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Trivia Night
Date: Aug. 6
Time: 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. CDT
Location: Navy Pier, Chicago
Fall Education Program
Date: Sept. 17
Time: 3:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. CDT
Location: Chicago Marriott at Medical District/UIC, Chicago
Signature Luncheon
Date: Nov. 26
Time: 11 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. CDT
Location: Marriott Marquis Chicago, Chicago
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5 Tips to Maximize Your Bottom Line When Picking a Venue
By Sarah Christian, Q Center
 
As meeting planners, your budget is your top priority. Creating engaging, innovative and inspiring events for groups of all sizes becomes challenging, and doing it all with only a few dollars makes it even harder. Now imagine if there was an easier solution to making your money go farther. Would you do it? Of course! That’s why we’re here to tell you our favorite tips from talented industry professionals on how to add a little room to your bottom line.
 
  
Ask the Expert - How to Accept a Leadership Position
Ted Miller, HMCC, CHME, CHSP, CGTP, CGMP, Enterprise Holdings
 
Regardless of your specific business function, there will be times when you need to recognize that you have the knowledge to drive a process and that you should take command.
 
  
Members Look to Test IQs at MPI-CAC Trivia Night
Heather Warthen, 22nd Century Media
 
For those who know how much the human head weighs or can name all five members of New Kids On the Block in chronological order, MPI-CAC’s annual Trivia Night will be right up their alley.
 
   
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With a 300,000 square-foot convention center, 17,000 hotel rooms, and 10 miles of lakefront (not to mention the home base of Harley-Davidson, sausage races, a flying art museum, mountainous bloody marys, and everything from 5-star dining to scrumptious cheese curds), Milwaukee should be on your shortlist for your next meeting. Oh, and beer. We have beer too.
It's totally random, totally wonderful, and totally Milwaukee.
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U.S. Exhibition Market Growing But Facing Challenges, AMR Report Finds
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Visitor Centers Are Bringing Leisure Experiences Directly to Biz Travelers
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More and more business travelers are trying to blend leisure and work when traveling — a concept known as "bleisure." Convention centers can play a key role in bringing destinations to time-strapped meeting attendees. 
Event Planning in the Wake of Natural Disaster
Source: Special Events
Planning an event in the wake of a natural disaster comes with its challenges and should be treated with caution. You cannot change the outcome of a disaster; you can only change your response to it.
   
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