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DESCRIPTION:9:30am &ndash\; 11:00am: Board of Directors Meeting (Room #344)
 \n11:00am &ndash\; 11:30am: Member Orientation (Room #231)\n11:30am &ndash
 \; 12:00pm: Registration and Networking (Joy Burns Center)\n12:00pm &ndash
 \; 1:30pm: Lunch and Education (Joy Burns Center)\nSession overview\n\nAll
  Things Conflict&rdquo\; ~ &ldquo\;How to Manage Conflict of Interest\, Co
 nflict Management and get to Solutions Together\nConflict is often the dri
 ver of failed relationships both in business and our personal lives. No on
 e ever really loves the thought of having a difficult conversation with so
 meone they work with or better yet\, someone they love. We often avoid the
  difficult conversation and just shuffle it under the rug and for the shor
 t term we are in a good place. That is until the next time it happens. By 
 then the frustration level is higher and depending your personality\, it c
 an be a game changer for your relationship with the other person. When it 
 comes to conflict\, equipping yourself with tools\, conversation starters 
 and being able to identify triggers can help you in all aspects of your li
 fe.\nMichelle will teach you how to recognize a situation is in front of y
 ou and share some tricks with you to help diffuse the moment so that a pro
 ductive and engaging conversation can take place. Using some of these tech
 niques you will find a common ground for accountability\, from an employee
  or boss to a volunteer or friend. Learn how to &ldquo\;love&rdquo\; confl
 ict &ndash\; well\, at least learn how to face it head on and be able to m
 anage it.\nLearning Objectives\n\n    Identify conflict and accept the beh
 aviors it comes with from both sides of the story.\n    Know the differenc
 e between a situation that needs to be dealt with and those you are ok to 
 let go of.\n    Getting a mutual agreement on accountability in all aspect
 s of your life &ndash\; employment\, home and volunteering.\n    How to pr
 epare and successfully hold a &ldquo\;difficult&rdquo\; conversation.\n\nT
 his program has been submitted to the Events Industry Council for CMP Pref
 erred Provider review and has been approved. The use of the CMP Preferred 
 Provider Pre-Check logo is not an endorsement by the Events Industry Counc
 il of the quality of the session. This logo means that this session has me
 t the criteria to be pre-approved for CMP certification credit. &ndash\; C
 MP-IS Human Resources\, 1 CE&rsquo\;s\nSpeaker\nMichelle Johnson&nbsp\;&nd
 ash\; Owner &ndash\; The Anchor Group\nMichelle is the champion of communi
 ty and brand building at The Anchor Group. Her background in both Human Re
 sources and Event Management taught her that shared purpose makes a commun
 ity &mdash\; and a successful gathering.\nMichelle&rsquo\;s true expertise
  is getting clients to start with a vision and carry it through to the end
  &mdash\; a task requiring collaboration on a wide scale with seamless exe
 cution and guiding with a purpose. Her professional career started at The 
 Timberland Company as the Director of Global Events and today successfully
  owns The Anchor Group\, an agency specializing in events and engagements.
