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Life on Cruz Control: A Meeting Veteran’s Hope for the Future

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Editor’s Note: As we celebrate the 2023 Meeting Professionals of the Year , we thought it fitting to go back to a 2020 Meeting Professionals of the Year winner, John Cruz, senior corporate meeting planner with BlueCross of North Carolina , for some perspective. Then, provide the extras that show you care.

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Advito and BCD M&E Create Emissions Calculator for Meeting Professionals

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A new tool could help measure and prioritize sustainability efforts at meetings. Last week, BCD Travel introduced an emissions calculator designed specifically for the meetings industry. . The post Advito and BCD M&E Create Emissions Calculator for Meeting Professionals appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Architect Model of Third-Party Planning

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When time is short and the to-do list is long, the solution is often to bring in an expert contractor to help with everything from sourcing of space and technology solutions to meeting design and management. And if the event gets cancelled, how is the consultant made whole? Mahoganey Jones, CEO of Event Specialists.

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I Just Completed the First Meeting & Event Management Master’s Program in North America—Here’s What I Learned

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Editor’s Note : Created in 2019, San Diego State University’s Meeting & Event Management Master’s Program was created in partnership between Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and San Diego State University’s L. COVID Didn’t End Meetings and Events, It Evolved Them. Deanna Roberts. Relationships are Everything.

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4 Reasons to Take Your Groups to Walt Disney World Now

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Host a Disney meeting. After a year of Zoom and staying indoors, there is pent-up demand for travel, connection and meetings that goes beyond the boardroom—and there’s nowhere quite like Walt Disney World to hit all the marks with ease. Here’s what we found for why a Disney meeting will drive attendance, now more than ever.

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ITA Group Acquires Experiential-Learning Company

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NDK adds 50 employees to the ITA team, as well as an associate network of NKD-trained consultants across five continents. Among NDK’s service areas are strategic consulting, leadership development, employee engagement and onboarding, performance management, culture change, and skills training.

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Grass Roots Meetings Industry Report wins Business Travel Journalism Award

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The Grass Roots Meetings Industry Report was judged best meetings and events supplement at the 15 th Business Travel Journalism Awards on Thursday 4 th October. The awards are judged by a panel of industry leaders including corporate buyers, associations and venues. The 2018 edition is the sixth.

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