Florida Connects - Winter 2008 - (Page 9)

Message from the Presidents MPI Florida Chapters Dear Florida MPI Members, As the presidents of the four Florida chapters of MPI, we are ecstatic to introduce to you the first-ever quarterly jointFlorida MPI magazine, Florida Connects! As many of you may know, MPI International has launched a new vision and mission for the organization, in addition to four activating strategies. Tara Liaschenko, CMM President, Tampa Bay Area Chapter VISION Building a rich global meetings community MISSION Make our members successful by building human connections to knowledge and ideas, relationships and marketplaces FOUR ACTIVATING STRATEGIES 1. 2. 3. 4. Evolve to a global community Re-imagine our business relationship with chapters Elevate the member conversation and experience Build a great organization Carol L. Cullen Carol Cullen President, North Florida Chapter This new direction has inspired a climate of co-creation and re-imagination. This visionary approach has created a chain reaction of new thought processes and relationships between MPI International and the chapters, chapter leadership and chapter members. Florida Connects is a perfect example of what collaboration can design. Not only is this an amazing joint venture among all four Florida chapters, but it is an inspiration to chapters around the world. This is proof that working together can create an opportunity greater than that of the efforts of one chapter. This new vehicle will make it more efficient to communicate messages to all Florida members. Members can receive information from one publication with the content of four chapters, and chapters can know that their messages are reaching four chapters instead of one. It allows our advertisers to reach four times the number of people and maximize their MPI advertising dollars. This truly is a masterpiece designed to benefit each and every Florida MPI member. We are incredibly proud of our magazine, from its name to its look to its content. We know you will be proud of it too. It is a great time to be a member of Florida MPI! Holly Dotson, CMP President, Greater Orlando Area Chapter Shawn Lavoie, CMP President, South Florida Chapter Winter 2008 Florida CONNECTS 9

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Florida Connects - Winter 2008 Contents Message from the Presidents Boards of Directors Chapter Calendars Member News Tampa Bay’s Convention Package Ready or Not Tampa North Florida Orlando South Florida Advertiser.com Index of Advertisers On the Radar

Florida Connects - Winter 2008

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