MPI SBO: Mentorship Moments – Rebuild, Rejuvenate, Reinvent

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What if the road you were travelling on suddenly dead-ended or another path beckoned with possibilities? Would you continue your planned journey or stride forward to see what could happen, prepared to meet unknown challenges?

Fortunately for the hospitality, meetings and events industries, Terri Breining, CMM, CED and CMP Fellow, chose the latter.

As she indicated during the Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Small Business Owners’ SBO) Mentorship Moments hour-long Zoom session on May 18, her business journey has never been predictable or traveled in her anticipated direction, but what made her journey remarkable

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MPI SBO: IS CHATGPT RIGHT FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS NEEDS?

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The Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Small Business Owners’ (SBO) April Mentor program on ChatGPT had barely turned off the Zoom microphones and web cameras when the plethora of newer information and controversies about the suddenly-trending Artificial Intelligence (AI) came pouring across the social media-verse faster than a speeding (bullet) train.

If you are an MPI member and want to learn how ChatGPT does or may affect your small business (under 400 staff), click onto MPI’s SBO

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6 NEW PRIVACY LAWS CAN DIRECTLY IMPACT YOUR INFO & YOUR BUSINESS WEBSITE

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I am not the only person who has entered my personal information into a website that is later hacked. I wish I could say it’s only occurred once.

Because of that, I am acutely sensitive to where my info is captured. That sensitivity is why I want to share an article sent directly to me as a journalist-blogger from Widness & Wiggins PR (Salt Lake City, UT) for their client, WaiverSign.

I hope that by sharing, you will better understand how six new privacy laws (with more coming) may directly impact both how your personal information is collected and what steps your company website must take to protect your customers.

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HOTEL HAPPENINGS & PROGRAM PROMOTIONS – NOVEMBER 2022

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HOT DEALS!

Lip print readings even fun for men. Check it out for the MPI SBO virtual holiday social! (See below for details.)

Maybe the name of iconic Inn on Fifth & Club Level Suites’ new “To the Nines” package should have had the word “opulence” included in the title. If you are seeking to have a vacation that is “to the moon and back” luxurious, check out this offer that is available until May 31, 2023. The Naples, FL boutique property is offering luxury experiences that showcase the best of the Naples lifestyle. Designed for two, the package centers on a three-night stay in either the King Supreme Suite or the elegant Presidential Suite, both with spacious verandahs overlooking Fifth Avenue South. Club Level amenities include deluxe

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MPI SBO: Managing Client Expectations Forges New Successes

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No one doubts that the hospitality, meetings & events industries faced meltdowns during the height of the COVID Pandemic, but what have business owners done to overcome the negative challenges and redirect their business to effect more positive outcomes? For many, that begins with Managing Client Expectations, the topic of the October 20th  CommuniTEA hosted by Meeting Professionals International’s (MPI) Small Business Owners (SBO).

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MPI SBO: New business opportunities brewed over a cup of TEA!

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Your next great partnership may be someone you meet at a chapter meeting, on the other end of a cold call, or it could be from joining in on a Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Small Business Owners (SBO) casual chat called CommuniTEA. The one-hour Zoom call focuses on a core topic of concern to SBO members.

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