Description

1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning 

The MPI Meeting Executive Advisory Board invites you to join our virtual roundtable to debrief, debate and discuss COVID-19’s impact on our businesses, events, teams, and the overall meeting and events industry. In a moderated, peer discussion format we will focus on lessons learned and what we see happening in the months ahead. Bring your own case studies, observations and burning questions to share in this interactive “group therapy” session on the COVID-19 crisis.

Learner Outcomes:

1. Identify best practices to implement when faced with a major crisis affecting the meeting and event industry

2. Describe the impacts and next steps in managing events and teams affected by the global crisis

3. Discover actions you can employ now and in the future to lessen the business impact of the global crisis

This session is graciously sponsored by: 

Speaker(s):

• Kristi C. Sanders, CMP, CMM, Senior Director of Community Engagement, MPI
• Dr. Tyra Warner, Esq., PhD, Esq, CMP, Attorney, Professor, Speaker, College of Coastal Georgia
• Melinda Burdette, CMP, Director of Events, MPI
• Mekeda Johnson-Brooks, Chief Client Experience Architect, MJ Design and Company
• Brad Dean, Chief Executive Officer, Discover Puerto Rico
• Michael Garcia, CMP, Vice President, Meetings and Incentives Worldwide
• Vito Curalli, CHA, Executive Director, International Sales and Industry Relations Hilton Worldwide Sales