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Lack of Stress in Breath
Change
A Book Every MPI MemberShould Read!
DoubleTree by Hilton Raleigh-Durham Airport at RTPDurham, North Carolina | September 28-29, 2014
Carolina BlitzAugust - September 2014
Brittany O’Shaughnessy Helping Hand Winner
Page 10
business EXCHANGE
Suppliers
T h e w a y b u s i n e s s g e t s d o n e h a s c h a n g e d . . . a n d s o h a v e w e !
Join your colleagues — suppliers and
planners alike in this unique, new, and
innovative Business Exchange format.
This event is slated to be one of the
premier and most innovative events the
Carolinas have seen in some time.
Several vendor spots are still open, so
don’t miss your opportunity to reach
planners from the corporate, association,
and education fields in an engaging and
educational format.
Want good, solid, fundamental education
that deals with what you do on a daily
basis? Want an environment created to
stimulate the exchange of new ideas and
spark creativity? Need ideas for new
meeting destinations or services? Look
no further than the MPI-CC Business
Exchange. Designed with planners in
mind, this event will deliver in helping you
gain a lot of knowledge in a short amount
of time for a very low cost.
W W W . M P I - C C . O R G 1800 Camden Road Suite 107 #213, Charlotte, North Carolina 28203
Planners
MPI Carolinas Chapter Business Exchange
September 18 & 19, 2014 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Raleigh-Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park Durham, North Carolina
Thursday, September 18, 2014: 3:00pm - 4:15pm “Concession Confessions” 4:30pm - 6:00pm Business Exchange 6:00pm - 8:00pm Carolina MIX & Mingle Friday, September 19, 2014: 7:30am 9:00am Breakfast & Business Exchange 9:00am -
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10:15am "What Are They Thinking” - Kelly Bagnall (contract negotiations) 10:15am -10:35am Business Exchange 10:35am -12:00pm "How Did the Court Rule"- Kelly Bagnall
For up to date information visi t us at www.mpi -cc.org OR find us on Facebook!
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Carolina BlitzThe Carolina Blitz is the official publication of the Carolinas Chapter of Meeting Professionals International and is published every other month. All contributions, articles, and photographs should be submitted to Director of Publications/Editor one week after the meeting. Ginny Fountain, CMP - [email protected]
EDITORIAL AND NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE
Director of PublicationsLaura Barnes, CMP • Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort
EditorGinny Fountain, CMP • North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives
Contributing WritersMalinda Harrell, CMP, CASE, Greater Raleigh CVB; Jeanette Keys, Greenville Convention Center; Colleen Schwoerke, CMP, PlanIt Right; Brittany O’Shaughnessy, Francis Marion Hotel; Connie Hayes, Student; Corey Bizzell, Durham CVB; Kevin Snyder, Ed.D., Inspir-Active Solutions; Lindsay Myers, Caesars Entertainment
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Visit our website at www.mpi-cc.org for additional advertising and sponsorship opportunities!
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MPI-CC’s Education & Business Exchange, a NEW FORMAT for Tradeshow!by Kevin Snyder, Ed.D.
education
Formerly known as MPI-CC’s ‘Tradeshow,’ our newly formatted ‘Education & Business Exchange’ concept offers more networking and exposure opportunities than ever before specifically for meeting planners and service providers. Mark your calendar for September 18-19, 2014, at the Doubletree by Hilton Raleigh Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, and plan to experience ‘Southern Hospitality’ at its finest!
As a vendor, there are several opportunities that will maximize your visibility for all meeting attendees. Rather than just one day of ‘Tradeshow’ exposure like before, we have extended the interaction time to two days as well as between Friday’s educational session. This exciting format will provide enhanced one-on-one networking time for meeting planners and suppliers throughout the entire meeting!
In addition to enhanced networking and building new relationships, there will be incredible prizes for meeting planners who visit with vendors during the Business Exchange. Incentive prizes include complimentary get-a-ways in NC and SC (beaches and mountains), vacation packages and much more.
Y’all will not want to miss this incredibly welcoming event … with educational sessions, great speakers, one-on-one time with planners and suppliers, awards and prizes, multiple networking opportunities and much, much more!
Secure both your meeting and hotel reservations by visiting www.mpi-cc.org. Register before September 5 and save $$! For questions about the ‘Business Exchange’, contact Karolyn Stone ([email protected]) or Kevin Snyder ([email protected]).
EVEN MORE! If you are seeking opportunities for additional marketing and promotion during our next meeting, consider being a sponsor for any of the following meeting openings: (2) Break Sponsors, (2) Program Sponsors and (1) Bag Sponsor. Inquire with Christine at the MPI-CC office ([email protected]).
