow you to effectively propel your job search in 2016.
• Work with applicant tracking systems, job websites, and use social media in your job search.

This session was not approved for CMP-IS clock hours, but may count towards other industry designations such as the CAE.

7 Key Strategies for Preventing Room Block Decline

Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm ‐ Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm

Credits: None available.

Current market conditions, attendee preferences, and the perception of your event's value are just some of the factors affecting your contracted room block.

Are we at the point of no return? Will room blocks eventually become a thing of the past? Engage with our panel of industry experts who will share their first-hand observations of successful room block practices. Learn new room block trends and how you can position your event to prevent the decline of your room block.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the current room block trends.
• Explore the pros and cons of allowing the decline of your contracted room block.
• Identify which strategies are important for your specific event.

Driving Forces in Meetings & Events

Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm ‐ Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm

Credits: None available.

Our industry has become more complex with issues like room piracy, cyber security, and meetings advocacy. It is critical to understand economic concerns and forecasts that will dictate behavior in the meetings environment. Industry veteran Michael Dominguez shares the latest trends and how they affect your meetings.\

Learning Objectives:

• Examine pricing demands in today's meeting market.
• Understand behavior changes in audiences of the future.
• Review the future of meeting room design and the influences behind the trends.

Master Class: Rethinking Stress and Sustaining Positive Change

Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm ‐ Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm

Credits: None available.

Take a deeper dive into the fascinating work around Strategic Happiness with our Opening General Session Keynote speaker Amy Blankson. In this Master Class, Amy will share more details on strategic happiness and the ability to manage energy and stress in a positive way in the midst of change and challenge.

Learning Objectives:

• Minimize the effects of burnout by rethinking stress.
• Inoculate your brain against negativity and setback.
• Create a renewable source of positive energy that maximizes your impact.

This session was not approved for CMP-IS clock hours, but may count towards other industry designations such as the CAE.

Navigating International C’s: Culture, Contracts, and Currency

Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm ‐ Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm

Credits: None available.

Planning and staging meetings outside the United States is fraught with legal and financial pitfalls. Professional meeting and convention organizers must understand the complexities and issues in three key areas when planning international meetings. This session, for novice and intermediate level planners, will address all three areas.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how negotiating internationally is different from negotiating in the United States.
• Identify critical contract terms to include in international contracts.
• Implement strategies for handling risks with currency, deposits, and methods of payment in global contracts as well as preferred methods for dispute resolution in international contracts.

Nerd Know-How: A Day in the Life of a Nerdy Meeting Professional

Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm ‐ Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm

Credits: None available.

What would your day look like if you took the advice of all your nerdy friends and implemented the tech tools and apps they recommend to make your life easier? This fast-moving, laugh-filled session takes you hour-by-hour through a day in the life of a tech-savvy meeting professional.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how technology fits into every part of your day.
• Use technology systems to streamline projects and tasks.
• Discover dozens of free and bargain apps as well as online tools that put the ideas from the conference into action!

Productivity in Hand: The Five Things Every Professional Nerd Should Be Able to Do on the Go

Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm ‐ Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm

Credits: None available.

Are you making the most of your mobile device? This session helps you discover tech tools for work that you can use from your mobile device to make you more efficient, connected, and organized.

Learning Objectives:

• Stay connected to colleagues.
• Better manage your email.
• Keep your life organized.

This session was not approved for CMP-IS clock hours, but may count towards other industry designations such as the CAE.

Say Anything to Anyone, Anywhere! 5 Keys to Cross-Cultural Communication

Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm ‐ Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm

Credits: None available.

Is what you say actually what you mean? Differences are the spice of life, but cultural differences can be the source of embarrassing blunders and miscommunication for business and social travelers alike! This presentation will increase your self-awareness and help you adapt your style in multicultural relationships.

Learning Objectives:

• Improve interpersonal skills with everyone – in any country or culture.
• Develop strategies to avoid miscommunication in person, on the phone, and by email or text.
• Use global etiquette tips that all cultures will appreciate.

Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) Brings Big Returns – Defining the future of SMM

Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm ‐ Jun 11, 2016 11:00pm

Credits: None available.

Political and economic forces are driving an evolution in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. As a result we need more from our strategic meetings management programs than bottom line savings. This session will be valuable for any planner considering or engaged in SMMP.

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding the implications for meeting and event leaders of changes in the pharmaceutical, medical and other industries.
• Applying a simple "walk, don’t run", step-by-step implementation of an SMM program that is both compliant and effective.
• Analyzing your internal SMM stakeholders before beginning your SMM.