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Celebrating 30 years of Meeting Success in South Florida
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Meeting Professionals International's vision is to build a rich global meeting industry community making its members successful in building human connections to: Knowledge/Ideas, Relationships and Marketplaces.
Our vision will be activated by using four strategies: EVOLVE to become a global community, RE-IMAGINE business relationship with its chapters, ELEVATE the member conversation and experience, and BUILD a great organization. Locally, the 500 member South Florida Chapter supports that vision and provides professional development & networking opportunities for meeting professionals for over 25 years in Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Collier Counties. MPI is committed to delivering success for its 22,000 worldwide members by providing innovative professional development, generating industry awareness and creating business development opportunities. For more information, visit www.mpiweb.org.
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A webinar series to help conquer today’s economic challenges.
MPI has created an eight-part webinar series that will offer real-life solutions to issues confronting today’s industry professional. Meetings Matter will empower you with the information, tools and resources to conquer the challenges in today’s business environment. Register today for this free and vital webinar series.
This series will cover the following important, thought-provoking topics. All webinars will begin at 12:00 pm EDT. More details can be found on the Meetings Matter webpage.
Friday, May 15
Your Role in Corporate Strategy: Integrating & Aligning Event Goals
Wednesday, May 20
Managing Transitions
Wednesday, May 27
You Can Do This! Turning Lemons into Lemonade
Wednesday, June 3
Survival Strategies for Suppliers
Wednesday, June 10
Show Me the Money (or, Show Me the Value):
Enhancing and Communicating the Value of your Meetings
Wednesday, June 17
Telling Our Story: Economic Impact Data and the Attack on Meetings
2009 Southeast Educational Conference
August 13-15, 2009
Bold New Eden Roc Hotel
Miami Beach, Florida
Building Tomorrow Today…
50% Registration Rebate for members who commit to volunteer 4 hours (www.sfmpi.org/sec2009) and register by June 13 for SEC!!
Please join us for the 2009 Southeast Educational Conference at the bold New Eden Roc in Miami Beach, August 13-15. Mark your calendars and keep checking in for updated information about this event.
We look forward to seeing you there! Visit the site and get ready for South Florida to Roc SEC!
Meetings Industry in Crisis: Meetings Mean Business Site Launched
In a travel industry-wide conference call with Roger Dow, President and CEO, U.S. Travel Association, on Wednesday March 4, he called the indsutry to action and launched the Meetings Mean Business website. Visit the website at www.meetingsmeanbusiness.com and see what you can do to ensure that our industry's voice is heard loud and clear.
In a previous email to the community on Monday, March 2, Mr. Dow says, "Unlike any time in memory, the travel community is under siege by the media and politicians calling into question the value of meetings, events and incentive travel through playing a game of "gotcha" with companies that have received federal bailout assistance. The ramifications are thousands of cancelled meetings by companies that have - and many more that have not - taken taxpayer assistance.
The U.S. Travel Association and a number of other travel-related associations and companies have been actively engaged in defending our industry and changing the impression on travel's value to business' bottom line. From providing model standards for corporate travel to producing ads aimed at policymakers to help them understand the effect grandstanding on business travel has on jobs, we've been aggressively telling our side of the story. But your help is needed.
In the coming months, lawmakers, opinion leaders and the news media will need to hear from you, and you can serve to personalize and localize these important issues. By taking action now to reinforce the value of meetings, events and incentive programs, we can solidify in the minds of leaders everywhere the critical role these activities play to improving business' bottom line."
What You Can Do To Help:
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Find 50 ppl and get them motivated to help get our voice heard
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Send letters to your representatives in Congress
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Call district offices of members of Congress
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Contact your city and county council members and demand they take action
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Participate in the political Town Hall meetings in your area
US Travel Toolkit for Meetings, Events & Incentive Travel: http://www.tia.org/resources/Public_Affairs/MEI/2-20-09.htm
Here is a link to speaking points on the issue: http://www.tia.org/resources/Public_Affairs/MEI/General_MEI_Talking_Points_09.pdf
The following is a link to the guidelines U.S. Travel and several other travel industry trade associations issued on February 9 as part of the discussion on TARP policies the Treasury Department is about to promulgate. http://www.ustravel.org/resources/Public_Affairs/Release_2_9_09.pdf
The following link is a press release issued by U.S. Travel last week on the topic: http://www.tia.org/pressmedia/pressrec.asp?Item=948
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