10 Reasons to Attend MeetDifferent
1) Get the skills you need to stay effective in your career.
The challenge in today’s professional environment is the ability to prove and demonstrate your value to your employer or client. At MeetDifferent, you can learn how to use the latest research to your benefit, get the insight on the newest trends that you can use to build your business, and gain additional level of comfort with the most recent innovations in meetings management. One–or all–of these can be the difference maker for your professional success.
Getting Approval from Your Management
Building a strong case for attendance is easier than you might think. First identify the specific challenges of your particular workplace.
Then, review MeetDifferent’s educational sessions and events and look for knowledge, ideas, and connection opportunities
which address your individual business needs.
Also, be sure to visit our All-Inclusive is All-Round Good Deal Web page to help build your value proposition for staying at Moon Palace.
2) Effectively communicate with and convince decision makers
Whether you are a planner or a supplier, the toughest part of your job might be convincing the decision makers to spend money on your programs. As a planner, as you put together your meeting or business event, you’ll need to make sure that your meeting design, strategic foundation and demonstration of ROI to decision makers is as effective as it can be. As a supplier, being able to demonstrate your advantages over your competitors and aligning your products/services with your clients will gain you business. At MeetDifferent you’ll not only get the latest in business plan design and sales techniques, you’ll also get hands-on attention by some of the industry’s most successful and experienced professionals.
3) Become a Social Media Guru
Do you Tweet, use Facebook or live blog? Do you understand how social media can play a strategic roll in helping you build your success? Not only will you learn the latest techniques, tactics and research that substantiates the validity of social media, you’ll be given an opportunity to demonstrate your skills. Sign up for an onsite Tweetup and become eligible to be one of the exclusive Twitteratti at MeetDifferent.
4) Don’t let technology get the best of you.
Hear from industry experts on topics including virtual meetings, using social media, software for meeting design and much more. Harness the power of MeetDifferent’s educational sessions that vary from beginner to expert on a wide variety of technology-oriented issues, trends and topics.
5) Be an attention-getter
In this competitive job market, a lot of resumes look alike, a lot are incomplete and most don’t capture the true experience of the candidate. The experts at MeetDifferent can help you make sure you are prepared should you need to share your work history with others. There will be legal advisors, placement experts that can help you construct a perfect blend of work history, and helping hands to point out job qualifications and certifications that will get you noticed. Make an appointment at the Ideas Exchange to receive free advice from experts in the most vital industry fields.
6) How many CEU credits do you need to satisfy your goals?
Are you thinking about getting your CMP or CMM in 2010? Then you need CEU’s. The new application to become a CMP only requires that you to obtain 25 clock hours of continuing education. By attending general sessions and other motivating education sessions at MeetDifferent you can earn up to 19.5 hours of continuing education. Plus if you attend any of the pre-conference/auxiliary sessions there are more opportunities to get you closer to your goal. Wouldn’t a designation look great after your name?
7) Networking is critical in the meetings environment today. Are you connected?
Whether you are a planner or supplier, networking isn’t always easy. Gathering together and networking with your peers that have common interests makes this critical component to your career much easier.
There are plenty of different opportunities for you to build your network of contacts during MeetDifferent. Get your elevator speech ready and meet with both planners and suppliers for three (3) minute encounters at the Speed Networking session on Saturday. Learn what TradeDifferent is all about by visiting 19 suppliers while experiencing different venues at Moon Palace. Join your Chapter at the Chapter Connection Reception. There are so many ways to connect and so little time. Early registration rates expire tomorrow.
Follow us on Twitter – hash tag #MD10 and start connecting before you leave for Cancun. Increase the size of your network in record time. What are you waiting for? Get Networking.
8) Go from Good to Great
Planners and suppliers need to keep up to date with the latest trends in the meetings and events industry. There are so many new tactics, tools and technologies that it’s hard to keep up. Whether you have your own small business, work for a company or corporation you need to be an expert when it comes to trends.
Trying to wrap your arms around the latest trends is difficult. Do you have answers to ROI questions? Do you have a Strategic Meeting Management plan? Will you take your event virtual? Is social media part of your future marketing plans? These are all questions that you need to be able to answer and we think that MeetDifferent Knowledge Sessions can help you do just that. Learn from industry experts’ sessions, white papers and the experts themselves in the Idea Exchange and get the critical insight into future trends that will make you go from good to great.
9) Are you prepared to answer the CSR question?
Companies all across the world have taken on various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) iniatives and insisting that all meetings and business events are responsible for their own CSR requirements. Are you prepared to lead your client or your company through the CSR jungle?
Throughout the MeetDifferent conference, there will be CSR specific content that will focus on how businesses can understand and plan accordingly to be responsible for their impact on the environment, employees, and communities and also will teach environmentally friendly practices in executing meetings.
10) Affordable, Convenient and All Inclusive?
Costs associate with conferences are often a barrier for many people. Not only are the flights affordable to get you to Cancun and back, but the value that the All Inclusive Moon Palace provides makes it easy for you to maximize your own personal ROI.