MPI So Cal Connect

“Event Design Thinking to Event Design Doing: Using the Event Canvas”

Enable your team to design events worth attending!  Event Canvas is a trailblazing approach for designing an event of any size. When applied at event inception, the Event Canvas identifies key stakeholder entry behaviors and how the event journey is developed to achieve desired outcomes. Design events with the end in mind. Design events that matter. Begin to think like an experienced designer and join corporate planner Carrie Shen as she takes you through the components of designing experiences using the Event CanvasMethodology. 

Visit http://www.cvent.com/events/mpiscc-october-4-2018-education-luncheon-luxe-sunset-hotel/event-summary-a2226df7096e4e53b50dac8f18e7da0a.aspx to view the full article online.

MPI Southern California Annual Fundraiser
Thursday, November 8, 2018
5:30 - 9:00 pm
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Visit http://www.cvent.com/events/2018-mpiscc-annual-fundraiser-rendezvous-at-the-zoo/event-summary-2f0d871ecda54bb4bdcfd880f6205993.aspx to view the full article online.

The annual Internet Trends report by Mary Meeker, a general partner at Kleiner Perkins, is a highly anticipated and in-depth — 294 pages! — analysis of everything from mobile to commerce to competition among huge tech companies.  At the conference, Meeker ran through a lengthy slideshow to hit on all of the hottest internet-related trends. We’ve distilled it down to five and connected them to the business-events industry. 

Visit http://www.pcmaconvene.org/plenary/research-plenary/five-top-internet-trends-business-events/ to view the full article online.

Fifty-six percent of female meeting executives say they’ve been sexually harassed in a professional environment. This and more from MeetingsNet’s new survey on harassment in the meetings industry and the workplace.

Visit https://www.meetingsnet.com/careerlifetravel/meetingstoo-survey-reveals-widespread-sexual-harrassment?NL=CMI-06&Issue=CMI-06_20180809_CMI-06_450&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1_b&utm_rid=CPLSM000000553979&utm_campaign=12175&utm_medium=email&elq2=601bf9094fb74f to view the full article online.

Build your brand awareness with Southern California’s leading meeting planners and suppliers. Advertising with MPISCC allows your company to reach top industry decision-makers. Your message will reach qualified buyers looking for your products for their business.

Click here to see website advertising options and order today! To download the media kit, click here.

Our members “Buy MPI!” The meeting, conventions, exhibitions and incentive travel industry generates $263 billion in direct spending annually, and our members buy from advertisers and MPI suppliers because they understand the value of what the organization represents.

Networking is an important part of events because it fuels connections between potential clients, suppliers and future friends. These useful contacts can become powerful collaborations later, and string relationships can solidify interest in your future events.

Visit https://www.eventmanagerblog.com/20-ideas-to-help-event-networking?utm_source=EventMB%20Email%20Subscription&utm_campaign=87f43433b5-ice%20breakers%20SEPT%204&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ae2996bae5-87f43433b5-106240709 to view the full article online.

Ensuring your event is inclusive goes far beyond addressing mobility, vision and hearing disabilities. Universal design means considering invisible disabilities such as kidney disease, Celiac disease, diabetes and food allergies.

Visit https://www.mpiweb.org/blog/article/considering-invisible-and-visible-disabilities-when-designing-inclusive-events to view the full article online.

Two noteworthy storms hit on opposite sides of the globe during the past few days, and hotel companies are reacting to the properties and guests affected by the storms.

Visit http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/290434/Global-hotel-industry-grapples-with-massive-storms to view the full article online.

As of early September, when many U.S. travelers were embarking on their Labor Day weekend trips, United Airlines quietly increased its checked-baggage fees to and from North America, the Caribbean and Central America. In each of those markets, for tickets purchased from Aug. 31 and beyond, the first-bag fee has gone up by $5 — a 20 percent increase — to $30.

Visit http://www.meetings-conventions.com/News/Airline-Industry/United-Baggage-Fees-JetBlue/ to view the full article online.