MPIKC Times
MPI - Kansas City Chapter
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I joined KCMPI about six years ago and at first I attended events and sat by myself. I was not developing relationships, I was not making important connections and most importantly, I was not having fun. I was always to busy to serve on a committee and used the excuse that I did not know anyone to keep me from reaching out. When I finally made the decision to join a committee I was a bit reserved, but willing to help out however I could. I met some wonderful people and started creating some important connections. I found a mentor that has been influential in my career and I starting having lots of fun. I know that I am not alone. Several other people who have joined KCMPI and taken that scary step to join a committee have told me how powerful being involved is. It takes you from being an event attendee to really being a part of an organization that makes a difference in our industry. I know that we are all busy with work, home, church, kids, spouses, charitable organizations and many other important things that fill our day. Please take a moment today and ask yourself what you want out of your KCMPI membership. If you are looking for more, here are a few ways to get started. 1. Volunteer your Time - here are some committee options
Interested in serving on a committee? Let me know at shana.hoy@huschblackwell.com 2. Volunteer your Talents -
Contact our Director of Leadership Andrea Heldt Coates at eventdevelopmentinc@gmail.com to let her know how you can pitch in. 3. Volunteer your Treasure -
If so, please contact Sarah Morrissey at SMorrissey@vistaprod.com. KCMPI is about making important connections for your professional and personal life while learning and having fun. Serving on a committee helps you to make those connections and provides opportunities for you to experience new, fun, hip, fresh and relevant ideas, events and connections. Please join me this year in volunteering.
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If you said yes to any of these questions I have an opportunity for you. The chance to serve others while partaking in the benefits of the events industry. Bear with me for a moment while I tell you my story and how I realized that what you put into your KCMPI membership is what you get back.
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What else can we include in your KCMPI Times to keep it interesting and relevant to you? Please email your feedback to me. What else is going on with you that may be newsworthy? News doesn't break on a schedule; it happens all the time. Have you recently received a promotion or received recognition in the industry? Have you recently had a new baby or celebrated another important milestone? KCMPI is a pivotal force in educating and preparing its members for their changing roles in business today. Take advantage of what KCMPI offers those in the meetings industry. Become involved with KCMPI by learning more about us, and letting us learn more about you. Let us know what you want to read about in KCMPI Times, and email your news to us. Please join me this year in communication and sharing the news.
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Please join your fellow KCMPI members on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at Fogo de Chao on the Country Club Plaza for a Night in Brazil! This Annual Membership Appreciation event and Silent Auction is the perfect opportunity to network with your friends as well as get a head start on your holiday shopping. Many great items from our local retailers and fantastic get-a-way packages will be up for grabs! The evening will also include a traditional Brazilian dinner from the famous "Churrasco" barbecue served by authentic "Gauchos." An online bidding component will also be available. Details will be emailed soon. You can't find a better deal in town so be sure to register today! |
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This program is designed for those who expect to analyze and participate in challenging business negotiations. Listen to the bare bone truth on how buyers negotiate with you, the seller ... how sellers negotiate with you, the buyer. Hear Deborah’s compelling real-world examples to help acquire momentum for you to win in any negotiation situation, any economy and in any market place. Do you have the power within today’s hospitality profession? As a negotiator with experience, are you deploying proven, better practice strategies and tools that ensure consistently successful outcomes? When engaged in complex negotiations are your skills powerful enough to prevent losses and increase gains for you? Do you have a powerful strategy that enhances your capability to prepare effectively? Don’t be caught naked in your next negotiation encounter. You must be continually thinking ahead for new ways to succeed. Be free and let go of old techniques and strategies. Identify new negotiation tactics; conclude significantly better agreements as a result of creativity while formalizing deals that can be described as completely optimal. This program is designed for those who expect to analyze and participate in challenging business negotiations. Listen to the bare bone truth on how buyers negotiate with you, the seller ... how sellers negotiate with you, the buyer. Hear Deborah’s compelling real-world examples to help acquire momentum for you to win in any negotiation situation, any economy and in any market place. Do you have the power within today’s hospitality profession? BUSINESS INSIGHTS: DEBORAH GARDNER, CMP: BIO |
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going!" It is more important than ever in a tough economy to hone the art of negotiating. Join us on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011, and hear the dynamic Deborah Gardner, CMP, deliver a tough message about "Naked Negotiating: Who Has the Power Within Today’s Hospitality Profession?"|
Arriving at Cider Hill Family Orchard dinner guests were greeted by our charming hosts, Jeff and Joan Schearer, twenty five acres of beautiful scenery, live entertainment and robust conversation that flowed throughout the evening. Each guest received an engraved wineglass provided by Grapevine Designs. The beautiful harvest style table was adorned with flowers, vegetables and glowing candlelight. The view from the dinner table was indeed fall with pumpkins and apples announcing the arrival of harvest and sunset’s glowing reflection on one of five ponds. Olive Events Chef Marisa Roberts flawlessly prepared and served a family style dinner showcasing local products. Each course awakened your senses and represented the best a meal can offer. The sights and sounds of dinner were so much more than a meal; they were a celebration of the producers, preparers and servers that crafted an evening to remember. After dinner, guest took a leisurely stroll to a welcoming open fire pit where hot apple cider was cooked and served along with specialty teas, provided by Adventures With Tea, that complimented dessert prepared with fruit fresh from the orchard. Field 2 Table 2011 was a celebration of KCMPI’s 30th Anniversary and showcased the best KCMPI offers, food, fun, friendship and community connections that reach beyond the evening. In the background coyotes howled as the final steps of take down concluded. Their voices raised in anticipation of what was to come next year at Field 2 Table 2012, Thursday, September 20. |
The weather was perfect, the company superb, the evening significant. It started on the mini coaches, provided by AGENDA: USA and Kansas City Transportation Group, where dinner guests began to relax and unwind while they were transported to the orchard enjoying hors d ‘oeuvres prepared with locally grown produce and wine provided by Jowler Creek Winery.