 \nIn addition to managing events\, Michelle currently supports several ass
 ociation Chapters Board of Directors for Meeting Professionals Internation
 al across the country as a Facilitator and Coach. They have come to rely o
 n Michelle as a facilitator\, as she assists in building their business pl
 ans\, stay on track with their goals\, seamless execution and keeping thei
 r eye on the prize. She was appointed the Chair of the Chapter Member Advi
 sory Council for Meeting Professionals International. She is also a Past P
 resident of the New England Chapter of MPI and has been a Platinum Speaker
  since 2007. She&rsquo\;s an indispensable teammate because she urges indi
 viduals and companies to step outside their comfort zones and push their c
 reativity and expectations.\n\n\n\nEvent Pricing:\n\n\n    \n        \n   
          Members\n            Student Members\n            Non-Members\n  
           Non-Member Students\n        \n        \n            $35 until 1
 /18/18\n            $40until 2/11/18\n            $50 after 2/11/18\n     
        $15 until 2/11/18\n            $25 after 2/11/18\n            $55 u
 ntil 2/11/18\n            $60 after 2/11/18\n            $20 until 2/11/18
 \n            $30 after 2/11/18\n        \n    \n\n\nParking:\n\n    Parki
 ng is metered in the adjacent garage (Lot E\, off High and Evans) at $1.50
  per hour.\n\nVenue\n\n    \n        \n            \n            &nbsp\;\n
             2044 East Evans Avenue\n            Denver CO\, 80208\n       
      \n            \n            The Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality M
 anagement is the place where you can unlock your potential. How do you do 
 it? In extraordinary ways. From the time you contact Fritz you&rsquo\;ll e
 xperience a 70-plus year tradition of exceptional devotion to education\, 
 service and detail.\n            It&rsquo\;s here\, at one of the top hosp
 itality programs in the world\, where you&rsquo\;ll obtain the skills\, kn
 owledge and power to excel in hospitality.\n            We&rsquo\;re not j
 ust producing alumni&mdash\;we&rsquo\;re pioneering powerhouses who can ad
 apt to any situation in life. At Fritz\, learning and growing is embedded 
 in an unrivaled\, high-touch environment in which you&rsquo\;ll thrive. Fr
 itz is about accomplishments and experiences you never thought possible. I
 t&rsquo\;s about becoming. We invest in our students\, faculty\, staff and
  community to help you unlock the extraordinary.\n            We don&rsquo
 \;t compete. We pioneer.\n            \n        \n    \n\nSponsors\n\n    
 \n        \n            \n            \n            \n        \n    \n\n\n
 \n\n    \n        \n            \n            &nbsp\;\n            www.eve
 ntscouncil.org\n            \n            MPIRMC is a CMP Preferred Provid
 er. The use of the CMP Preferred Provider Pre-Check logo is not an endorse
 ment by the Event Industry Council of the quality of the session. This log
 o means that this session has met the criteria to be pre-approved for CMP 
 certification credit. &ndash\; CMP-IS Domain: Human Resources\, 1 CE&rsquo
 \;s\n            &nbsp\;\n            This events attendance roster will b
 e uploaded to the EIC for CE credits tracking (if applicable).If you do no
 t have a EIC account\, you can create one atwww.eventscouncil.org\n       
      In order for these records to be accepted by EIC\, the email used for
  registration MUST match (case sensitive) the email provided to the EIC fo
 r your account.\n            \n        \n    \n\n
DTEND:20180215T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20260612T210849Z
DTSTART:20180215T183000Z
LOCATION:CO\,Denver
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:February Educational Luncheon + Member Orientation
UID:RFCALITEM639168773291830279
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>9:30am &ndash\; 11:00am: Board of Directors
  Meeting (Room #344)<br />\n11:00am &ndash\; 11:30am: Member Orientation (
 Room #231)<br />\n11:30am &ndash\; 12:00pm: Registration and Networking (J
 oy Burns Center)<br />\n12:00pm &ndash\; 1:30pm: Lunch and Education (Joy 
 Burns Center)</p>\n<p><strong>Session overview<br />\n</strong><br />\n<st
 rong>All Things Conflict&rdquo\; ~ &ldquo\;How to Manage Conflict of Inter
 est\, Conflict Management and get to Solutions Together</strong></p>\n<p>C
 onflict is often the driver of failed relationships both in business and o
 ur personal lives. No one ever really loves the thought of having a diffic
 ult conversation with someone they work with or better yet\, someone they 
 love. We often avoid the difficult conversation and just shuffle it under 
 the rug and for the short term we are in a good place. That is until the n
 ext time it happens. By then the frustration level is higher and depending
  your personality\, it can be a game changer for your relationship with th
 e other person. When it comes to conflict\, equipping yourself with tools\
 , conversation starters and being able to identify triggers can help you i
 n all aspects of your life.</p>\n<p>Michelle will teach you how to recogni
 ze a situation is in front of you and share some tricks with you to help d
 iffuse the moment so that a productive and engaging conversation can take 
 place. Using some of these techniques you will find a common ground for ac
 countability\, from an employee or boss to a volunteer or friend. Learn ho
 w to &ldquo\;love&rdquo\; conflict &ndash\; well\, at least learn how to f
 ace it head on and be able to manage it.</p>\n<p>Learning Objectives</p>\n
 <ol>\n    <li>Identify conflict and accept the behaviors it comes with fro
 m both sides of the story.</li>\n    <li>Know the difference between a sit
 uation that needs to be dealt with and those you are ok to let go of.</li>
 \n    <li>Getting a mutual agreement on accountability in all aspects of y
 our life &ndash\; employment\, home and volunteering.</li>\n    <li>How to
  prepare and successfully hold a &ldquo\;difficult&rdquo\; conversation.</
 li>\n</ol>\n<p><img src="https://www.mpiweb.org/images/librariesprovider40
 /event-images/past-event-images/CMP_PPP-PreCheck_27x25.png" alt="CMP_PPP-P
 reCheck_27x25" width="27" height="25" />This program has been submitted to
  the Events Industry Council for CMP Preferred Provider review and has bee
 n approved. The use of the CMP Preferred Provider Pre-Check logo is not an
  endorsement by the Events Industry Council of the quality of the session.
