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Member on the Move

Melanie Clifford

Please Congratulate Melanie Clifford!!

In addition to being TN’s Immediate Past President, Melanie has been selected to serve on the Meeting Professionals International RISE Awards Judging Panel for 2015.

 

THE MPI RISE Awards is an annual program established to recognize individuals, communities and organizations that are improving the meetings and events industry.  There are seven awards in the program rewarding volunteerism, innovation, commitment to the industry and transferability of practices across boundaries.  The awards are a vehicle for peers to recognize the work and accomplishments of others, and also provide an opportunity to promote the importance of meetings and events as a mechanism to drive business results.

 

MPI Tennessee Chapter won the 2012 RISE Award for Community Achievement in Knowledge and Ideas for the “Let MPI Rock Your World Road Trip”. 

 

 

Holiday Meeting Announcement

 

RSVP For Friday, November 14, 2014

“Holiday Dinner and Silent Auction Event”

The East Tennessee Meeting Professionals Program Committee is pleased to offer a great evening of food, fun, and even a Silent Auction to get you started with some great Holiday shopping opportunities.  You are invited to attend our annual Holiday Celebration at The Knoxville Convention Center and we encourage you to bring family and friends.  Cost is $ 45 for all attendees.  Bring lots of friends!

Please RSVP ASAP, but no later than Wednesday November 12 by email to jimjohnson1949@att.net

Hosted and Sponsored by Rebecca Williams and the Knoxville Convention Center

Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley Street

Knoxville, TN 37902

www.kccsmg.com

Schedule

Registration                                           6:00 pm

Reception and Silent Auction      6:00-7:00 pm

Banquet, Awards and Auction     7:00-9:00 pm

 

We are also asking all members, whether they attend or not, to donate a Silent Auction item for the event.  This action by each of you will help us have even better programs in 2015!  If you want to attend or donate a Silent Auction item, or just have questions, please contact Jim Johnson at JimJohnson1949@att.net or 865-314-4839.

October Monthly Meeting

RSVP For Tuesday October 28, 2014

“Meeting Professional Contracting/Dating Game”

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Moderated by Jim Johnson, CMP

 Please RSVP ASAP, but no later than Friday, October 24th by email to jimjohnson1949@att.net

 

Hosted and Sponsored by Jenna Skuza

Location – Courtyard by Marriott Knoxville West/Bearden

250 Brookview Centre Way, Knoxville, TN 37919

www.courtyard.com/tysck

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Meeting Professional Contracting/Dating Game

Planners and Suppliers are looking for a relationship that works best for them. During the contracting stages things can often get heated, complicated, confusing, and even difficult if the people in the partnership don’t know the answers to their questions. When we are at the negotiating table we don’t really HAVE the opportunity to explain the Why’s and Why Not’s that both Planners and Suppliers have. This workshop format leads to a very educational but, fun and lighthearted way. The purpose of this “game” is to have a safe and open place to discuss issues like this for the future success of “Dating” in our industry.

 

Cost to attend

        Member Planners       $ 25

        Member Suppliers      $ 30

        Guests                      $ 35 (Price good for first 3 meetings –

                                                          $ 55 after)

No Shows will be billed

Schedule

10:00 a.m. Board Meeting (All Members welcome)

11:15 a.m. Registration/Networking

11:45 a.m. Lunch

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.   Meeting Professional Contracting/Dating Game”

 

September Meeting Announcement

RSVP For Tuesday September 23, 2014
Join ETMP for a Special Late Afternoon Meeting at the Hatfield and McCoy Dinner Show

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Pigeon Forge’s Best Dinner Show.  Enjoy laughs, surprises and the best time you’ll have in the mountains this year.  Invite a guest!

Location –Hatfield and McCoy Dinner Theatre

119 Music Road, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee  37863

http://www.hatfieldmccoydinnerfeud.com/

Please RSVP ASAP, but no later than Friday, September 19 by email to jimjohnson1949@att.net

Hosted and Sponsored by Robin Jones

FeeHedrick Entertainment Group

http://www.feehedrick.com

 

Cost to attend

Member Planners       $ 25

Member Suppliers      $ 30

Guests                                $ 35 (Price good for first 3 meetings –

$ 55 after)

No Shows will be billed

Schedule

2:45 p.m. Board Meeting (All Members welcome)

3:45 p.m.  Registration/Networking

4:15 p.m. Preshow & Dinner

5:00 p.m. Hatfield & McCoy Show

 

August Meeting Announcement

                     

RSVP For Tuesday August 26, 2014

“Recent Changes and Trends in Event Management!”

