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April 24, 2024 - April 25, 2024
Free Planner Registration! Full day education program with networking event the night before!
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Spring Education Day and Pre-Event Spring Spectacular
Wednesday, April 12
Spring Spectacular Celebration
Thursday, April 13
Education Day
Madison, WI
Featured Presenters
Dr. Lalia Rach
Attorney Lisa Sommer Devlin
Jason Kotecki
Registration Options
Allows you to add the Spring Spectacular
to your Education Day Registration.
Allows you to register only for the Spring Spectacular
or register in a separate transaction.
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Get your education, fun and networking all in one place! Join us April 12-13 at the Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club!
Spring Spectacular!
Join us the night before Spring Education Day for our newest fundraising event: Drag Bingo! “Madison’s Brunch and Bingo Empress”, Cynthia Mooseknuckle, will be calling bingo, handing out amazing prizes for winners, and performing a number or two. All this, plus a silent auction with all proceeds from the evening going directly to the chapter and our programming. Don’t miss out on the fun, prizes, opportunities to win and support our chapter while in Madison for Spring Education Day!
Your $30 admission includes a bingo card, bingo dauber, and a night of fun and celebration with our host Cynthia Mooseknuckle! You can register for the Spring Spectacular and additional bingo cards within your event registration or separately on the Spring Spectacular Registration page.
Bingo card, table, and other sponsorship opportunities available! Spring Spectacular Sponsor Donation Form
Spring Spectacular Title Sponsor:
Education Day
Thursday will feature a full day of in-person education with speakers on event design, negotiation, leadership and tools to rethink and reimagine our roles. We promise a day of education that is full of vision and inspiration.
We are excited to announce we will again be offering complimentary planner member Education Day registration for the fifth year in a row thanks to the support of our chapter’s Strategic Partners!
Speakers for the day include:
- Dr. Lalia Rach
- Founding Dean of the Hospitality Program at New York University (NYU)
- HSMAI "Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing"
- Travel Weekly "33 Most Influential People in the Travel Industry"
- Forbes Life Executive Women "25 Most Influential Women in Travel"
Keynote: Looking Into the Crystal Ball for Meetings & Events
Breakout - Supplier Focus: The Art and Science of Sales: Trends in loyalty, leadership and buyer behavior
- Attorney Lisa Sommer Devlin
- Meeting News "Legal Voice for the Industry"
- Events Industry Council Legal Advisory Council
- President, Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys
- Meeting and Convention Magazine' "Top 25 Women in the Meeting Industry"
Keynote: ReDESIGNing Partnerships
Breakout - Planner Focus: Trends in Hospitality Contracts: What Planners Need to Know
- Jason Kotecki
- Has proven that penguins can fly
- Likes to wear shirts with muppets on them
- On a Mission to Annihilate Adultitis.
Keynote: The Art of Tinkering: Tiny Ways to Transform Everything
Community Outreach - We have partnered with Outreach Madison for our Community Outreach for Spring Education. Their mission is a commitment to equity and quality of life for all LGBTQ+ people through community building, health and human services, and economic, social, and racial justice advocacy.
Bring an item to donate! You can also donate online by going to: www.outreachmadisonlgbt.org/donate
- Non-perishable, easy to prepare foods for example tuna, canned chicken, ramen or instant noodles, protein or nutrition bars, or protein or nutrition shakes.
- Personal essentials/personal care items for example menstrual products like tampons or pads, shampoo and conditioner, lotion, soap, socks, or hand and foot warmers.
- Gift cards for gas stations or grocery stores.
- A lot of the folks who use this community pantry may not have access to a place where they can cook a meal, so food items that are either ready to eat or very quick and easy to prepare are useful.
- Outreach also works with folks who are living in their cars or very low-income and gas and grocery costs have gone up so much this year that it's one of our most commonly requested and quickly given out items.
Registration Options
Allows you to add the Spring Spectacular
to your Education Day Registration.
Allows you to register only for the Spring Spectacular
or register in a separate transaction.
