| In This Issue: October 24, 2012 | - Letter from the Editor
- Mentoring and the Meetings Profession: Finding a Mentor by...Asking
- Our Volunteers; Our Mentors
- Meet Your MPI-CAC Board, Cory Fransway - Get Inspired...Be a Leader...Get Involved
- Career Success with Less Stress: How Strategic Leadership Can Grow Your Career the Easy Way
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| | Letter from the Editor | | By: Ben Palmer - Expressive Structures |  | | One of the great returns on volunteer work and getting involved with a community is to inspire or be inspired. This issue we are touching on something near and dear to our MPI Chicago Area Chapter hearts; mentorship. Our contributor, Michael Hahn, points out that mentorship is one of those secret formulas to grow your career and build your business.
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| | | | | Inspire & Be Inspired Features | | Mentoring and the Meetings Profession: Finding a Mentor by...Asking | | By: Mark J. Carter - ONE80 LLC |  | | Have you ever wondered about “mentoring” and how it can change your life? Ever wonder how to get started?
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| | Our Volunteers; Our Mentors | | By: Mandy Peace - Palomar Chicago |  | | “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin
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| | | | Members You Should Know | | Meet Your Board Member, Cory Fransway, CMP - Get Inspired ... Be a Leader ... Get Involved | | By: Maura Dominguez - EPIC Hotel Miami |  | | Cory Fransway, CMP is the charismatic and dynamic Director of Leadership Development for the MPI-CAC Board of Directors 2012-13. I asked Cory about his new role with MPI, his goals for the Chicago chapter in the coming year, who has inspired him throughout his career and how he will inspire others in MPI.
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| | | | | "Ships" Corner - Leadership Development | | Career Success with Less Stress: How Strategic Mentorship Can Grow Your Career the Easy Way | | By: Michael Hahn - Beyond Good Teams, LLC |  | | If you had a secret formula that would shave years off of your dream career path while adding several more personally satisfying years to your life, would you act on it?
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| | | | | | Support MPI-CAC's Mission | | MPI-CAC’s mission to provide education and networking opportunities for our members would not be possible without the support of our sponsors. Sponsoring an MPI-CAC event allows your company to reach industry decision makers. We invite you to view these current opportunities and RFP's for venue, products and/or services needed for upcoming chapter events. | |
| | | | Chapter News | | The Future is So Bright for These MPI Members | The MPI Chicago Area Chapter (MPI-CAC) has partnered with Maui Jim Sunglasses and will be giving away 200 brand new pairs of Maui Jim Sunglasses to our members in the 2012-2013 program year! We just notified the first round of winners for the first quarter of the promotion.
View the first round of winners!
How do you win your pair of Maui Jim’s?
View the details of the partnership |
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| | MPI RISE Award Nominations Opening Soon | The RISE Awards-Recognizing Industry Success and Excellence-feature seven annual awards in three categories: organizational achievement, individual achievement and community achievement. 2013 RISE Award nominations open in November. Start thinking now about who you can nominate.
Learn More and View the 2012 RISE Award Recipients |
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| | Add MPI-CAC to Your Budget | Chances are you are in the midst of planning your 2013 budgets now. As you do, remember to add MPI-CAC as a line item for your continuing education and professional membership. Suppliers, please keep MPI-CAC in mind for your marketing, sponsorship and outreach plans. Also, don't forget to allocate additional funds to host planners to join you at MPI-CAC events. Plus, we are finalizing new benefit packages for cash sponsorship opportunities for the 2013-14 program year. More details to come. Visit www.mpicac.org for more information on membership and events.
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| | MPI Foundation Scholarship Opportunities | The MPI Foundation is passionately committed to a vision of prosperity for the global meetings and events community. It is a vision they are powering through leadership initiatives, research, grants and scholarships to ensure the success of our members today and the sustained growth of our industry into the future. MPI Foundation’s scholarship program was created for meeting professionals who seek education inside or outside traditional academic institutions. It may empower an individual to reach a career milestone or revitalize a program that affects thousands.
Learn About Scholarships Available for MPI Members |
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 | | | UPCOMING EVENTS MPI-CAC Knowledge Share
What Do You Know About Sustainability?
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Freeman Chicago Office &
The Meadows Club - Rolling Meadows, IL
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MPI-CAC Holiday Party
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Hard Rock Cafe - Chicago, IL
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MPI-CAC Lunch & Learn Webinar
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Your Computer
Registration Coming Soon!
MPI-CAC TechCon Chicago 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, IL
Registration Coming Soon! View All Upcoming Events | |  | | | | VOLUNTEERS OF THE MONTH
SEPTEMBER 2012
Jennifer Martin, CMP
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
Co-Chair - Holiday Party Committee
John Sink
VidTech Audio and Video Technologies
Member - Sponsorship Committee | | |  | | | MPI MEMBER CARE
Renew Your Membership Member Referral Rewards Program Unemployment Assistance Program Planner Quarterly Installment Form Supplier Quarterly Installment Form |
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