What is Changing and What You Need To Know About …

Terry Turner

Presented by Terry Turner and Staff

All Occasions Party Rentals

 

Please RSVP ASAP, but no later than Friday, August 22 by email to jimjohnson1949@att.net

Hosted and Sponsored by Terry Turner

Location – All Occasions Party Rental

5825 Middlebrook Pike
Knoxville, TN 37921

 

Members Supervisor’s and Colleagues are encouraged to attend and receive a special rate of $ 15 for this meeting.

http://alloccasionspartyrentals.com/

 

Cost to attend

Member Planners       $ 25

Member Suppliers      $ 30

Guests                               $ 15 This meeting only

 

No Shows will be billed

Schedule

10:00 a.m. Board Meeting (All Members welcome)

11:15 a.m.  Registration/Networking

11:45 a.m.  Lunch

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.   “Changes and Trends in Event Management!”

June Meeting Announcement

Only A few more slots available

Extra, Extra…read all about it: East Tennessee Meeting Professionals “TAKE OVER” Gotta Know Knoxville for June!!

 

Parking Info Below

 

Limited Space is available so please register as early as possible.  This meeting is longer than any of our other meetings but it is well worth taking the time to really learn about our great city with friends and colleagues.  Guests are welcome.

 

GOTTA KNOW KNOXVILLE – ETMP STYLE

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

 

What is Gotta Know Knoxville?

 

Gotta Know Knoxville (GKK) is a program put on by Visit Knoxville and takes place once a month, from 12pm-4:00pm, for those who are interested in knowing more about Knoxville! Our hope is that they then share their knowledge with visitors they come in contact with, as well as locals who may be not realize all their hometown has to offer! So be a tourist in your own hometown for a few hours!

GKK begins with an informative classroom presentation (lunch included), a walking tour with stops into some local businesses, and a bus tour of a few of Knoxville’s attractions. This is a fun way to learn more about your city and all of the great things it has to offer!

 

Please RSVP ASAP, but no later than Friday, June 13 by email to jimjohnson1949@att.net

Hosted and Sponsored by Laney Shorter, CTTP & Pearl Dorsey

Visit Knoxville

http://www.visitknoxville.com/

 

Cost to attend

        Member Planners       $ 25

        Member Suppliers      $ 30

        Guests                      $ 35 (Price good for first 3 meetings –

 $ 55 after)

No Shows will be billed

Schedule

10:30           Board Meeting (All Members Welcome)

11:30           Registration Begins

12:00 Noon Lunch followed by city tour

4:00 PM       Reception  at Visit Knoxville

 

 

We are so excited that you are coming to our Gotta Know Knoxville class on Wednesday, ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­June 18th, from 12:00-4:00 p.m. We have arranged parking at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Parking Garage (directions attached), and we will cover each vehicle’s parking costs at the end of the program. If the Crown Plaza Garage is full when you arrive please call our front desk at 865.523.7263 and they will instruct you on where to park.

 

We will meet at the Visit Knoxville building located at 301 S. Gay Street (Knoxville Visitor Center). Upon arrival, please go to the guest services desk and they will direct you to the location of the class. You may arrive as early as 11:50 am, and our class will begin promptly at noon.

 

Please remember:

  • Casual clothing is fine, and comfortable shoes are suggested, as we will be walking around parts of downtown Knoxville for approximately 2 hours
  • The class will take place “rain or shine”!!

May Meeting Announcement

RSVP For Tuesday May 20, 2014

“Revolutionize Your Career!”

Learn to stitch your personal and professional lives together for less stress and more success…

Eric Benson, One Happy Speaker!

 

Presented by Eric Benson, Revolutionize You World

 http://www.revolutionizeyourworld.com/

Hosted and Sponsored by Robin Castleberry

Location – DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Oak Ridge – Knoxville

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Cost to attend

        Member Planners       $ 25

        Member Suppliers      $ 30

        Guests                                $ 35 (Price good for first 3 meetings –

                                                        $ 55 after)

 

Schedule

10:00 a.m. Board Meeting (All Members welcome)

11:15 a.m.  Registration/Networking

11:45 a.m.  Lunch

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.   “Revolutionize Your Career!”

