Date: November 20, 2018
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. CST*
Location: Marriott Marquis, Chicago
*Times are subject to change
Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/chapters/chicago-area/education-events/event/2018/11/20/mpi-global-calendar/signature-luncheon-2018 to view the full article online.
Date: December 12, 2018
Time: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. CST*
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago
*Times are subject to change
Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/chapters/chicago-area/education-events/event/2018/12/12/mpi-global-calendar/holiday-party to view the full article online.
Date: January 16, 2019
Time: 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. CST*
Location: Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Chicago
*Times are subject to change
Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/chapters/chicago-area/education-events/event/2019/01/16/mpi-global-calendar/winter-knowledge-share to view the full article online.
Date: April 4, 2019
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/chapters/chicago-area/education-events/event/2019/04/04/mpi-global-calendar/industry-xchange to view the full article online.
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By: Emily Likosar, White Lodging Here are a few tips for incorporating your destination in a way that will result in top-notch engagement and rave reviews. Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/chapters/chicago-area/chapter-news/single-blog/c-c-articles/2018/09/18/how-to-make-a-destination-part-of-your-event to view the full article online.
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By: Jeanne Hahn, Q CENTER Security is top of mind for meeting planners, venues and attendees. Sitting down with John Du Charme, director of protective services of the Q Center, gave a unique view of security and great information for planners to help add or build their emergency management protocol. Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/chapters/chicago-area/chapter-news/single-blog/c-c-articles/2018/09/18/a-q-a-on-venue-security to view the full article online.
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By: John Nawn, The Perfect Meeting Inc. Successful businesses formulate and implement strategy, but most association meetings and events don’t have a strategy that ensures their educational programs and networking (formal and informal learning, respectively) are successful. More often than not, that’s lost in the planning process and left up to chance — to your attendee’s detriment. This article identifies the key elements of a successful association learning strategy and how to formulate and implement one. Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/chapters/chicago-area/chapter-news/single-blog/c-c-articles/2018/09/18/how-to-develop-a-learning-strategy-for-association-meetings-and-events to view the full article online.
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MPI-CAC would like to thank the Education Program committee members.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/chm-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=522549&issueID=61594 to view the full article online.
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