BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Mountain Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Mountain Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Mountain Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce that our April Educational Program w ill go on as scheduled on April 16th\, from 12:15-1:30 PM. For the first t ime ever\, the program will be presented virtually for everyone via Zoom. We want to make sure all of our members are able to attend during these un certain times and so the registration fee has been waived for this event. Registration is required.\n\nThursday\, April 16\, 2020\n12:15pm &ndash\; 1:30pm\nImprove Your Meeting Attendee&rsquo\;s Experience with Networking Technology\nIn 2020\, our attendees expect to see social media campaigns b efore\, during\, and after our events. But beyond ticket sales and general marketing\, what are you really trying to accomplish by using social medi a? Developing a social media strategy isn&rsquo\;t free. It requires time\ , money\, and resources to be successful. It&rsquo\;s time to stop thinkin g of it as an afterthought and start considering it a useful tool in our a rsenal for achieving the major goals of our event and create experiences. In this session you&rsquo\;ll have an opportunity to develop goals and exa mine how a strong social media strategy can impact the stakeholder experie nce at your event. We&rsquo\;ll also discuss how to demonstrate ROI to tho se who matter. \;\nLearning Objectives\n\n Discover what a strong s ocial media strategy for your events looks like.\n Develop social media goals that you can achieve beyond vanity metrics.\n Learn how to prove social media ROI to the stakeholders in your organization.\n\n\n \n \n\nThis program has been submitted to the Events Industry Council for CM P Preferred Provider review and approval.\n\n \n \n T he 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 me ans that this session has met the criteria to be pre-approved for CMP cert ification credit. &ndash\; CMP-IS Domain: G: Meeting or Event Design\, 1 C E\n \n \n\n\n\n\nOur Speakers: \;\n\n \n \n \n \n Alex Plaxen\n Little Bird Told Media\n Alex Plaxen is President and Founder of Little Bird To ld Media\, a consulting firm for strategic digital communication and engag ement for events. He graduated with a Master&rsquo\;s in Tourism Administr ation with a focus on event and meeting management from George Washington University. Alex is actively involved in leadership roles in the meetings and events industry\, currently as an ambassador for Meetings Mean Busines s.\n \n In addition to his industry work\, Alex has been honored locally and internationally as an emerging leader in the even ts industry\, recognized as one of Meetings &\; Conventions magazine&rs quo\;s Rising Stars of 2019\, the recipient of Meeting Professionals Inter national&rsquo\;s RISE Award for Young Professional Achievement in 2018\, named to the inaugural BizBash Top 500 People in Events in 2018 and the To p 1000 in 2019\, Meetings Today magazine&rsquo\;s 2018 Meetings Trendsette rs\, Connect Association 40 under 40 in 2017 and Professional Convention M anagement Association 20 in their Twenties Class of 2016.\n \n Find Alex on Twitter and Instagram @aplaxen.\n \n \n\ n\n\nEvent Pricing: \;\n\n\n\n \n \n Members\n \n \n Non-Members\n \n \n \n Complimentary\n \n \n Complimentary\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n  \;\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n MPI Rocky Mountain Chapter is a CMP Preferred Provider. The use of the CM P Preferred Provider Pre-Check logo is not an endorsement by the Event Ind ustry Council of the quality of the session. This logo means that this ses sion has met the criteria to be pre-approved for CMP certification credit. &ndash\; CMP-IS Domain TBD\n This events attendance roster wil l be uploaded to the EIC for CE credits tracking (if applicable).If you do not 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 for your account.\n \n \n \n\n\n \;\n \;\n&n bsp\; DTEND:20200416T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260722T072855Z DTSTART:20200416T181500Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Educational Video Conference UID:RFCALITEM639202841359381768 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

We are excited to announce that our April Educational Program will go on as scheduled on April 16th\, from 12 :15-1:30 PM. For the first time ever\, the program will be presented virtu ally for everyone via Zoom. We want to make sure all of our members are ab le to attend during these uncertain times and so the registration fee has been waived for this event. Registration is required.
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Improve Your Meeting Attendee&rsquo\;s Experience with Networking Tech nology
\nIn 2020\, our attendees expect to see social media campaigns before\, during\, and after our events. But beyond ticket sales and general marketing\, what are you really trying to accomplish by using social media? Developing a social media strategy isn&rsquo\;t free. It req uires time\, money\, and resources to be successful. It&rsquo\;s time to s top thinking of it as an afterthought and start considering it a useful to ol in our arsenal for achieving the major goals of our event and create ex periences. In this session you&rsquo\;ll have an opportunity to develop go als and examine how a strong social media strategy can impact the stakehol der experience at your event. We&rsquo\;ll also discuss how to demonstrate ROI to those who matter. \;

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This program has been submitted to the Events Industry Counci l for CMP Preferred Provider review and approval.

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\n Alex Plaxen is President and Foun der of Little Bird Told Media\, a consulting firm for strategic digital co mmunication and engagement for events. He graduated with a Master&rsquo\;s in Tourism Administration with a focus on event and meeting management fr om George Washington University. Alex is actively involved in leadership r oles in the meetings and events industry\, currently as an ambassador for Meetings Mean Business.
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\n In addition to his industry work\, Alex has been honored locally and internationally as an emerging leader in the events industry\, recognized as one of Meetin gs &\; Conventions magazine&rsquo\;s Rising Stars of 2019\, the recipie nt of Meeting Professionals International&rsquo\;s RISE Award for Young Pr ofessional Achievement in 2018\, named to the inaugural BizBash Top 500 Pe ople in Events in 2018 and the Top 1000 in 2019\, Meetings Today magazine& rsquo\;s 2018 Meetings Trendsetters\, Connect Association 40 under 40 in 2 017 and Professional Convention Management Association 20 in their Twentie s Class of 2016.
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This events attendan ce roster will be uploaded to the EIC for CE credits tracking (if applicab le).If you do not have a EIC account\, you can create one atwww.eventscouncil .org

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