 “Revolutionize Your Career!”

 The purpose of this presentation is to inspire you to blend who you are with what you do using The RYW Whole-Life Model™ with these Expected Outcomes:

Unlocking Your Potential with 3 Keys designed to enhance your :

  1. Connections
  2. Concentration
  3. Capacity.

Unlocking Your Potential with 3 Keys designed to enhance your

  1.            Purpose
  2.            Progress
  3.            Performance.

 Is it time to revitalize your career?  Is it time to rekindle the passion for what you do?   Are you experiencing more stress than you’d like, would you like to replace it with more success? If so, commit to participating in this event and put your Career on a smoother path to simplify your journey throughout life. High-energy and humor are hallmarks of The Revolution’s presentations, so get ready to be engaged as Eric outlines a path that is clear and easy to navigate.

  Eric Benson’s Bio

 After more than twenty-five years of working with and studying people in action, Eric has seen the high performers and the low performers, the motivated and the unmotivated, as well as the happy and the stressed. Working with people across the spectrum has convinced Eric that people possess a vast reservoir of untapped potential. Bound by beliefs and behaviors that lock them into a perpetual cycle of “sameness”, Eric now concentrates all of his efforts on providing people with the keys for unlocking their full potential and achieving as never before. He does this through speaking engagements at meetings, conferences, workshops, and retreats for professional associations, government agencies, and corporate clients.

 

Eric’s high-energy and first-rate people skills combine to engage people and create an interactive learning environment to accelerate growth and development. His commitment to converting the theoretical into the practical enables people with varying levels of education and experience to grasp the material and immediately apply it to their real-world situations.

Some of Eric’s professional experience includes four years spent with a start-up company developing its sales and marketing strategies, product mix, tracking systems, and employee training programs. He also spent five years as a management engineer where he combined approaches in organizational development with industrial engineering techniques to enhance productivity on both an individual and organizational level.

 

In 1992, Eric started a business to help people develop Result-Oriented Relationships so they could be more successful in their Team Building & Customer Satisfaction efforts. As a Professional Speaker, Seminar Leader, Workshop Facilitator, and One-on-One Coach, Eric has worked with his clients to design programs that help create Relationships between Team Members and with Customers that are capable of producing the desired Results.

 

Eric’s formal educational includes a B.S. in Industrial Technology, an A.A.S. in Personnel Administration, and coursework in Leadership and Communication as well as Productivity Enhancement & Measurement Techniques. His professional development continues through his affiliation with the American Society for Training & Development, speakers’ associations, and his personal studies into the psychology of humanpotential. 

April Meeting Announcement

                     

RSVP For Tuesday April 22, 2014

 

“Meeting Professional Leadership 101”

Presented by Christopher Coyne, President and CEO of Modeof8

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http://www.modeof8ed.com/

Please RSVP ASAP, but no later than Friday, April 18 by email to jimjohnson1949@att.net

Hosted and Sponsored by Angela Quigley

Location – The Park Vista a Doubletree by Hilton

http://www.parkvista.com/

 Park Vista - BLACK & GREEN

 

Cost to attend

Member Planners       $ 25

Member Suppliers      $ 30

Guests                                $ 35 (Price good for first 3 meetings –

$ 55 after)

No Shows will be billed

Schedule

10:00 a.m. Board Meeting (All Members welcome)

11:15 a.m.  Registration/Networking

11:45 a.m.  Lunch

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.   “Meeting Professional Leadership 101”

Leaders come in all shapes, sizes, ages, genders, etc.  Everyone is a leader in some aspect of life whether you are a CEO of a major corporation or a parent trying to instill values in your children.

 

This workshop will highlight the three basic principles of leadership:

  • Developing
  • Engaging
  • Connecting

And explore the five competencies of Leadership:

  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Confident Communication
  • Mentoring & Coaching
  • Conflict Management
  • Team Dynamics

If you want to become and remain an effective leader in the Hospitality Industry do not miss this workshop!.

 

About the Presenter

 

Chris has been a leadership educator for nearly 2 decades.  His experience crosses organizational cultures, from corporate and military training environments to the university classroom.

 

His company, Modeof8, strives to create a connective community of lifelong learners and fully engaged leaders, passionate about human capital.  His three-phased approach, which places emphasis on “immersive leadership education” through focused client relationships and professional coaching, is rapidly becoming the initiative of choice for organizations wishing to build or energize their leadership development culture.

