Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Foundation announced today the development of a new investment partnership with ACTIVE Network, Inc., the leader in cloud-based Activity and Participant Management™ (APM) solutions. The company’s contribution will benefit the MPI Foundation Strategic Meetings Management Initiative. As a thought leadership investor, ACTIVE Network will help advance research that accelerates the development of breakthrough approaches to enterprise-wide meeting and event management. “Managing expenses and risk are important, but no expenditure – no matter how modest – is…
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Overall conditions in meetings and events industry improving, says MPI April Business Barometer results
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has released its 2013 April Business Barometer report, which revealed overall conditions in the meeting and event industry continue to improve and the gap between North American and European meeting levels is widening. The report indicates the U.S. corporate sector is seeing more bookings and greater lead times; also associations are up slightly and government is flat. In Europe, budget constraints continue. Corporate, association and government meetings spend isn’t consistent from one European country to another,…
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Walking the talk: Five tips for getting started with your corporate social responsibility plan
“Walking the talk”, “thinking outside the box” – both sayings make my teeth ache and a tiny vessel on the side of my head pulse ever so slightly. In fact, every time I catch myself saying or using these phrases, I envision a unicorn disappearing POOF!
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Thirty days to a more sustainable you – Ready, set, go!
What are the rules? The rules are simple: make one environmentally friendly change/choice each and every day for 30 days. If you feel like sharing, you can tweet about it using the hasthag #30DaysofGreen and we can follow your progress.
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