Long Beach’s Friendly Convention Center
Posted 18 hours, 4 minutes ago @ William Ng
A recent renovation focused on creating a networking-friendly environment at the Long Beach Convention Center.Category : Blog and Industry News
Posted 18 hours, 4 minutes ago @ William Ng
A recent renovation focused on creating a networking-friendly environment at the Long Beach Convention Center.Category : Blog and Industry News
Posted 18 hours, 24 minutes ago @ William Ng
In Portland, Ore. cooperation is the name of the game between the convention center, the CVB, and the city's hotels.Category : Blog and Industry News
Posted 20 hours, 12 minutes ago @ Kristi Casey Sanders
They’re one of the most boring items on any planner’s to-do list, but there’s a lot you can do with name badges to facilitate networking, start conversations and enhance branding. In this short video, I share some little things you can do that can make a big difference. By the way, you’ll notice that I don’t [...]Category : Blog and Industry News
Posted 1 day ago @ William Ng
The Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) exam will transition from a paper- to a computer-based format beginning in July 2012.Category : Blog and Industry News
Posted 1 day ago @ William Ng
Japan's tourism industry has rebounded faster than expected from this year's earthquake and tsunami, finds a new report from the World Travel & Tourism Council.Category : Blog and Industry News
Posted 1 day, 14 hours ago @ trish
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Posted 1 day, 14 hours ago @ Plan Your Meetings
The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.V., has been welcoming guests since 1778. In 1946, famed interior designer Dorothy Draper refreshed its image. Aspiring interior decorators can now sign up for a five-day “Dorothy Draper School of Decorating” and learn how to create bold interiors, while enjoying resort perks such as afternoon tea and special [...]Category : Blog and Industry News
Posted 3 days, 23 hours ago @ William Ng
SpaFinder has released the results of its ninth annual "Spa Trend Report" forecasting the top global spa trends of 2012.Category : Blog and Industry News
Posted 4 days ago @ William Ng
The Joint Meetings Industry Council has named Eduardo Chaillo, executive director of meetings for the Mexico Tourism Board, as the 2011 recipient of its "Profile and Power Award."Category : Blog and Industry News
Posted 4 days, 15 hours ago @ Theresa Davis
Each year, MPI sends greetings for the holiday season to our members, colleagues and partners. Those e-cards are always designed by one of our award-winning designers. This year, however, one designer had an even greater impact on our holiday card. Jason Judy not only designed our card, but also influenced the selection of our charity this year. After Jason told me the story about one of his mission trips, and an organization that he had encountered I was moved, and so was everyone here at headquarters who has learned about Meds and Foods for Kids. So I thought it would be great for all of our readers and members to better understand why we made this selection, and to hear from Jason about his experience with the group.
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Last spring I witnessed the remarkable impact of Meds and Foods for Kids (MFK Haiti) in a small village 6 hours south of their facility in Cape Haitian, Haiti. Their revolutionary product, Medika Mamba (“peanut butter medicine”), is farmed and manufactured locally, requires no refrigeration or water, and has an 85% recovery rate in malnourished children under the age of 5. So not only is their work addressing one of the most tragic issues that we face as human beings, it is doing so with a sustainable, economic model within the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
Photos and charts in the open-air clinics carry all of the proof. In just 6 weeks, many of the children hardly resemble the former versions of themselves, having gained the necessary weight to repair their muscles and organs and return home fully healed from the deadly condition they had when they arrived. The transformations are truly hard to believe.
More Medika Mamba desperately needs to exist. The current expansion project at MFK Haiti includes a new factory that will increase their reach from 8,000 to 80,000 children annually, while also becoming completely self-sustaining by 2015.
I’ll never forget seeing the Medika Mamba program in Montrouis, Haiti, and I’m proud to be part of an association that is willing to participate in the great work happening through MFK Haiti. In big and small ways, it’s the decisions and efforts of all of our members, volunteers and staff that tell the complete story of our shared impact on our industry and the world.
And so maybe it really is true, that when we meet we change the world.
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