  This logo means that this session has met the criteria to be pre-approved
  for CMP certification credit. &ndash\; CMP-IS Human Resources\, 1 CE&rsqu
 o\;s</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker</strong></p>\n<p><strong><img src="https://ww
 w.mpi.org/images/librariesprovider40/event-images/past-event-images/michel
 le-johnson.tmb-thumb160.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=d00e66c3_1&sf_site_temp=true
 &sf_site=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" alt="Michelle-Johnson" srcs
 et="https://www.mpirmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Michelle-Johnson.jpg
  200w\, https://www.mpirmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Michelle-Johnson
 -150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw\, 200px" data-displaymo
 de="Thumbnail" title="Michelle-Johnson" style="float: left\; margin-bottom
 : 15px\; margin-right: 15px\;" />Michelle Johnson</strong>&nbsp\;&ndash\; 
 Owner &ndash\; The Anchor Group</p>\n<p>Michelle is the champion of commun
 ity and brand building at The Anchor Group. Her background in both Human R
 esources and Event Management taught her that shared purpose makes a commu
 nity &mdash\; and a successful gathering.</p>\n<p>Michelle&rsquo\;s true e
 xpertise is getting clients to start with a vision and carry it through to
  the end &mdash\; a task requiring collaboration on a wide scale with seam
 less execution and guiding with a purpose. Her professional career started
  at The Timberland Company as the Director of Global Events and today succ
 essfully owns The Anchor Group\, an agency specializing in events and enga
 gements.</p>\n<p>In addition to managing events\, Michelle currently suppo
 rts several association Chapters Board of Directors for Meeting Profession
 als International across the country as a Facilitator and Coach. They have
  come to rely on Michelle as a facilitator\, as she assists in building th
 eir business plans\, stay on track with their goals\, seamless execution a
 nd keeping their eye on the prize. She was appointed the Chair of the Chap
 ter Member Advisory Council for Meeting Professionals International. She i
 s also a Past President of the New England Chapter of MPI and has been a P
 latinum Speaker since 2007. She&rsquo\;s an indispensable teammate because
  she urges individuals and companies to step outside their comfort zones a
 nd push their creativity and expectations.</p>\n<p><strong><br />\n</stron
 g></p>\n<div style="text-align: left\;">\n<p><strong>Event Pricing:</stron
 g></p>\n</div>\n<table border="0" cellpadding="2">\n    <tbody>\n        <
 tr>\n            <td scope="col"><strong>Members</strong></td>\n          
   <td scope="col"><strong>Student Members</strong></td>\n            <td s
 cope="col"><strong>Non-Members</strong></td>\n            <td scope="col">
 <strong>Non-Member Students</strong></td>\n        </tr>\n        <tr>\n  
           <td scope="col">$35 until 1/18/18<br />\n            $40until 2/
 11/18<br />\n            $50 after 2/11/18</td>\n            <td scope="co
 l">$15 until 2/11/18<br />\n            $25 after 2/11/18</td>\n          
   <td scope="col">$55 until 2/11/18<br />\n            $60 after 2/11/18</
 td>\n            <td scope="col">$20 until 2/11/18<br />\n            $30 
 after 2/11/18</td>\n        </tr>\n    </tbody>\n</table>\n<br />\n<p><str
 ong>Parking:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n    <li>Parking is metered in the adjacen
 t garage (Lot E\, off High and Evans) at $1.50 per hour.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><
 strong>Venue</strong></p>\n<table>\n    <tbody>\n        <tr>\n           
