From the Office of the President

On June 11, 2020 the Past Presidents joined together on a Zoom call to catch up and most importantly to share words of wisdom for MPIRMC incoming President - Nancy Maffucci. 

The call started with a fun cocktail making class featuring the "ComeBack Kid". All participants received a box in the mail that contained all the ingredients sans the vodka! Our bartender joined us virtually and walked us through the recipe – ComebackKidCocktail Click on the name if you want to make this delicious cocktail at home, we highly recommend it!

Why the Come Back Kid cocktail?  Well, knowing that the past few months have thrown our industry for a loop a lot of the conversation on the call was about resilience and how we as a chapter and industry overcome downturns and rebound to victory and popularity. Certainly this year has proven this already,  with the immediate pivot by the current BOD, led by Dana Rains, MPIRMC President!  And this will continue into the new MPI year starting on July 1st.  So the idea was to toast to resilience and show our faith that once again MPI will lead our members and industry in bouncing back from the current challenges!  

Next - and truly the highlight of the event was hearing from each of the participants. The beauty of this zoom call was we were able to see and hear from so many past presidents, even some that no longer live in the Denver area and who rarely get to participate in MPI anymore.  Here is a list of all who were able to participate:

Each Past President shared a bit about what they are doing today and how the experience as President shaped their career.  As each participant shared Graphic Recorder, Karina Branson with ConverSketch, https://www.conversketch.com/ listened in and drew fun and meaningful illustrations highlighting their words.  Such a wonderful memento of this call and the words of wisdom shared by each of us!  Click on the image below for this amazing artwork!

Finally, all of the attendees answered some questions and provided advice and memories to guide Nancy and the incoming BOD during this next year. Quite a wonderful collection to reflect on and refer to in 2020 - 2021! 

I would like to extend a very grateful thank you to Devon Binder, CMP, CMM & Red Door Alliances for sponsoring and planning this very fun and meaningful virtual event.    https://www.reddooralliances.com/