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DESCRIPTION:BE SURE TO REGISTER FOR THE DECEMBER SIGNATURE SERIES EVENT!\n\
 n*Information just added - bring your giving heart and your donations to t
 he December Signature Series event!&nbsp\; We'll be taking part in a CSR a
 ctivity that will warm your heart just in time for the cold weather.&nbsp\
 ; Please bring items such as toiletries\, hats\, scarves\, mittens\, glove
 s and socks to donate to the non-profit K.I.D.S (Kids in Distress Services
 ).&nbsp\; We'll be getting to know each other better AND supporting a grea
 t cause.&nbsp\; See you then!\n\nSpeaker information:\nLet's welcome Greg 
 Peters\, training coach extraordinaire for all things networking.&nbsp\; G
 reg built a thriving web development business over the course of fifteen y
 ears using the networking skills he learned and refined during that time.&
 nbsp\; Today\, he coaches individuals\, trains staff and presents to group
 s on how to break through reluctance and build better connections and stro
 nger networks.&nbsp\; He is the author of the audio program "Calm\, Cool a
 nd Connected at the Networking Event"\, and contributes weekly networking 
 tips to local media outlets in the Ann Arbor area.\n\n\n\n"Influence\, Edu
 cation and Profit: Creating Connections with Success"\nDo you want referra
 ls to build your book of business? Would you like access to the resources 
 you need to better serve your customers? Could connecting with a mentor or
  two transform your career into the success you know it can be?\n\nThen yo
 u need to network.\n\nThis session will take you from reluctant networker 
 to successful connector within the community. You will learn to recognize 
 and avoid the three biggest mistakes in networking. You will also explore 
 a five-point system to accelerate the process of creating long-term\, powe
 rful connections. This isn&rsquo\;t just theory. This session will give th
 e opportunity to learn and practice the skills you need to be successful i
 n your networking efforts.\nParticipants will:\n\n    Develop a strong net
 working mindset.&nbsp\;\n    &bull\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Locate increased
  opportunities for strategic partnership.\n    &bull\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\
 ; Develop conversation skills to connect at any networking opportunity.\n 
    &bull\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Go beyond the first meetings to develop lo
 ng-term give-and-take professional relationships.\n\nEvent day schedule:\n
 10am - 10:30am - Registration and Networking\n10:30am -11:30am - Engaged m
 ember activity\n11:30am - 12:30pm - Lunch\n12:30pm - 2:00pm - Program: &nb
 sp\;Influence\, Education&nbsp\;and Profit: &nbsp\;Creating&nbsp\;Connecti
 ons with Success\,&nbsp\;by Greg Peters\nTickets\n$0.00 Member Planner\n\n
 $42.00 Member Supplier\n$62.00 after 11:45 pm November 21\n\n$0.00 Non-Mem
 ber Planner\n\n$80.00 Non-Member Supplier\n$100.00 after 11:45 pm November
  21\n\n$25.00 Student\n\nPlanning on spending the night in Port Huron?\n&n
 bsp\;\n\nHere is the information you'll need:\n&nbsp\;\nDoubleTree by Hilt
 on\, Port Huron\n800 Harker Street\nPort Huron\, MI 48060\n810-984-8000\n&
 nbsp\;\nOvernight room rate: &nbsp\;$99 plus applicable taxes\n&nbsp\;\nGr
 oup Name: &nbsp\;MPI Michigan Chapter\nGroup code MP4&nbsp\;\n&nbsp\;\nRes
 ervations can be made by contacting DoubleTree reservations at 855-610-TRE
 E\; by visiting&nbsp\;www.porthuron.doubletree.com&nbsp\;or by calling the
  hotel directly at 810-984-8000.\n&nbsp\;\nThe hotel is connected to the B
 luewater Convention Center\, the site of our December Signature Series.\n
DTEND:20181205T190000Z
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DTSTART:20181205T150000Z
LOCATION:MI\,United States\,Port Huron\,800 Harker St
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SUMMARY:December Signature Series
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>BE SURE TO REGISTER FOR THE DECEMBE
 R SIGNATURE SERIES EVENT!<br />\n<br />\n*Information just added - bring y
 our giving heart and your donations to the December Signature Series event
 !&nbsp\; We'll be taking part in a CSR activity that will warm your heart 
 just in time for the cold weather.&nbsp\; Please bring items such as toile
 tries\, hats\, scarves\, mittens\, gloves and socks to donate to the non-p
 rofit K.I.D.S (Kids in Distress Services).&nbsp\; We'll be getting to know
