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SMART MOVES IN SLOW TIMES - Edie Rather.MS,CSP

"Why does soaring begin with a fear of flying?  What would you be doing if you knew you couldn't fail?  Learn to transform your positive feelings into powerful actions.  Experience empowerment as you break a board.  Develop success strategies, vision, purpose and beliefs that lead to change and personal empowerment.  

Risk Assessment of Conference Venues - Jaap Ketel

Conference organisers usually concentrate on issues like geographical location, availability, accessibility, physical size, services, general image and cost when searching for a suitable venue for an event. Equally important should be the issue of safety and consequential liability towards the organiser or his principal. In today's world the liability of the organiser needs special attention, since shrewd lawyers find every way and mean to call the unlucky PCO to the bar if a delegate at a conference is injured or worse killed during the conference. No responsible organiser shall be working without a proper liability insurance taken out. However, if can be proven that the PCO has not informed himself properly that all permits and certifications of the Conference Venue are in place and if not a proper pre-venue inspection has been conducted, it will be difficult to defend that the PCO has done all he could to avoid his liability in the case of claimed damages. This session addresses the do's and don'ts in the pre-contractual phase when booking a venue.

 

Batteries Included - Lessons to Energize and Balance Your Life    - Linda Edgecombe

Attitude Management is a skill that takes practice. And lots of it!

Positive attitudes energize and uplift us and they create the basis for all our successes in life. With a positive attitude and energized motivation, anything is possible. This program will give you the hands-on tools to shift your attitudes, which is truly the secret to maintaining motivation in your life.

 

GET PUBLICITY, GET NOTICED, AND GET IT FOR FREE. Rochelle Balch 

Do you write press releases?  Do you know any reporters?  Legislators?  Influential people?  Do you network?  Do you promote yourself?  Do you volunteer?  Getting noticed is a whole lot easier when you’ve got the right contacts.  Learn how to make media contacts and how to maintain.  You’ll be surprised to find out it’s not as hard as you think.  There are plenty of free publicity opportunities out there just waiting for you.  This workshop is will give you real tips on how you can get free publicity, and get noticed! 

 

KICK START YOUR DREAM BUSINESS! romanus Wolter

You have the Passion, Now Take Action. Take control of your destiny with YOUR OWN business! Get inspired to start the business that's in your heart and gain the

knowledge to actually move ahead. In this dynamic presentation, Romanus provides practical strategies to close the gap between dreams, taking action and achieving success. You will "Dream Like a Child and Decide as an Adult" and walk away with action steps that help you: 

- Define Your Dream! Clarify what you are passionate about

- Stay Motivated! Develop the drive you need to make it come

true

- Minimize Risk! Confirm your ideas viability in the marketplace

AND in your life

- Become a Marketer! Discover marketing campaigns within your

budget

- Triumph over Fears! Learn the "Three Steps to Business

 Success" you can use everyday of your life

 

USING A SWOT ANALYSIS IN DECISION MAKING - Angela Sheen

We all like to think that we have considered all aspects when making decisions whether in our personal or business lives. The SWOT analysis is a simple but powerful tool for making informed decisions and taking calculated risks. It forces you to identify your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threat. Angela will introduce you to the techniques and take you through the practical application. This session is a must for those working towards their Meeting Planners certification.

 

INCENTIVE PROGRAM BASICS - Jim  Skiba, CMP 

This is an introductory course which defines incentive travel, gives a brief history of incentive travel, explains the advantages of travel versus merchandise, and teaches the basic format for running an incentive program. This class also starts to teach about the particular needs for incentive clients and highlights the value of holding meetings or incentives in other countries. (Designed for all levels of suppliers and planners) 

12 KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL MEETING - Ann Godi,CMP  

Ask questions – meetings are collaborative. Begin with a focus – what’s the big idea anyway? Then take it from vision to strategy to reality. Most importantly how do you achieve effective results? Bring your experience and ideas to this interactive dialogue about the Keys to a Successful meeting in today’s economy and altered environment. Let’s look at what makes for a Successful Meeting.

 

Influence: How to Create it, How to Keep it
The more influence you have the more what you want will come to you with ease.
Networking: creating a pool of contacts from which you draw clients, resources, referrals and opportunities is only the first step in having who you know work for you. When people trusts you, respects you, remembers you and want to go out of their way to tell others about you and help you in other ways you have influence. Influence equals ease in creating what you want in business and in life. 

Participants will learn how to:

· Connect with people in a real and authentic way

· Cultivate camaraderie and trust with others
·Apply your expert advantage
· Create a "Circle of Eight" to expand your influence and reduce your efforts
· Understand the universal law of reciprocity
· When and how to communicate your needs in a way that gets you the best results
· Create a community where everyone enjoys influence and ease

The Unique Benefits of This Session
This session picks up where networking sessions leave off. As a result of this session participants will begin to do business in a more focused way that will result in their efforts with others adding more ease to their bottom line.

 

building online communities - Tricia Santos

What makes an online community grow? How can it be built and maintained? In this session we’ll explore what makes for a vibrant, sustainable community where people connect with their peers and vendors interact in a way that that provides value to everyone. We’ll look at the tools, resources and strategies you can use to build a community, attract participants, promote the community to prospective members and supporters, and keep it alive and serving the needs of its members. You’ll leave with a clear idea of whether or not creating an online community makes sense for you and how to get one started if it does.

 

TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES FOR MEETING PROFESSIONALS - Corbin Ball,CMP  

TARGETING NICHE MARKETS IN THE $105 BILLION US MEETINGS INDUSTRY

ARE YOU VULNERABLE? SECURITY ISSUES IN TODAY'S CHANGED MEETING WORLD 

CURRENT TRENDS IN THE MEETINGS INDUSTRY - Ed Scannell, CSP

MEETING HORRORS AND LESSONS LEARNED

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December 7 - 10, 2011 -- Albuquerque, NM

 

 

 

 

 

 

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