Toronto Education Conference - Call for Speakers

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The MPI Toronto Education Conference is looking for speakers! Be one of our featured presenters at this year's Connection Lab – Where Innovation and Magic Meet.

We are looking for workshop presenters for our 2013 conference taking place June 16 –18 in a venue within 2 hours of Toronto, ON. We are looking for people who are interested in sharing their knowledge with innovative and interesting takes on the following topics, which will be presented as interactive workshops:

• New meeting design formats 
• Innovative meeting/event ideas and experiences
• Negotiation – how to play fair from both sides 
• Tradeshow savvy – what everyone should and shouldn’t be doing
• Selling – creating proposals and landing clients
• Tips on closing sales with planners
• Developing must have contract clauses
• Nutrition and Health tips and tricks while travelling or on-site
• Food and Beverage innovation for menu planning
• Event marketing – design and graphics
• Entertainment do's and dont's
• Selling yourself to clients and prospective employers
• Social media marketing - effectively using FaceBook, Twitter and blogging
• Sponsorship - How to get sponsors!
• Leadership - how to manage relationships with your team, suppliers, clients etc.
• Protecting yourself: crisis, risk, mitigation

Prospective speakers will have the opportunity to present to an audience of experienced corporate, association and independent meeting planners; industry suppliers; students; and future leaders of the meetings industry. Such exposure can lead to professional recognition, visibility, credibility, and influence among your peers and potential clients.

If you are interested, we invite you to submit a brief proposal via email no longer than two pages in length containing:

• the suggested title of your presentation
• an outline and length of your workshop 
• a video clip or link from one of your previous presentations (if available)
• your availability for June 16, 17 and 18, 2013
• a short biography with head shot
  

Please send your proposal by email to Christine Gruber at ChristineG@orea.com and Tammy Carey at tammy@centerstageav.com by January 6, 2013. We will be reviewing all submissions on January 8 at which point we will follow up with all contributors.

This is your MPI! We look forward to partnering with you to provide exceptional professional development opportunities for all of our members.