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In This Issue: January 25, 2017
  • Ask The Expert - Your Audience is your Brand
  • Trends with Benefits: Communication
  • Sourcing – 5 tips to help you get it right the first time
  • Chapter News
  • Sponsorship Opportunities
Features/Tips and Tricks
Ask the Expert - Your Audience is your Brand
By: Ted Miller, HMCC, CHME, CHSP, CGTP, CGMP

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Q: While we know our events have increased competition how can we differentiate our events to create excitement?

A: To get people excited they need to have reason to attend rather than feeling it is an obligation.

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From the Industry
Trends with Benefits: Communication
By: Sasha Sook, CMP, Summits of Chicago

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Telecommunications, including email, text, snap-chatting, and twitter have effectively changed the way we communicate- but that doesn’t mean that traditional messaging has changed. Discourage use of modes of communication, like Facebook, for client interactions, but use of emoticons can keep corporate correspondence from being negatively perceived. Finally, cooler heads prevail- don’t respond to snark in kind; kill them with kindness!

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Sourcing – 5 tips to help you get it right the first time
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Welcome to my column on meeting and event sourcing. I look forward to bringing you tips and ideas to help book your next meeting of any size and shape. Having been both a supplier and planner, I hope to provide you with insight that makes it easier for you to find the perfect place for your next event. To start of the New Year, I would like to give you 5 questions to ask yourself before you ever send out your request for proposal (RFP).

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Chapter News
Attend NEXT for Free!
Want to attend MPI’s March 2nd NEXT conference for free? MPI CAC has four educational grants available for our members to attend NEXT, a $179 value.

Take advantage of this amazing networking and educational opportunity. All you need to do is apply and tell us why you should receive this grant. The application deadline is February 15th.

Click here to apply!

WEC - June 19-22, 2017
Join MPI-CAC at WEC 2017 as we meet with other members from around the world. All MPI Members can apply for a scholarship to pay for your registration and travel expenses through the MPI Foundation. Deadline to apply is Feb 28.

Non-members purchase a #WEC17 bundle for 1 yr membership and conference registration.  Enter code LVCMBR17 at checkout.

Register Today!

Sponsorship Opportunities
Event-Specific Sponsorship Opportunities
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Showcase your Chicago area venue to MPI-CAC members and guests? Consider hosting an upcoming event.

We are also looking for Annual Cash Partners too, so consider aligning yourself with MPI's biggest and largest chapter today! Venue Sponsorship Opportunities
Event Sponsorship Opportunities

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Be sure to add your name and member ID to each voucher prior to giving it to a new member. After all, what are friends for?

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