President’s Message – Meetings and Travel are Critical to Colorado’s Economy
In this article last month, I shared with you about the efforts being made by MPI and our entire industry to get the word out to  politicians and news media everywhere that our work is important to the economy and to the success of businesses. The good news is that, as of today, people are listening and starting to get the message that “Meetings Mean Business”! However, our work is far from over as we all need to continue to familiarize ourselves with the statistics that tell the story of just how important our industry is nationwide. Below are some interesting numbers about our local marketplace; information that can be very helpful as we talk with co-workers, family, friends, and politicians about the impact the meeting and travel industry makes here in Colorado.
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Interview Tips and Tricks
by Megan Snider, CH2M Hill and Cari Strouse, CMP, CMM, CH2M Hill
The job interview is the make-it-or-break-it part of the job application process – while the resume may get you the interview, the interview gets you the job. You want to impress your potential employer so much that they wouldn’t consider anyone else for the job.
The job interview is key to nailing a position and becoming an employee in the corporate workplace. Follow these simple tips and land that next position.
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CSR Recruiting - Looking for a few “Green” Women and Men
Read on to learn about a new opportunity to get involved with your chapter, share your expertise and/or develop new skills and knowledge in a realm that continues to grow more critical in our industry and daily lives.
MPIRMC has committed to a focus on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in alignment with our international organization. Throughout this year, our chapter President Megan Meyers, CMP, has highlighted this initiative through strategic discussion with fellow Board of Directors’ members. This emphasis has also been communicated to chapter members through Megan’s published President’s Messages in the chapter newsletter. Now it is time to align our developing policies with action and procedure.
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MIX it Up with MPI
The 2009 MPI Rocky Mountain Chapter New Member Event was a huge success.
Since April 2008, MPI Rocky Mountain Chapter has welcomed 150 new members to our group. Each year the chapter hosts a New Member Event to give the new members an opportunity to meet other new members and the Board of Directors. The New Member Event was held on April 2, 2009 at the Loews Denver Hotel.
This year’s event was a teambuilding event called MIX it up with MPI. The goal of the evening was to show what happens when you take a random selection of ingredients, put several creative minds together and see what you can produce as a team. Each new member was given a team name and an ingredient. When it was time they all had to find their team, introduce themselves, gather their ingredients and then create. Each team had to work together to come up with a creative, innovative and tasty cocktail using as many of the ingredients as possible, up to six.
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Summer 2009 Denver CMP Study Group Forming
The next CMP Exam will be held on Saturday, July 11, 2009 in various cities across the country, including Denver.
Orientation for the next Denver Area Study Group will be Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 6:00pm at a location TBD. Please contact either of the group leaders listed below if you are interested in participating. The study group will then meet each Wednesday evening (excluding holiday weeks), ending with a practice test on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, followed by the actual CMP exam that following Saturday. Including orientation, regular study group sessions, and the practice test, the study group will meet 11 times prior to the CMP test on July 11, 2009.
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Member News & Updates
MPI Headquarters Challenges Members
MPI would like members to update their profiles on MPIWeb.org, click here for more information about the contest and what you could win…
Welcome New Members to MPI
The Rocky Mountain Chapter of MPI is thrilled to welcome our new members for this month. Please help us to make them feel welcomed and encourage them to become a vital part of the chapter. All our members are very important to the chapter and it is very exciting when new professionals join. Welcome to the Chapter!
Jennifer Baker – Miller Tanner Associates
Lindsey Gage – Colorado Oil & Gas
Erica Spoor – Impact Point Marketing
April Anniversaries
We have a lot of MPIRMC members celebrating their anniversaries as MPI Members in April. To see the list of members, click here.
Member Spotlight and Leader of the Month
These sections of the newsletter will return in May.
Congratulations to the Summer 2008 and Winter 2009 CMP Recipients
Summer 2008
Anna Clark - Andavo Travel
Susan Brooks - SKB Event Management, LLC
Jennifer Dunne - NLECTC
Winter 2009
Rebecca Moore – The Arrangers
Kristin Hutton – ESPN Zone / Disney Regional Entertainment
Brooke Schmidt – Exclusive Resorts
Steve Okuley – Noel-Levitz, Inc
Sheila Lewis - CH2M HILL
Rise Jones - National Conference of State Legislatures
Anna Marie Martinez - INVESCO Field at Mile High
Lauren Rivers - Great-West Life
Leslie Cohan - Grant/Downing Meeting Management
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