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Yes, event planners need AI, too

By Michael Pinchera

This summer, MPI's EVENTalks podcast welcomed three meeting industry artificial intelligence (AI) leaders to discuss how event professionals can best jump into and begin leveraging the power of this quickly evolving tech in ways that benefit them and their stakeholders. Tune into episode 29 of EVENTalks—available on all major podcast platforms and at www.mpi.org/eventalks—for an enlightening and entertaining conversation with Reposite’s Paul Klopfer, one of the instructors for MPI’s AI-Enhanced Event Professional certificate program; Erin Leonard, offering a planner perspective; and Sam Stanton, founder of REDBUTTON.AI.

MPI’s AI-Enhanced Event Professional certificate program offers event professionals a deeper dive into the strategic utilization of AI, from the basics and best practices to hands-on experience and legal considerations. This in-demand certificate program will fill up, so if you don’t want to miss the Oct. 24 or Dec. 6 courses, register today at mpi.org! The AI-Enhanced Event Professional certificate program is sponsored by Marriott Hotels & Resorts.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael Pinchera

Michael Pinchera, MPI's managing editor, is an award-winning writer and editor as well as a speaker, technologist and contributor to business, academic and pop culture publications since 1997.

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