FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

IMPROVise with MPI-CAC: Take 2
MPI-CAC Leadership and Networking
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Time: 1:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: The Second City - Chicago, IL
Cost: Tiered pricing available to meet your level of interest

Whether in our professional or personal lives, things don't always go as we planned. Where better to explore the concept of improvisation and how we can use it to adapt to change and learn to roll with the punches than The Second City? Join MPI-CAC for a two-part event at Chicago's home of improv comedy.

IMPROVing & Adapting for Results
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Using the principles of improv, this complimentary workshop facilitated by Second City Communications will give you practice responding to change in many different ways. This session is open to chapter leaders and volunteers (board of directors, committee leaders and committee members).

Networking and a Private Show with the Cast of Second City
5:00pm - 8:00pm
The cast of Second City will perform a private, custom comedy show that will relate to our industry along with a "best of Second City" reveal.  Don't miss this one-of-a-kind show created exclusively for our group!

Thank you to our sponsors: All Events Photography, Jewell Events Catering and Second City!

Practice Your Golf Swing While Sharpening Your Networking Skills
MPI-CAC Golf Clinic and Networking
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: TopGolf - Wood Dale, IL
Cost: $25 Members & Non-Members

Come to brush up on your golf techniques, learn a new trick, or just have fun networking!  You do not have to know how to play golf to attend this event. It is open to all levels from beginners, to the seasoned player, or non-golfers that want to network and have fun! 

Thank you to our sponsors: All Events Photography and TopGolf Chicago! 

MPI HEADQUARTERS INFORMATION

The Economic Significance of Meetings to the U.S. Economy Landmark Study Pre-Released to the Industry
On Thursday, February 17th, MPI Chairman Eric Rozenberg and MPI President & CEO Bruce MacMillan will join leaders from 14 other meeting industry organizations and experts from PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to release the long-awaited study on “The Economic Significance of Meetings to the US Economy.”

 Members of the meetings, events and exhibitions industries are invited to join an advance webinar detailing the results of this study.  This PwC US study, more than a year in the making, is the first-ever definitive, quantitative and research-based analysis of the economic significance of face-to-face meetings on U.S. jobs, spending, tax revenue and share of GDP, among the other contributions. Read all the details here.

Industry Only Webinar - Thursday, February 17, 11am-12pm CST
www.visualwebcaster.com/economicstudymembers

When we meet we change the world - World Education Congress 2011
Join the best of the best in Orlando, where business is booming, strategy is the order of the day, and ideas for great events are everywhere. It’s time to go beyond inspiration and get into action - so you can perform and deliver events that are exceptional. View all the details and register now!

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