 

More than half his career was spent in senior-level advisory and leadership capacities, as well as in classrooms and training institutions, where he prepared leaders at all levels for increased responsibility and effectiveness.  He holds a BS in Applied Organizational Management from Tusculum College and a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  In 2001, Chris was named Graduate Student of the Year for the College of Education.  Since then, he has completed several hours at the post-graduate level, with research interests focusing on the consideration of neurological and contextual underpinnings in leadership education.  On the military side, he is an in-resident graduate of all four levels of enlisted professional military education, including the executive-focused Chief’s Leadership Course, held at Air University in Montgomery, AL.

 

Most notably, he rose to the highest enlisted rank in the United States Air Force, Chief Master Sergeant…represented by less than 1% of the military.

 

An accomplished and sought after speaker, he brings a passion and intensity to his seminars, keynotes and coaching sessions that create a highly motivating and transformative atmosphere.

March 2014 Meeting Announcement

RSVP For Tuesday March 25, 2014

 Please RSVP ASAP, but no later than Friday, March, 21 by responding to this email to jimjohnson1949@att.net

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Maintaining Relevance in Today’s World

Presented by Zane Hagy, Founder of Z11 Communications

Hosted and Sponsored by Sonya Roy – Holiday Inn West/Cedar Bluff

www.holidayinn.com/cedarbluff

 Cost to attend

        Member Planners       $ 25

        Member Suppliers      $ 30

        Guests                                $ 35 (Price good for first 3 meetings

                                                                   – $ 55 after)

No Shows will be billed

 

 

What is the best way to make decisions on how to reach your intended target market?  In today’s world where people have limited focus and everyone seems to use different sources for information, how can you zone in on the clients/markets that you want to pursue or keep?

 Please join us in an exciting but information packed presentation that will demonstrate to the audience how to gain and maintain relevance in your business, career, or even in personal relationships.  Zane will share secrets he has uncovered in his career as a top notch marketer and communicator that you cannot afford to miss.

 At this program you will learn these five secrets:

 1.   How to do your own thing, not their thing

2.  How to avoid chasing shiny objects

3.  Ways to stand out in a crowded field, regardless of the field

4.  That it’s okay to make mistakes

5.  The importance of a muse

 At the end of this program you will no doubt be more knowledgeable and will have gained an advantage over your competitors.

 Schedule

10:00 a.m. Board Meeting (All Members welcome)

11:15 a.m.  Registration/Networking

11:45 a.m.  Lunch

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.     Maintaining Relevance in Today’s World

       

Zane Hagy’s Bio

 

Zane, a graduate of the University of Tennessee, is the founding member of z11 communications (local clients include Salon and Spa Visage, Frank’s Barbershop, BeStyled, Mercedes-Benz of Knoxville, Land Rover of Knoxville, and Appalachian Underwriters) and serves as the day-to-day conduit between client needs and the remainder of the z11 communications team.  With a primary focus on the beauty industry, z11 communications currently has clients in 38 states. Zane’s experience includes 10 years of nonprofit management and consultation and more than 13 years of advertising/public relations. Zane is also the CEO of Online Testing Group and partner in the Adaptive Fitness Warehouse. Highlights of community activities and involvement include being the co-founder of the Knoxville Marathon, graduating from Leadership Knoxville, and serving as President of the Knoxville Chapter of the American Marketing Association. After running more than 65 marathons in the past 10 years, he is focused on finishing his first Ironman Triathlon in 2014.  

February Meeting Announcement

ETMP Meets Thursday, February 27, 2014

The February ETMP Monthly meeting will be a “Business After Hours – ETMP Style” @ 6 PM.  (Rescheduled from January due to inclement weather)  The venue is the Smoky Mountain Brewery on Parkside Drive in Turkey Creek.

This will be a great Networking Event with some added fun.  Please join me and the Board with a great start for 2014!!!!

The Cost will be $ 15.00 for all members and guests so bring lots of friends!

Cash Bar

Please RSVP ASAP, but no later than Wednesday, February 26 by email to jimjohnson1949@att.net

 

Location

11308 Parkside Dr, Knoxville, TN 37934

(865) 288-5500

http://www.smoky-mtn-brewery.com/

Schedule

Registration & Networking                                 6:00 pm