WEC 2017 | Three for Free - Virtual Summit

On April 12, 2018, meeting professionals around the world gathered to educate, advocate and promote the power of the global meetings and events industry. 

See how the world celebrates by viewing this special broadcast that will give you a virtual window into what's happening and connect you to your peers around the world (and gain some educational clock hours to boot), brought to you by Meeting Professionals International in partnership with Meetings Means Business.

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Are you working towards achieving your CMP designation? MPI is a preferred educational provider, which means that our sessions have been pre-approved for CMP-IS and CMP-HC credits by the Events Industry Council. All sessions on this platform have been submitted for review and assignment of clock hours. Learn more about earning your CMP here.

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Evaluating Your CEO Readiness

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Evaluating Your CEO Readiness

Credits: None available.

1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning 

Think you have what it takes to be a CEO? This session will help you reflect on your experience, training, perspectives, and assumptions in assessing your viability for the C-suite. Explore what you possess and what skills you need to develop in leading, managing change, and transitioning to executive management.

Learner Outcomes:

• Participants in this session will begin (or continue) their exploration of their skills and abilities as it applies to taking on senior leadership or top management roles within the meeting planning industry. By reflecting on one’s skills and experience in leading, strategizing, and working on a team, the participant will be better able to analyze what they have (and what they may need) if they aspire to senior management positions.
• By attending this session, the participant will have a better understanding to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate their readiness to move into the C-suite. In addition, the participant will discover those areas and skills that may need to be improved upon to make a successful and lasting transition into top leadership roles in an organization.

Understanding Difficult Contract Clauses: The Big Three

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Understanding Difficult Contract Clauses: The Big Three

Credits: None available.

1 Clock Hour| Domain C: Risk Management 

Performance clauses like attrition and cancellation are challenging to negotiate and sometimes expensive to exercise. Force majeure is the very definition of a “grey area.” Using provided scenarios as well as examples from the audience, we’ll talk about the law that supports (and doesn’t support) common contract language and minor changes in wording that can yield huge dividends in protection.

Learner Outcomes:

• Evaluate attrition clauses to ensure you are getting credit for all you should be, and that you aren’t paying more than the hotel is legally entitled to in attrition fees.
• Apply the principle of mitigation to performance clauses and understand why it is fine to ask for something you may not be legally entitled to.
• Modify force majeure clauses with a time element to allow adequate opportunity to relocate a meeting if necessary.

Engaging Introverts in Extrovert-Ruled Meetings

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Engaging Introverts in Extrovert-Ruled Meetings

Credits: None available.

1 Clock Hour | Domain G: Meeting or Event Design 

Studies show that 30-50% of meeting attendees are introverts, yet our meeting design is most definitely for extroverts. Designing meetings for every personality, learning style, educational need, generation and ‘vert’ is perplexing. From social butterflies to wall flowers, meetings have all kinds of characters with all kinds of needs and wants. With her down-to-earth style, Sharon will help you mindfully turn your meetings inside out and upside down to accommodate all the different styles in a truly inclusive way. Uncover engagement techniques that help you create a meeting that will charge and recharge every personality.

Learner Outcomes:

• Understand the differences between introverts and extroverts.
• Explore meeting designs that allow all personality styles to engage and interact.
• Engage with your peers to hear their success stories.