OnePlus 0512.pdf - Meeting Professionals International

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Greening Engagement
Sustainability practices bond employees (and attendees) to
a company and drive innovation. BY JENNA SCHNUER
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Tall Tales
More than 24,000 children and
adults attend the St. Louis Storytelling
Festival, a four-day, May event
featuring more than 50 regional
storytellers and 140 sessions.
BY KIMBERLY KING
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Reach for the Sky
The Film and Media Exchange Conference
on Animation, Effects,
Games and Interactive Media in
Stuttgart, Germany, easily adapts
its programs to shifting audiences.
BY ROB COTTER
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Wipe Off the Rust
Last June, more than 80 members
of the Society of American Travel
Writers visited Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
to see the city’s unbelievable
transformation fi rst-hand.
BY KEVIN WOO
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Floor Show
After several down quarters, the
trade show industry is making a
comeback—and there’s good
reason for it.
BY JENNA SCHNUER
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Education: The Heart
of MPI
Since its inception in 1972 through today,
MPI has helped pave the way for meeting
professional success through education.
BY STEPHEN PETERS
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Face Time
Scientist, author and WEC 2012
speaker Jonah Lehrer believes that
purposeful connections lead to
continuing success and that meeting
professionals are fostering those
connections.
BY JASON HENSEL
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