  each other better AND supporting a great cause.&nbsp\; See you then!<br /
 >\n<br />\n</strong>Speaker information:<br />\nLet's welcome Greg Peters\
 , training coach extraordinaire for all things networking.&nbsp\; Greg bui
 lt a thriving web development business over the course of fifteen years us
 ing the networking skills he learned and refined during that time.&nbsp\; 
 Today\, he coaches individuals\, trains staff and presents to groups on ho
 w to break through reluctance and build better connections and stronger ne
 tworks.&nbsp\; He is the author of the audio program "Calm\, Cool and Conn
 ected at the Networking Event"\, and contributes weekly networking tips to
  local media outlets in the Ann Arbor area.</p>\n<p style="text-align: lef
 t\;">\n<br />\n<img src="https://www.mpi.org/images/librariesprovider32/de
 fault-album/gregpeters_portrait-2017a2010dc5eff44ed980737d34a5b616a5.tmb-s
 mall.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=622b5600_1&sf_site_temp=true&sf_site=00000000-0
 000-0000-0000-000000000000" data-displaymode="Thumbnail" alt="GregPeters_p
 ortrait 2017" title="GregPeters_portrait 2017" style="vertical-align: midd
 le\;" /></p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"><strong>"Influence\, Education
  and Profit: Creating Connections with Success"</strong></p>\n<p>Do you wa
 nt referrals to build your book of business? Would you like access to the 
 resources you need to better serve your customers? Could connecting with a
  mentor or two transform your career into the success you know it can be?<
 br />\n<br />\nThen you need to network.<br />\n<br />\nThis session will 
 take you from reluctant networker to successful connector within the commu
 nity. You will learn to recognize and avoid the three biggest mistakes in 
 networking. You will also explore a five-point system to accelerate the pr
 ocess of creating long-term\, powerful connections. This isn&rsquo\;t just
  theory. This session will give the opportunity to learn and practice the 
 skills you need to be successful in your networking efforts.</p>\n<p>Parti
 cipants will:</p>\n<ul>\n    <li>Develop a strong networking mindset.&nbsp
 \;<br />\n    &bull\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Locate increased opportunities 
 for strategic partnership.<br />\n    &bull\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Develop
  conversation skills to connect at any networking opportunity.<br />\n    
 &bull\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Go beyond the first meetings to develop long-
 term give-and-take professional relationships.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Eve
 nt day schedule:</strong></p>\n<div>10am - 10:30am - Registration and Netw
 orking</div>\n<div>10:30am -11:30am - Engaged member activity</div>\n<div>
 11:30am - 12:30pm - Lunch</div>\n<div>12:30pm - 2:00pm - Program: &nbsp\;<
 em>Influence\, Education&nbsp\;and Profit: &nbsp\;Creating&nbsp\;Connectio
 ns with Success\,</em>&nbsp\;by Greg Peters</div>\n<h4>Tickets</h4>\n$0.00
  Member Planner<br />\n<br />\n$42.00 Member Supplier<br />\n$62.00 after 
 11:45 pm November 21<br />\n<br />\n$0.00 Non-Member Planner<br />\n<br />
 \n$80.00 Non-Member Supplier<br />\n$100.00 after 11:45 pm November 21<br 
 />\n<br />\n$25.00 Student<br />\n<br />\n<div><strong>Planning on spendin
 g the night in Port Huron?</strong></div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>\n<div
 >Here is the information you'll need:</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>Doub
 leTree by Hilton\, Port Huron</div>\n<div>800 Harker Street</div>\n<div>Po
 rt Huron\, MI 48060</div>\n<div>810-984-8000</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<d
 iv>Overnight room rate: &nbsp\;$99 plus applicable taxes</div>\n<div>&nbsp
 \;</div>\n<div>Group Name: &nbsp\;MPI Michigan Chapter</div>\n<div>Group c
 ode MP4&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>Reservations can be made by
  contacting DoubleTree reservations at 855-610-TREE\; by visiting&nbsp\;<a
  title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://www.por
 thuron.doubletree.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.porthuron.doubl
 etree.com</a>&nbsp\;or by calling the hotel directly at 810-984-8000.</div
 >\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>The hotel is connected to the Bluewater Conven
 tion Center\, the site of our December Signature Series.</div>\n</div>
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