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Volunteering with a KCMPI committee is a great way to connect with fellow meeting professional colleagues and add to your professional development portfolio. Our featured area is Membership. Current open leadership opportunities within Membership are Chair of the Member Retention Committee and Chair of the Scholarship Committee. The Member Retention Committee develops and implements an incentive program to members; and ensures members are recognized on their anniversaries in the KCMPI newsletter and at the monthly meeting. The Scholarship Committee oversees the Chapter scholarships program, including setting the criteria for eligibility, promoting the program and selecting recipients. If interested in either chair positions or serving on any of the membership committees, please contact Tricia Clement, CMP at tclement@agendausa.com or 913.268.4466. If interested in serving on any KCMPI committee, please contact Andrea Heldt Coates, Director of the Leadership Committee, at eventdevelopmentinc@gmail.com. |
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Your tool kit just got larger. Supplier members now have free access to the sustainable-minded community that use the Sustainable Event Measurement Tool (SEMT) to evaluate meeting performance management process. The SEMT, which launched at WEC 2010, has helped professionals around the world, and now can help you design socially, economically and environmentally conscious meetings and events. The SEMT can be found at http://mpi.sustainableeventtool.com/.
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KCMPI will be conducting survey and round table discussions in order to get a better gauge on the chapter and how we can best care for our members. We will be initiating contact, so please be on the lookout for more information. In the meanwhile, for more information, please contact Marlys Arnold at marnold@imagespecialist.com or 816-746-7888. |
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Sherri Filipczuk, Nueterra Companies Malinda Garza, Burgio, Cooney & Associates Rebecca Lippe, W Retreat and Spa Vieques-Starwood Hotels Carrie Stricker, Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors |
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24 years! Francine Cobb - Hilton Worldwide - Joined 10/28/1987 14 years! Terra Cook, CMP - Bishop-McCann - Joined 9/29/1997 13 years! Lorie Salts, CMP - HelmsBriscoe - Joined 9/18/1998 Patricia Ator - Child Health Corporation of America - Joined 10/27/1998 10 years! Chaunsea Keller - E-proDirect LLC/MeetingMart - Joined 10/23/2001 9 years! Karen Freeman, CMP - VSR Financial Services - Joined 9/30/2002 8 years! Karen Hoch - People to People International - Joined 10/30/2003 6 years! Laura Reschke - Sheraton Overland Park - Joined 10/10/2005 5 years! Cathy Jackson, CGMP - Missouri Division of Professional Registration - Joined 10/2/2006 4 years! Ken Hamm - Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa - Joined 9/6/2007 Andrea Foulkes - Country Club Hotel & Spa - Joined 10/18/2007 Debra Arbo, CMP - Elite Events & Incentives - Joined 10/26/2007 3 years! Jayne Hopkins - Holiday Inn & Suites Convention Center - Joined 9/11/2008 Mylie Hadden - Student-Northwestern State University - Joined 9/12/2008 2 years! Michelle McSpadden, CMM - Bishop-McCann - Joined 9/4/2009 Andrea Heldt Coates - Event Development, Inc - Joined 9/29/2009 Molly Lieberknecht - Chateau on the Lake - Joined 10/19/2009 Angela Jenness - Black & Veatch - Joined 10/29/2009 1 year! Beth Handley - Holiday Inn Olathe - Joined 9/14/2010 Megan Mill – Sprint - Joined 10/1/2010 Suzanne Towles - Crowne Plaza Kansas City Downtown - Joined 10/7/2010 Leslie Kenagy - Cassidy Turley Midwest, Inc - Joined 10/29/2010 |
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I first moved to the Kansas City area from the east coast in February of 2010. I was starting a new job in new surroundings and did not know a soul. My first thought was "How can I get to know some people in my industry?" The answer for me was KCMPI. Joining this organization has put me on the fast track of getting to know everyone that was necessary to make me successful in my new role at the Hotel Phillips. In the course of just one year, I have made wonderful connections with other people in my industry, both suppliers like myself and other meeting planners. These relationships are what prompted me to become more involved with in the KCMPI organization. It has been an invaluable experience to work so closely with everyone. |
I am MPI & I love what we do! KCMPI has been a great stepping off point to learn about my surroundings and meeting new people!|
When you need a product or service, please contact the companies who are KCMPI sponsors and who advertise with KCMPI. It is with sponsor support and advertising support that we are able to have numerous events, each of which are relevant, fun, hip, urban, new and fresh. 7/20/2011 - July Board Orientation 8/1/2011 - Fall CMP Study Group 9/1/2011 - Dine Around |
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Long time KCMPI member Lorie Salts, CMP, Mgr., Global Accounts at Helms Brisco was recently recognized by her employer and featured "In The Spotlight" in the HB quarterly newsletter at HB. Here is what the article had to say:
Read more about Lorie's approach and ideas you can use to build stronger relationships. |
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Shana Hoy, CMP - Husch Blackwell This was a KCMPI course and we would like to congratulate Shana, Kathleen and Theresa for their having passed the exam. |
