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Education Schedule

Friday July 23 2010

9:00AM-5:00PM:
Proving the Value of Meetings and Events:  Two Day - ROI Competency Building Workshop (additional fee)
10:00AM-5:00PM:
CMP Boot Camp (Additional Fee)

Saturday July 24 2010

8:30AM-5:00PM:
Green Meeting Standards Training Workshop powered by Green Meeting Industry Council (GMIC) and CIC (additional fee)
9:00AM-5:00PM:
Proving the Value of Meetings and Events:  Two Day - ROI Competency Building Workshop (additional fee)
1:00PM-5:00PM:
Critical Excel Tools for the Meeting Professional (additional fee)
1:00PM-2:00PM:
CMM Information Session
1:00PM-2:00PM:
CMP Information Session

Sunday July 25 2010

8:00AM-9:30AM:
Your MPI (First Time Attendees Shouldn't Miss)
8:00AM-9:30AM:
The Senior Planner Solution Room
8:30AM-9:30AM:
Web RX – Are You Really Reaching Your Customers? (additional fee)
8:30AM-9:30AM:
Green Site Selection Strategies: Catapult Your Meeting Into The Next Level of Sustainability!
8:30AM-9:30AM:
A Holistic View into Greening: Case Study of Greenbuild
8:30AM-9:30AM:
Greening COP 15 – Implementing Sustainable Events that Transform a Destination
8:30AM-9:30AM:
EventCasting: The What, How and Why
8:30AM-9:30AM:
The Future of Meetings: Is Your Technology Strategic and Integrated?
8:30AM-9:30AM:
Meetings Mean Business: Nafta Meeting Opportunities
8:30AM-9:30AM:
Green Eggs and Ham: Not Just a Dr. Seuss Story
8:30AM-9:30AM:
Disney's Approach to Quality Service
8:30AM-9:30AM:
Increase Business Capacity Using Effective Information Management
8:30AM-9:30AM:
SMMP BLUEPRINT: Policy, Virtual Technology, Social Networking and More
8:30AM-9:30AM:
Meetings Deliver – The Business Value of Meetings and Events
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Smart Phones = Smarter Meetings for Suppliers and Planners (additional fee)
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Putting Character into Food and Beverage Menus
3:30PM-5:00PM:
The Meeting of the Future: Part 1
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Using Technology to Increase Your Sales
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Post AIG – Meeting and Exceeding the ‘New Norm’
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Maximise WEC by getting into the Meetings Mindset®
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Make Better Decisions, Ones You can Support with Research
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Practiced Spontaneity: Cultivating the Leader Within Through Improv Theater Skills
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Small Business UnSummit
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Hot Topics: End-to-End SMMP Meetings Technology Solutions
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Measuring the Impact of Meetings

Monday July 26 2010

8:30AM-9:45AM:
Master Excel Computer Lab (additional fee)
8:30AM-9:45AM:
Green Meetings & CSR: The Legal Essentials
8:30AM-9:45AM:
CSR Selling Strategy
8:30AM-9:45AM:
Stump the Geeks
8:30AM-9:45AM:
Taking the Tiger by the Tail - Seizing Control of Your Career Destiny
8:30AM-9:45AM:
The Stakes are High, Sell Like a High Roller!
8:30AM-9:45AM:
Emerging Leaders Town Hall
8:30AM-9:45AM:
General Session Design 3.0: Keys To Your Organization and Personal Success
8:30AM-9:45AM:
Integrating Meeting Effectiveness Within a SMMP
8:30AM-9:45AM:
Voices in Advocacy
1:30PM-5:00PM:
Even More Google-icious: How to Find Anything on the Internet (additional fee)
1:30PM-3:00PM:
The Concession Stand Is Open!
1:30PM-3:00PM:
Meetings & Sustainability:  Core Competencies for Meeting Professionals
1:30PM-3:00PM:
Does measurement really matter?
1:30PM-3:00PM:
What’s virtual got to do with it?
1:30PM-2:30PM:
Success - Moments that Matter
1:30PM-3:00PM:
The Ins and Outs of Networking
1:30PM-3:00PM:
Starting an Event and Meeting Planning Business
1:30PM-3:00PM:
Strategic Influencing using Political Intelligence
2:00PM-3:00PM:
Women Business Owners… It’s Time to be Called “Boss”
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Stump the Lawyers!
3:30PM-5:00PM:
The Meeting of the Future: Part 2
3:30PM-5:00PM:
LEED, Follow or Get Out of the Way
3:30PM-5:00PM:
The Top Meetings Technology Trends for 2010 -- Making the Right Technology Choices
3:30PM-5:00PM:
CMM Solutions Center
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Keeping your Career Current: MBECS and MPI Global Training
3:30PM-5:00PM:
The New Frontier: In-sourcing vs. Out-sourcing
3:30PM-5:00PM:
Strategic Influencing using Political Intelligence (continued)

Tuesday July 27 2010

10:30AM-11:45AM:
Tweet Different: Making Twitter Work for You (Additional Fee)
10:30AM-11:45AM:
4MAT for Successful Meetings: Engaging Every Learning Style
10:30AM-11:45AM:
Professionalism and Ethics in the Meetings Industry
10:30AM-11:45AM:
Your Event Carbon Footprint Demystified
10:30AM-11:45AM:
CANCELLED - All Your Brains Belong to Us: A Crash Course in Applied Memetics
10:30AM-11:45AM:
Collaboration Nation: How to Make Meetings Work for the Interactive Generation
10:30AM-11:45AM:
Success - Moments that Matter
10:30AM-11:45AM:
Funds for the Asking
10:30AM-11:45AM:
Taking Your Business to the Next Step
10:30AM-11:45AM:
SMMP:  Beyond Principles and Theories
10:30AM-11:45AM:
Kaizen, Lean, Six Sigma: Quality Measurements of SMMP and Compliance
2:00PM-3:30PM:
Inside Scoop for Suppliers: Strategic Tips for Increasing Profitable Business
2:00PM-3:30PM:
Be the Rockstar you are on LinkedIn! (additional fee)
2:00PM-3:30PM:
Hotel Contracts Boot Camp for the Experienced Meeting Professional
2:00PM-3:30PM:
APEX/ASTM Green Meeting Standards Unveiled – How to Evaluate if your Meeting is Sustainable
2:00PM-3:30PM:
Battle of the Generations…Who’s Really Unplugged with Social Media?
2:00PM-3:30PM:
A Candid Conversation
2:00PM-3:30PM:
Sales Skills for the Independent Planner
2:00PM-3:30PM:
Savings Quantification: Cost Avoidance, Cost Savings and Value Add Amenities
2:00PM-3:30PM:
Business Strategy, CSR and Influence
4:00PM-5:00PM:
Open Technology Lab (additional fee)
4:00PM-5:00PM:
Agree to Disagree: The Event Contract and Points of Friction
4:00PM-5:00PM:
Overcoming Destination Misperception
4:00PM-5:00PM:
Shape the Future of the Event Industry- Give your input to ISO 20121
4:00PM-5:00PM:
The International Events and Convention Services Program (IECSP)  
4:00PM-5:00PM:
Are You Missing the Boat?
4:00PM-5:00PM:
Taking Your SMMP to the Next Level
4:00PM-5:00PM:
Open Space Experience – SMM
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