  <td style="width: 20%\;"><img alt="fritz_knoebel_hospitality_mgmt_150" sr
 c="https://www.mpi.org/images/librariesprovider40/event-images/past-event-
 images/fritz_knoebel_hospitality_mgmt_150.png?sfvrsn=79cd76c7_2&sf_site_te
 mp=true&sf_site=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" data-displaymode="Or
 iginal" title="fritz_knoebel_hospitality_mgmt_150" style="margin: 15px\;" 
 />\n            <p>&nbsp\;</p>\n            <p>2044 East Evans Avenue<br /
 >\n            Denver CO\, 80208</p>\n            </td>\n            <td c
 olspan="2" align="center">\n            <p>The Fritz Knoebel School of Hos
 pitality Management is the place where you can unlock your potential. How 
 do you do it? In extraordinary ways. From the time you contact Fritz you&r
 squo\;ll experience a 70-plus year tradition of exceptional devotion to ed
 ucation\, service and detail.</p>\n            <p>It&rsquo\;s here\, at on
 e of the top hospitality programs in the world\, where you&rsquo\;ll obtai
 n the skills\, knowledge and power to excel in hospitality.</p>\n         
    <p>We&rsquo\;re not just producing alumni&mdash\;we&rsquo\;re pioneerin
 g powerhouses who can adapt to any situation in life. At Fritz\, learning 
 and growing is embedded in an unrivaled\, high-touch environment in which 
 you&rsquo\;ll thrive. Fritz is about accomplishments and experiences you n
 ever thought possible. It&rsquo\;s about becoming. We invest in our studen
 ts\, faculty\, staff and community to help you unlock the extraordinary.</
 p>\n            <p>We don&rsquo\;t compete. We pioneer.</p>\n            <
 /td>\n        </tr>\n    </tbody>\n</table>\n<p><strong>Sponsors</strong><
 /p>\n<table width="471">\n    <tbody>\n        <tr>\n            <td><a hr
 ef="http://alldigitalstudios.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt
 ="" src="https://www.mpiweb.org/images/librariesprovider40/event-images/pa
 st-event-images/alldigital_150.png" width="150" height="58" /></a></td>\n 
            <td></td>\n            <td><a href="http://www.regonline.com/" 
 target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="" src="https://www.mpiweb.org/ima
 ges/librariesprovider40/event-images/past-event-images/regonline-cvent_150
 .png" width="150" height="38" /></a></td>\n        </tr>\n    </tbody>\n</
 table>\n<br />\n<br />\n<table>\n    <tbody>\n        <tr>\n            <t
 d><img src="https://www.mpirmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CMP_PP-Progr
 am-116.png" alt="CMP_PP-Program-116" width="116" height="96" />\n         
    <p>&nbsp\;</p>\n            <p><a href="http://www.eventscouncil.org/" 
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.eventscouncil.org</a></p>\n            
 </td>\n            <td>MPIRMC is a CMP Preferred Provider. The use of the 
 CMP Preferred Provider Pre-Check logo is not an endorsement by the Event I
 ndustry Council of the quality of the session. This logo means that this s
 ession has met the criteria to be pre-approved for CMP certification credi
 t. &ndash\; CMP-IS Domain: Human Resources\, 1 CE&rsquo\;s\n            <p
 >&nbsp\;</p>\n            <p>This events attendance roster will be uploade
 d to the EIC for CE credits tracking (if applicable).If you do not have a 
 EIC account\, you can create one at<a href="http://www.eventscouncil.org/"
  target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.eventscouncil.org</a></p>\n           
  <p>In order for these records to be accepted by EIC\, the email used for 
 registration MUST match (case sensitive) the email provided to the EIC for
  your account.</p>\n            </td>\n        </tr>\n    </tbody>\n</tabl
 e>\n<br />
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