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Signature Luncheon
Date: Nov. 26
Time: 11 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. CST
Location: Marriott Marquis Chicago
  
Holiday Party
Date: Dec. 16
Time: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. CST
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago
  
NEXT 2020
Date: Feb. 12, 2020
Time: 8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. CST
Location: Convene, 16 W. Adams St., Chicago
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Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa offers 14 venues for meetings, events
Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa
 
The Midwest’s premier meeting and corporate event destination, Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa in Galena offers 14 state-of-the-art function venues plus conference homes. They are proud to be an IACC-certified facility.
  
MPI-CAC preps to teach a lesson in building a rock star culture
Heather Warthen, 22nd Century Media
 
From AC/DC and Fleetwood Mac to Jimmy Buffett and Taylor Swift, 30-year music industry veteran Steve Jones will have some stories to tell not only about those artists but how to build a rock star culture when he takes the stage at MPI-CAC’s annual Signature Luncheon.
  
Creating Culture: The Rock Star Blueprint
Steve Jones, Brand Like A Rock Star
 
When culture is done right, teams become tribes. Fans become family.
The Grateful Dead fostered “Deadheads,” Jimmy Buffett plays to his “Parrotheads,” Taylor Swift is loved by her “Swifties” and Kiss fans formed the “Kiss Army.” Those are four great examples of rock star culture at work.
   
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Health tips for the busy holiday season
Source: Smart Meetings
Holiday energy and colder weather are kicking in, leaving people more vulnerable to colds and flus. Progress on events and other projects is easily derailed when a planner has to miss work due to illness, so avoid this problem by taking a few basic steps.
How meeting planners can avoid 5 common contract mistakes
Source: Successful Meetings
Negotiating contracts is a vital part of a meeting planner’s job. In a recent Northstar Meetings Group webcast, a lawyer shared five ways meeting professionals can get their contracts into shape.
Boutique hotels say they face unique challenges going plastics-free
Source: Skift
This latest article in Skift’s new “Travel Beyond Plastics” series explains how customers at boutique hotels not only must demand that these establishments cut back on plastics, but they also must cooperate when the hotels comply.  
   
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