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Meeting Planning Ideas for Organizing Conventions, Congresses and Conferences

Event Planning Tips from Behind the Event at MPI WEC 2008

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Meeting and event planners are always searching for new event planning tips, whether it's to use for their next meeting or to simply know what others are doing so that they may validate some of their own approaches.

That's because meeting and event planners organize a lot of meetings, and the annual conference or congress is an excellent program that also requires a lot of meeting planning ideas.

With this in mind, it seems appropriate to review some of the meeting planning ideas and event planning tips that are used by one of the profession's leading associations: Meeting Professionals International (MPI) organizes numerous conventions throughout the year. The following event planning tips are based on the MPI World Education Congress that was held in Las Vegas, August 2008.

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Fogscreen of MPI LogoTip: Incorporate New Emerging Technologies Into EventsExecutive chef and team at Caesar's for MPI WEC 2008Tip:Event Planning Checklist to Include Pre-Event Meetings by All PartiesMPI WEC 2008 Welcome Reception at Ceasar's Las VegasTip: Convention Cocktail Receptions Should Wow the SensesTip: Make Attendees and Guests Feel Unique and Special Upon Arrival
Bruce MacMillan, president and CEO of MPI at WEC 2008Tip: Organization Leaders Set the Stage for Meeting Agenda at Opening RemarksMPI Chairwoman Angie PfeifferTip: Board Leaders Should Highlight Accomplishments in Opening SessionsLarry Luteran and Nathan Burton at MPI WEC 2008Tip: Incorporate Elements of Corporate Entertainment into the Convention AgendaDrum Cafe, MPI WEC 2008Tip: Opening General Sessions Should Leave Attendees Energized
WEC MPI 2008 ExhibitionTip: Every Convention Includes an Expo with Trade Show BoothsMPI WEC 2008 Andrea "Sid" CurtisTip: Determine Professional Development Topics by Skill and Audience LevelRendezvous Fundraising EventTip: Fundraising Ideas Should Evolve Around Annual MeetingsCafe ConversationsTip: Business Roundtable Discussions Offer Attendees Open Ended Topics
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