1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design

Food impacts the environment through its cultivation, transportation, distribution, consumption and disposal—which means the choices you make for your event meal functions can have outsized consequences locally, regionally and even globally. The choices your vendors make can have positive or negative effects on ecosystems, greenhouse gas emissions, water quality, waste and more. From ingredients and portion sizes to waste reduction and service ware, review the choices you make as part of the strategy, design and execution of event F&B functions through the lens of sustainability, all based on MPI's new whitepaper, "Sustainable F&B: Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Meals," developed with support from Virginia Beach.

Learner Outcomes:

• Design and source sustainable menus.
• Reduce food waste through prevention and landfill diversion.
• Deep dive into the "Sustainable F&B: Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Meals" white paper as a job aide to designing sustainable meal functions.

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1 Clock Hour | Domain E: Human Resources

Are you still sitting "behind-the-curtain" on LinkedIn, peering into the flurry of content, but unsure what to do next? LinkedIn can be an intimidating platform, but the joys of cultivating meaningful connections and relationships are at your fingertips. Come take a journey with Leanne through the world's most powerful B2B platform, and learn how to go from passive observer to active participant.

During this session, you will...

• Learn how to engage with your target audience using these 3 connection strategies.
• The formula to creating a healthy balance of content that helps you to be seen as a thought leader for your industry.
• Discover 3 of LinkedIn's most effective content formulas that will "stop the scroll" and engage with your audience.

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1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design

Join E-180 for an in-depth workshop on how to create content that engages and impacts others, especially when using digital platforms as a mode of communication. Think critically about the way you create your content.

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1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design

As we get back to live events, the bar has been set higher than ever for designing attendee experiences. The environment in which you deliver your content plays a huge role in attendee engagement and can directly impact your ability to meet your event's goals and objectives.

Join CORT Events' Kelly Dalisa and Kellie Mayrides in this session as they share 2022 design trends, strategies for designing around your event’s core purpose, and marrying functionality and aesthetics. Walk away with real-world examples and inspiration you can use to elevate your next event.

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1 Clock Hour | Domain B: Project Management

Given the reality of the ever-evolving state of business events, meeting professionals are finding it nearly impossible to make informed decisions related to the business of events. What will the conditions look like in the next year? What will the new reality look like? And how are other meeting professionals overcoming current obstacles to grow business? Much is uncertain, but current projections can help. Deep dive into 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.

In this session, you will...

• Review the forecast for events in the coming year, including a budget, attendance, and business conditions.
• Deep dive into trends that matter and discuss the next steps with your peers.
• Learn how these trends affect you and the future of your meetings.

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1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning

Sustainability continues to be an important focus of our industry - but how do we provide space for what's next? How do we create opportunities to discuss what the future of sustainability education will look like? We can’t have this conversation without YOU! Whether you are a novice or expert, join us for a think tank dialogue where we idea share and imagine the future of sustainability education. Participants will lend their expertise, insight, and questions in a valuable community dialogue experience.

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1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning

Global hotel industry trends showing where the industry has been and where the industry is going for the top US and international cities will be presented. Key performance metrics shared will include the hotel room rate, hotel room demand, and hotel occupancy. A major focus will be given to the meetings side of the hotel business including a look at markets with a growing pipeline of hotels with meeting space. Additional factors impacting the industry such as Airbnb, convention/conference center renovations, environmental issues and seasonal impacts (holidays, hurricanes and special events such as festivals and sporting events) will also be shared. Meeting planners will receive information to help them in the selection of markets and hotels for their meetings. Suppliers will learn what role the hotel plays in the overall meetings landscape and why shifts in the hotel business impact the entire meeting's business.

Learner Outcomes:

1. Improved decision making when selecting a hotel or destination to host your meeting or event

2. An understanding of trends driving current changes in the hotel industry

3. 2020 and 2021 hotel forecasts for the major US and International cities

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1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning

#RealTalk is BACK! Come engage in deep-dive conversations around the DEI topics that matter most today. For our first installment, we will be talking about the growth of DEI initiatives over the last 50 years, and a forecast on where we will see growth in the next 50.

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1 Clock Hour | Domain B: Project Management

As we battle against the Omicron variant and look to return to the “new normal”, many questions still remain. The uncertainty that is part of in-person meetings leads to challenging contracting situations. Join us for a striking discussion with meeting industry attorney Joshua L. Grimes, Esq. to ensure you have all the information you need to be prepared this year and beyond.

Learning Goals:
• Consider the safety measures planners are considering for in-person meetings during COVID, including mandatory vaccinations, masking and waivers.
• Learn how planners and suppliers can work to minimize risks from diseases, terrorism, economic crisis, and other unknown threats that may arise.
• Identify the “hidden” provisions found in many meeting contracts that may lead to higher costs for planners as we struggle to return to normalcy.

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1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning

How do you kick off the year with a jump start? By kicking it into high gear learning about the top trends coming up that can help you think strategically about everything from event design, to branding and more.

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