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Date: Sept. 17

Time: 3:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. CDT

Location: Chicago Marriott at Medical District/UIC, Chicago

Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/chapters/chicago-area/education-events/event/2019/09/17/default-calendar/fall-education-program to view the full article online.

Signature Luncheon

Date: Nov. 26

Time: 11 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. CDT

Location: Marriott Marquis Chicago, Chicago

Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/chapters/chicago-area/education-events/event/2019/11/26/default-calendar/signature-luncheon to view the full article online.

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.

Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/chapters/chicago-area/chapter-news/single-blog/c-c-articles/2019/08/20/put-the-foot-of-the-lake-at-the-top-of-your-list to view the full article online.

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.

Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/chapters/chicago-area/chapter-news/single-blog/c-c-articles/2019/08/20/the-great-american-lobster-fest-returns-to-navy-pier-labor-day-weekend to view the full article online.

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.

Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/chapters/chicago-area/chapter-news/single-blog/c-c-articles/2019/08/20/more-than-200-attend-mpi-cac-trivia-night to view the full article online.

Meet in 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.

5 reasons to use a speakers bureau to find a keynote

Source: Smart Meetings

With so many pieces to consider and factors that can go wrong, it can be difficult to find the perfect speaker to bring your meeting to life. That’s where speakers bureaus come in. Speakers bureaus are like matchmakers for planners and speakers.

Visit https://www.smartmeetings.com/magazine_article/5-reasons-to-use-a-speakers-bureau-to-find-a-keynote to view the full article online.

Adding more meaning to luxury meetings

Source: Northstar Meetings Group

No matter how over-the-top events are, planners are finding that breaks, leisure outings, team-building activities and more are enhanced by rooting them in the organization's larger goals.

Visit https://www.northstarmeetingsgroup.com/Planning-Tips-and-Trends/Event-Planning/Event-Programming/Making-Meetings-More-Meaningful to view the full article online.

Conference planners working with bigger budgets, more events, says survey

Source: Meetings & Conventions

Meeting professionals are working with higher budgets and planning an increasing number of events, according to the Cvent Planner Sourcing Report.

Visit https://www.meetings-conventions.com/news/meeting-venues/cvent-planner-sourcing-report-higher-budgets/ to view the full article online.

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