Agenda
Wednesday, April 12
| 2:00 - 4:00 | Board of Directors Meeting
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| 5:00 - 6:00 | Strategic Partner and Sponsor Set Up
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| 6:00 - 9:00 | Spring Spectacular!
Reception at 6. First game at 7.
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Sponsors
Bingo Night
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Thursday, April 13
| 7:30 | Registration Open | Madison Ballroom | |
| 7:30 - 8:00 | Strategic Partner & Sponsor Set Up | Madison Ballroom | |
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Breakfast
Fuel up for the day, visit our partners or join table conversations to include:
| Madison Ballroom | |
| 8:30 - 9:45 | Announcements Looking Into the Crystal Ball for Meetings & Events Dr. Lalia Rach - 1 CE
| Madison Ballroom | |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Break and Networking with Partners
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| 10:15 - 11:15 | General Session: Attorney Lisa Sommer Devlin - 1CE
| Madison Ballroom | |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Table Discussions and Community Outreach - | ||
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch and Time to Visit | Wisconsin Ballroom | |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Breakout Sessions: 1 CE |
Senate AB - 1st Floor
Assembly - 1st Floor | |
| 2:00 - 2:15 | Break | ||
| 2:15 - 3:45 | Closing Keynote:
The Art of Tinkering: Tiny Ways to Transform Everything Jason Kotecki - 1 CE | Madison Ballroom | |
| 3:45 - 4:00 | Closing and Wrap Up
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Registration Options
Allows you to add the Spring Spectacular
to your Education Day Registration.
Allows you to register only for the Spring Spectacular
or register in a separate transaction.
Event Pricing
Free Registration for MPI Wisconsin Member Planners!
(Free registration is for MPI Wisconsin Chapter Planner members only and does not include Spring Spectacular registration.)
MPI Wisconsin Planner Member registration is being sponsored this year by our 2023 Strategic Partners. Their year-round support of our chapter allows us to make this offer possible. Please thank our 2023 Corporate Partners when you see them.
| Education Day Registration Rates: | Early-Bird | Late (after March 31, 2023) |
| Supplier Member: | $129 | $149 |
Planner Member (Wisconsin Chapter): Not a MPI Wisconsin Planner Member? | $0 - Partner Sponsored
| |
| Non-Member: | $179 | $199 |
| Student Member: | $45 | |
| Spring Spectacular - Bingo Night Registration: | $30 | $30 |
You can be a Spring Spectacular sponsor! |
Pay it Forward Rate: $0 - Available for Education Day Registration to any current member that is currently "in between gigs" and without industry employment. Please contact the chapter office to request this rate.
Registration Options
Allows you to add the Spring Spectacular
to your Education Day Registration.
Allows you to register only for the Spring Spectacular
or register in a separate transaction.
Community Outreach -
We have partnered with Outreach Madison for our Community Outreach for Spring Education. Their mission is a commitment to equity and quality of life for all LGBTQ+ people through community building, health and human services, and economic, social, and racial justice advocacy.
Bring an item to donate! You can also donate online by going to: www.outreachmadisonlgbt.org/donate
- Non-perishable, easy to prepare foods for example tuna, canned chicken, ramen or instant noodles, protein or nutrition bars, or protein or nutrition shakes.
- Personal essentials/personal care items for example menstrual products like tampons or pads, shampoo and conditioner, lotion, soap, socks, or hand and foot warmers.
- Gift cards for gas stations or grocery stores.
- A lot of the folks who use this community pantry may not have access to a place where they can cook a meal, so food items that are either ready to eat or very quick and easy to prepare are useful.
- Outreach also works with folks who are living in their cars or very low-income and gas and grocery costs have gone up so much this year that it's one of our most commonly requested and quickly given out items.
Location, Map & Lodging
Spring Spectacular and Education Day Location
Madison Concourse Hotel
1 W. Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53703
Room Rate: $139
Room block Cut-Off: March 30, 2023
Reservations: 800-356-8293