Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning
Attendees are consumers; discerning travelers who may choose to attend conventions and exhibitions—or not. That’s why the mutual goal of both meeting/exhibition professionals and DMOs is generating positive word-of-mouth: repeat bookings and increased attendance. Discover insights from the second Decision to Attend Study, and how it could dramatically impact the way you design and market your meetings and events.
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This Session Graciously Sponsored by Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
From the apron to the fly gallery, discover the amazing world of the theater, and how it mimics the production elements of live event design. Learn the terminology your audiovisual and stage management professionals use and how you can better design your main stage experiences. Discover how stage elements, lighting equipment, sound engineering--even props--can impact your meetings and events.
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Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design
Food and wellness-based meetings trends are transitory by nature; however, over the past several decades, we have seen an unprecedented increase in health-orientated foods that are driving consumer spend and cross-sector operations. Discover the trends that are shaping conference food and beverage from a comprehensive survey of IACC conference venues, meeting planners and culinary experts around the globe, and how those trends can help you rethink the ways you feed your attendees.
Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning
This Session Graciously Sponsored by Great Wolf Lodge
Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning
Meeting professionals are so over-taxed in the present, they often forget—or don't have the time—to look ahead. Take a moment to preview the future based on MPI's most recent Meetings Outlook research, published quarterly in The Meeting Professional magazine and then discuss the trends that are most affecting you and your peers. Brainstorm ways to start planning for the uncertain future with case studies and best practices from around the globe.
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This Session Graciously Sponsored by MGM Resorts and IMEX Group
Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain H: Site Management
No matter event length or type, meeting professionals most likely will need to ship things there. Make sure your materials arrive on time and in good condition with tips on best and next practices in shipping goods and services from recent MPI research.
This Session Graciously Sponsored by FedEx Office
Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting Design
Meeting design is a hot topic; it’s an effective way to make any event or meeting more meaningful and valuable. In most meetings, the focus and budget lie mainly on logistics. Little attention is given to improve content and format to align with the objectives and create meaningful experiences for participants. Discover how you can integrate logistics, content and format to drive business results and impactful experiences.
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Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain D: Financial Management
This Session Graciously Sponsored by Great Wolf Lodge
Credits: None available.
1.5 Clock Hours | Domain A:Strategic Planning
Airtable: Streamlining Event Planning and Collaboration
Hands up those of us who still use Excel for critical path and a multitude of other spreadsheets to track our event planning processes! Do you ever think, there must be something out there that is more efficient and easier to use, lets us collaborate better with team members in real time, and that we can use on our tablets or smartphones as well as our computer? If you answered yes to any of these questions then you won’t want to miss session 1 of our live webinar. Hear from Shani Taylor of Airtable--a new project management cloud-based tool for your desktop, tablet and smartphone that’s streamlining the event planning and collaboration process by merging the functionality of a spreadsheet with the power of relational database into an easy-to-use collaborative planning tool. Don’t take our word for it. Join us and hear what other planners are saying about Airtable.
World Café: Knowledge through Conversations that Matter
How can we design a conference program that allows for authentic attendee engagement and knowledge-sharing and elevate our attendees’ conference experience? Attend Session 2 of our live webinar to learn about “World Café,” an effective approach to group learning and thinking that accesses the creative and shared knowledge of your attendees. Hear about this innovative learning technique and how you can incorporate it into your event programming. Morna Ballantyne, executive cirector of the Childcare Advocacy Association of Canada, will show attendees how to use World Café at your event, taking into consideration the type of event and size that works best for this learning format, room design and technical needs, the advance preparation for facilitators and conversation collectors, and tips on evaluation and measuring success.
This Session Graciously Sponsored by the MPI Ottawa Chapter
Credits: None available.
1 Clock Hour | Domain E: Human Resources
Acts of violence seem to happen more often today than in years past, and in more vulnerable places, especially where people gather. Could the location or venue of your next meeting be a target? What are you doing to make your conferences and meeting safer and more secure? Are you doing it the right way? Join Alan Kleinfeld, meeting planner and law enforcement officer, and learn what questions to ask in order to keep your attendees and your staff from harm’s way. From Band-Aids to bad guys, get an idea of the scope of planning it takes and why you need a public safety mindset from the minute you begin to plan your event.
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This Sessions Graciously Sponsored by Marriott