HIGH FIVE YOURSELVES!
You’ve completed day 1049764 of quarantine! Let’s celebrate something good, and … “I’m still breathing” counts!
For more of that “good-good feeling,” I encourage you to read our newsletter to see what some of your colleagues and our members have been up to.
We’ve heard these words hundreds of times over the past couple of months, but we are truly in unparalleled times. As some of us grapple with more time, some of us with less time, some with a loss or losses, others with opportunity, either way we are all in this together and we know that the crisis looks different to us all.
One of the many things we may learn through these times is that being comfortable with uncertainty in and of itself is a muscle that we can strengthen. Most of all, we can learn from each other and lift each other up. And who better than meeting, event, and hospitality individuals who are used to seeing the opportunity in the uncertainty to do this? We are the resilient ones. Together we can do anything!
As many of us are isolating to keep safe, our interactions will require a more purposeful effort in this new age of social distancing. Although social distancing is a bit of contradiction, what we are really talking about is physical distancing, because we can and are still connected, whether it is six feet apart or virtually. Your MPIOC volunteers are passionately working to continually provide our MPIOC community with education to help you excel and social events to entertain you. Each with purpose and intention.
In addition we have launched MPIOC Cares, our members are our number one priority and we are committed to reaching out and lifting up each other up in everything we do. If you are able to donate, please know that 100% of your donation will go toward membership grants and assistance with participating in MPIOC Events.
Thinking of YOU. We WILL get through this.
All my best,
Pawntra Shadab, CTA
MPI Orange County, President
Elite Productions International, VP of Events & Marketing