MEET

Announcement! Keynote Speaker for HSMAI’s MEET West Complimentary Networking Lunch

Janine Driver

Body Language Expert, New York Times Best Seller Author, Speaker

Gain an Edge with the Body Language Expert

Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Janine Driver helps people better understand themselves, the impact of their non-verbal communication on others, how to read others hidden emotions, and how to build better relationships through using the cutting-edge New Body Language communication practices. Whether you need to learn to influence others, build engagement, or negotiate to better outcomes, Janine will help.

A few of JANINE DRIVER’s Appearances:

The Dr. Oz Show
NBC’s Today
ABC’s Good Morning America, CBS’
The Early Show
ESPN
History Channel
Discovery Channel
E!

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

CMP and Senior Leader Dessert Reception…”Inside the MEET Studio with Janine Driver, The Body Language Expert”. Certified Meeting Professionals and senior leaders will step “Inside the MEET Studio” for an in-depth, candid conversation with Janine Driver. Advance registration required.

Everybody is Talking about HSMAI’s MEET

“This year’s HSMAI’s MEET Mid-America saw a 20 percent increase in pre-registered planners over last year’s event…The fundamental changes we added beginning with our National event, including TEEM Up, MEET On, MEET University and more, are all imperative to ensure we are offering the most informative, worthwhile trade show in the business. We look forward to bringing the success we’ve seen at HSMAI’s MEET National and HSMAI’s MEET Mid-America to California for our West conference.” - Robert A. Gilbert, CHME, CHBA, President and CEO, HSMAI.

On Location: Bob Gilbert April 2012 at HSMAI's MEET

What Planners are saying…

"It's new. It's innovative. It's fresh information. I have learned a lot, and after 20 years in the industry, that's saying something." - Cara Tharp, Federation of Animal Science Societies, Champaign, Ill. View video testimonial

“I have really, really enjoyed the conference this year…more – Amelia Hodges, Meeting Planner, North Carolina Association of CPA’s

“I really enjoyed the sessions, especially the hybrid sessions…more – Gail Pinder, Meetings Coordinator, ASBMB

““HSMAI’s MEET is a valuable resource for meeting planners!...more - Rebecca Murphy, Meeting Coordinator, NACUBO

What Exhibitors are saying…

“HSMAI’s MEET is really working hard to enhance the value of the show to both meeting planners and suppliers through things like the one-to-one appointments.” - Kimberly Wright, Director of Sales, CMP, Chicago’s Northshore CVB View video testimonial

“People are here ready to do business.” - Linda McNeill, Warwick Denver, Denver CVB View video testimonial

“The quality of the attendees I’ve seen this year is great, far exceeding the level I’ve seen in the past. We have an RFP in hand, and any time you can do that at a show you’re doing well.” - Steve Mallory, Hilton Carlsbad Oceanfront Resort & Spa View video testimonial

"HSMAI's MEET has done a great job of attracting highly qualified meeting planners. It makes the show a worthwhile investment." - Chuck Salem, Unique Venues View video testimonial

More Testimonials

Industry Buzz - HSMAI’s MEET in the News

HSMAI’s New MEET Conference is Met with Great Success, Illiniois Meetings & Events, April 2012

MEETings Insights – Contracts: A Seller’s Market Changes the Landscape – April 18, 2012

Veteran Planners Flock to HSMAI's MEET Mid-America – Successful Meetings, April 5, 2012

More than 800 meeting planners attended MEET Mid-America, the first show in its 2012 MEET series of events, the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) reported this week. Of those, 70 percent had seven or more years of planning experience, and more than 65 percent plan more than 10 meetings a year, "making HSMAI's MEET a key place for suppliers to exhibit and connect with top planners," according to show organizers, who said association and corporate planners made up the bulk of attendees.

"We were very pleased with our first HSMAI's MEET Mid-America event in Chicago," said HSMAI President and CEO Robert A. Gilbert. "Planner registration for MEET Mid-America was up more significantly from last year, and we saw increased participation with our MEET Concierge, who pre-schedules appointments for planners and exhibitors." Full Article

Other articles, blogs and videos from HSMAI’s MEET Mid-America:

After government agency controversy, association sees importance of promoting meetings - Association Trends, April 5, 2012

On Location: Bob Gilbert at HSMAI’s MEET Mid-America – Meetings Focus, April 2012

Learning About The New Body Language With Janine Driver – Omnipress (Big Ideas Blog) April 2012

Photos | HSMAI's MEET Mid-America 2012 – Hospitality, April 2012

Windy City: Meet & Greet in Chicago, IL - US Travel Association April 2012

What is HSMAI's MEET?

MOVING YOUR MEETINGS AND EVENTS FORWARD

Affordable Meetings® has evolved into HSMAI's MEET – a dynamic new series of conferences and events offering a fresh, invigorating vision for meeting and event professionals of every level.

HSMAI's MEET, organized by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International, extends the Affordable Meetings longstanding tradition of industry-leading education and reboots it in a lively, engaging format.

More importantly, HSMAI's MEET serves an industry that takes pride in connecting people to people. Naturally, professional planners expect their own meetings and events to forge the most direct, most personal, and most profitable connections possible:

With fellow professionals who share their interests.
With partners who serve their businesses with properties, products, and services.
With experts who inform every aspect of the planning profession .

Every HSMAI's MEET event incorporates innovative services and technology to foster these connections and move the planning business forward affordably, efficiently, and successfully.

We invite you to explore HSMAI's MEET in all its dimensions. Join us at:

HSMAI's MEET Mid-America – Chicago, IL – April 3-4, 2012

HSMAI's MEET West – Anaheim, CA – May 30-31, 2012

HSMAI's MEET National – Washington, DC – September 5-6, 2012

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