Kevin Snyder, Ed.D.Inspir-Active SolutionsMPI-CC Trade Show Committee Chair
T h e w a y b u s i n e s s g e t s d o n e h a s c h a n g e d . . . a n d s o h a v e w e !
Join your colleagues — suppliers and
planners alike in this unique, new, and
innovative Business Exchange format.
This event is slated to be one of the
premier and most innovative events the
Carolinas have seen in some time.
Several vendor spots are still open, so
don’t miss your opportunity to reach
planners from the corporate, association,
and education fields in an engaging and
educational format.
Want good, solid, fundamental education
that deals with what you do on a daily
basis? Want an environment created to
stimulate the exchange of new ideas and
spark creativity? Need ideas for new
meeting destinations or services? Look
no further than the MPI-CC Business
Exchange. Designed with planners in
mind, this event will deliver in helping you
gain a lot of knowledge in a short amount
of time for a very low cost.
W W W . M P I - C C . O R G 1800 Camden Road Suite 107 #213, Charlotte, North Carolina 28203
Planners
MPI Carolinas Chapter Business Exchange
September 18 & 19, 2014 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Raleigh-Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park Durham, North Carolina
Thursday, September 18, 2014: 3:00pm - 4:15pm “Concession Confessions” 4:30pm - 6:00pm Business Exchange 6:00pm - 8:00pm Carolina MIX & Mingle Friday, September 19, 2014: 7:30am 9:00am Breakfast & Business Exchange 9:00am -
-
10:15am "What Are They Thinking” - Kelly Bagnall (contract negotiations) 10:15am -10:35am Business Exchange 10:35am -12:00pm "How Did the Court Rule"- Kelly Bagnall
For up to date information visi t us at www.mpi -cc.org OR find us on Facebook!
concepts in one of the most enlightening books I have
ever read – ‘Failing Forward’ by leadership expert John C.
Maxwell. Below is a shortened version of a longer book
summary available on my website. (Link provided below.)
You might be wondering, “Why would I want to read a book
about FAILURE? That sounds depressing!” On the surface,
I would agree with you; however, this concept of failing
forward is really about learning how to maximize your
potential by overcoming whatever obstacles you are facing
personally and professionally. For most of us, our defining
moments in life have resulted from adversity in some way.
Failing forward, therefore, is the genesis of strength and
leadership. Setbacks should be step-up’s! Failure is often the
price we must pay for success.
President Theodore Roosevelt said, “He who makes no
mistakes makes no progress.” The difference between
average people and extraordinary people is their perception
of, and response, to failure. NBA Coach Rick Pitino says,
“Everything I’ve learned about coaching basketball I’ve
learned from making mistakes. It’s fertilizer.” Wolfgang Puck
shares, “I learned more from the one restaurant that didn’t
work than from all the ones that were successes.”
Failure is far more common than success, yet schools do
not teach about failure. Rather, they teach about avoiding
failure and not making mistakes. There is no surprise that
most people see failure as the enemy and will avoid it like
the plague. Unfortunately, that comfort zone mentality
conditions our minds at an early age to not take risks.
“When you don’t risk, you risk even more.”
“Fear makes come true that which one is afraid of.”
~ Viktor Frankl
It takes adversity to create success. Kites rise highest against
the wind, not with it. An oak tree, one of the strongest trees
on this planet, grows contrary to strong winds. A sailboat
sails against the wind as well … I could keep going with
other common examples. You get the point.
In life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how
you are going to deal with your problems. Are you going to
fail forward or backward? Your life can change when you are
willing to look at failure differently. No matter what happens
to you, the most important thing is what happens in you. It is
not the size of the problem; it is how you handle the problem.
Every successful person is someone who failed, yet never
regarded him or herself as a failure:
• Someone told Wolfgang Mozart, one of the geniuses of
musical composition that his opera, The Marriage of Figaro,
was “too noisy and contained too many notes.”
• Artist Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during
his lifetime.
• Someone told Thomas Edison that he was unteachable
as a young boy while he was the most prolific inventor in
history.
• Someone told Albert Einstein, one of the greatest thought
leaders who ever lived that he “would never amount to
much.”
• One school expelled Author/Poet Edgar Allen Poe from
school for being ‘mentally slow.’
Think about the last time you failed at something. Did you
stop trying because you failed, or did you fail because you
stopped trying? Paul Meyer says, “90% of all those who fail
were never actually defeated. They simply quit.” Effort only
releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Success is not a destination or a place you wake up to one
day. Instead, you take the journey. Whether you succeed
or not comes from what you do day to day. In other
words, success and every fulfilled dream occur because of
dedication to a process.
The more you do, the more you fail.The more you fail, the more you learn.The more you learn, the better you get.To read more of the book summary, simply visit my website
blog here!
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