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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
Volunteer Spotlight
  
Put ‘The Foot of the Lake’ at the top of your list
Hotel Retlaw
 
Fond du Lac and the Lake Winnebago Region feature legendary Wisconsin hospitality. The fact is, there’s no more convenient meeting location in Wisconsin than Fond du Lac — within an hour of 70% of the state’s major population centers.
  
The Great American Lobster Fest returns to Navy Pier Labor Day weekend
Navy Pier
 
The Midwest’s largest annual lobster and seafood festival will showcase fresh live lobster, a variety of seafood vendors, live music and more along Chicago’s stunning lakefront.
  
More than 200 attend MPI-CAC Trivia Night
Heather Warthen, 22nd Century Media
 
With a nail-biting first round to a strong finish at the end, Team “Gilligan’s Island” from Navy Pier took home first place in the MPI-CAC Trivia Night Aug. 6 at Navy Pier’s Aon Grand Ballroom in Chicago.
   
Detroit Metro CVB
      
MEET Chicago Northwest
   
Meet in Milwaukee
VISIT Milwaukee
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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