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Sustainability goes beyond mere checkboxes— it's about making impactful choices that benefit both people and the planet. This session will explore the scope of sustainability and the implementation of practical best practices while aiming for industry-leading standards. Through real-world examples and a review of available resources, you'll gain actionable insights and a sustainability mindset to elevate your meetings and events.

Learning Outcomes:

• Describe the comprehensive nature of sustainability, including its broad implications for your organization and event participants.
• Discover resources and tools, including certifications and guidelines, that support sustainability efforts.
• Examine real-world examples of sustainability practices so you may identify adaptable strategies and solutions for your events.
• Discuss how investing in sustainable best practices can position you as a leading authority in the meetings and events industry

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At IMEX 2024, SITE and the Incentive Research Foundation launched the invaluable report from the 2024 Incentive Travel Index (ITI) study. Join this program with FICP to dive into ITI insights specific to the financial services and insurance (F&I) industry and how the F&I industry compares to others. You’ll leave this program with data-backed talking points about incentive travel to bring to your leadership team as well as data on global trends in incentive travel to serve as a benchmark for your organization.

Embark on a transformative journey to chart your career path with clarity and confidence. This session is designed to help participants identify the pivotal steps in their professional development, harness their unique strengths, and utilize essential tools needed for advancement. As annual review season approaches, you will be equipped with strategies to effectively pitch your value and career aspirations to leadership, ensuring your goals are both recognized and supported.

Participants will then break into groups to discuss their career challenges with peers and a coach. This session is designed to help you develop a concrete career plan, strategize for annual reviews, or solve specific career-related problems. By engaging with others who share similar experiences, you'll gain valuable insights and personalized guidance to navigate your professional journey.

To maximize the benefits of this session, attendees will be sent the CliftonStrengths Assessment to complete beforehand. This will enrich the attendees’ experience and enable deeper, more meaningful career conversations during the program. This session is curated for rising professionals with less than 10 years of industry experience, but all career levels are welcome.

Was your meeting budget just cut and now are backed in a corner with an event design challenge? There are numerous resources and approaches to improve meeting aesthetics and design that drive the success of your event. Join this interactive session that will feature tips and techniques to think differently and implement budget-friendly ideas to elevate your event. 

In this program, you will learn:

• How to generate and refine ideas for your events
• How to produce creative and cost-effective ideas
• How to put new ideas into practice

You might be asking yourself, what will be shaking up the industry this year? How will the industry evolve? We have some predictions! Join Will Curran from Bizzabo as he dives into event trends on the horizon and how the events industry is evolving. From increasing networking engagement to leveraging technology in new ways, you will leave this session with the trends and tools to take back to your team and implement right away.

Learning Objectives:
• Think strategically when it comes to creating your events
• Walk away with trends to implement into your events right away
• Learn to think about how to apply existing trends in the world to events

In today’s world, it’s imperative for event and hospitality professionals to establish and cultivate their own personal brands. It’s time to come out of the shadows, into the spotlight and create a bigger impact in your career, and we’re going to use the powerful platform, LinkedIn, to get you there! Join Leanne Calderwood, CMP, as she dives into strategies to amplify your influence on LinkedIn.

Learning Objectives:
• Determine why we should all build our own personal brands, separate from our organization's branding and how you can integrate your company’s brand and values into your own personal branding messaging
• Discover 5 Ways you can grow your brand, without social media
• Dive into the 3 activities on LinkedIn that when used together will help you amplify your brand, and increase your leads and opportunities.
• Understand 3 LinkedIn Profile accelerators that will help set you apart from the competition

Excel can perform so many functions for the event professionals. From handling budgets, registration to calculating sleeping room rates & determining registration fees, you’ll be able to leverage this powerful tool in many ways. This session is your opportunity to explore all of the functionality that Excel has to offer and take home with you tools to save you and your organization time and money.

By attending this session and you will work with and receive an Excel shortcut cheat sheet, as well as being able to receive all of the sample worksheets utilized during the class.

After participating in this session, the attendee will be able to:
-Identify and use over 15 essential Excel functions & tools
-Learn how to build workbooks with 3D references
-Understand and use advanced tools such as Pivot Tables and working with multiple worksheets

A working knowledge of Excel is strongly recommended to attend this course.