On August 14, MPI Southern California members gathered together for D.i.Y. Innovation with Sekou Andrews—a schoolteacher, actor, musician and award-winning poetic voice—to explore how to truly be disruptive. 

Keynote Speaker: Shiza Shahid, Founder and CEO of the Malala Fund

DATE CHANGE: Friday, October 18, 2019
Andaz West Hollywood

Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Porsche Experience Center

Registration opening soon!

The MPI Global Thought Leaders Summit will be held October 20-22, 2019 at The Langham Hotel in Pasadena, CA. Become a part of some of the most important ideas in the meetings industry and earn seven clock hours of CEUs. The MPI Thought Leaders Summit delivers access to the ground-breaking meeting design methodology, Event Canvas™. Engage in executive-level education powered by the MPI Academy and become a part of a bold-thinking future for the MPI Foundation and its portfolio of fund-raising events.

 

The MPI Thought Leaders Summit delivers access to the ground-breaking Event Design Canvas meeting design methodology. Explore the canvas journey while working on real-life case studies and prototyping and learn how a revolutionary ideology could reshape your future events. Discover executive-level education powered by the MPI Academy and become a part of a bold-thinking future for the MPI Foundation and its portfolio of fundraising events.

#WhyIWalk: On New Year’s Eve of last year, my son Christian’s partner David Taylor Sliff took his own life. With the loss of our dear David and Christian and his close circle of childhood friends subsequent reel into complete despair, I had an incredible need as a mother to somehow find some sort of meaning in this terrible tragedy. I couldn’t just look on as my son and his friends were adrift in a sea of sadness and questions. Questions I knew all too well.

IMEX America—considered by many to be the Super Bowl of the events industry—took place in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 10-12, 2019. This year’s extravaganza was held at the Sands Convention Center and brought thousands of professionals to connect and exchange ideas. IMEX Group Chairman Ray Bloom reported that a record-breaking 13,000 participants took part in the event.

The meetings industry is changing incredibly quickly, and planners are in no short supply of options for creating events that are highly engaging, educational and dynamic. To that end, here are a few top tips for creating a meeting that captures attendees' interest and keeps them involved throughout the event.