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YOUR COMMUNITY Lead the Way MPI will accept online applications for its 2011-2012 Board of Directors through Jan. 14 (at 5 p.m. CST). Each applicant must upload a résumé or curriculum vitae and a headshot during the application process. Board seats are open to MPI members in good standing. Officer applicants must have completed one full year or must currently sit on the board—aside from chairman-elect candidates, who must be standing board members. For more information visit www.mpiweb.org or e-mail jparker@mpiweb.org. CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT Dinner in the Dark MPI Philadelphia Area Chapter members brought all their senses to a recent Pocono Mountains CVB dinner at Pod Restaurant—but they left one at the door. The 38 event professionals donned blindfolds for Dinner in the Dark and let their remaining senses take control of the meal. Once blindfolded, guests were escorted into a private dining room, where servers gave verbal commands on the locations of utensils and wine and water glasses. Without their sight, diners used the rest of their senses to experience the dinner event experience in a new way. “Dark dining is not a new concept, but it is new to the Philadelphia region,” said David Jackson, sales director for the CVB. “Then again, the Pocono Mountains aren’t a new concept—we draw more than 8 million personal trips a year. By bringing a small number of regional partners into the heart of Philadelphia and presenting ourselves in a totally different format, we opened a lot of eyes in the meetings community.”—Jim Cohn 88 one+ 01.11 > Book It The MPI Store can jump-start your career with this and other books that matter. The Complete Conference Planner Executivevents Find a toolkit of checklists and guides in a three-ring binder, allowing you to customize contents by inserting documents right into the notebook. The binder offers ideas, information and an event management framework, all in easy-to-navigate tabs. (www.mpiweb.org/bookstore, US$89) WEC Hosted Buyer Experience Profile-matching and virtual introductions help you get business done smarter, faster and better than ever before this summer at the World Education Congress in Orlando. Create strategic face-to-face meetings to book new business and get months of legwork done in days. To sign up for the MPI Hosted Buyers Program, visit www.mpiweb.org/wec. http://www.mpiweb.org http://www.mpiweb.org/bookstore http://www.mpiweb.org/wec

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of One + January 2011

One + January 2011
Contents
Energy of Many
Impressions
The Future is Sharing
Agenda
Overheard
Thoughts+Leaders
Focus
Strategic View
Fans, Dry Ice and a $600 Extension Cord
Top Spots
Connections
Irrelevant
Job Resolution
The Laws of Attraction
How Bazaar
What’s Cooking in 2011
Another World at Our Feet
Middle East Central
More Than Amusement
The Future Looks Brilliant
How to Develop a Virtual Event
Disaster!
Tales of Adventure for the Newly Independent Planner
Idea Man
Your Community
Making a Diffrence
Until We Meet Again

One + January 2011