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Derrick Johnson on Continuous Professional Development

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I received my bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida in music education where I studied flute and percussion. One year I decided the kid camps were no longer of interest, so I began helping their director of meetings onsite. Early Start Derrick Johnson planned events before he graduated high school. Education.

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Denzil Rankine: ‘We Have an Extraordinary Journey in This Industry’

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based strategy consulting firm for the events industry, Rankine said that he and coauthor Giberti — founder and CEO of Miami, Florida–based consulting company Vesuvio Ventures — were “freaked out” about the timing. What would you say is the biggest challenge for a traditional association meeting planner? It comes from Star Wars.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

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The circle got considerably bigger in 1987, with a vote to open up membership to professionals in the fields of science, education, and engineering, and bigger still in 1990, when all nonprofit association meeting professionals and CEOs were invited to join. “We A Meeting Runs on Its Stomach. “As The rest is history.” (See

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