Join your friends and colleagues at the Wilderness Resort — Glacier Canyon Lodge for outstanding, Platinum Series education from Joan Eisenstodt, and great networking sponsored by the Wisconsin Dells Visitor and Convention Bureau.

Agenda

Education

	Joan Eisenstodt

Connect the Dots to our Industry’s Future

Program Description: To paraphrase Yogi Berra, our industry’s future “ain’t what it used to be.” We who have been in the industry for many years have seen many changes but none like those that we are now experiencing and will continue to experience. Each “dot” connects to service standards, changing demographics, risks and contingency issues, airline instability; changing core-competencies; and ethics.

• What will the meetings/hospitality/tourism industry look like in the future?
• What core competencies will be needed to remain in or move into the industry?
• What dots will you have to connect to get to the future – for yourself, your employer, your clients, and the industry?

 From participation in this session, you will:

1. Think more and/or differently about our industry;
2. Determine the dots you need to connect to move ahead;
3. Develop a plan for our industry’s future and your future in it.

Recommended reading to stimulate thinking for the session: 

• Fast Company (any issue or on the web, http://www.fastcompany.com),
• The Futurist from the World Future Society (www.wfs.org),
• “A Whole New Mind” by Daniel Pink,
• “Hospitality 2010: The Future of Hospitality and Travel.”

Speaker:  Joan Eisenstodt, a facilitator, trainer, and meeting manager with 30-plus years experience, founded Washington, DC-based Eisenstodt Associates LLC, in 1981. In addition to her work with clients, Joan moderates an international listserv for the meetings and hospitality industry and serves as an expert witness. She is an active member of MPI, PCMA, ASAE & The Cener, HSMAI, and the International Association of Facilitators, and in her community with groups dedicated to education and diversity/inclusion. Joan's strengths for connectedness, learning, and helping others learn lead her to take a greater role in facilitating group process and training around issues of importance to the meetings and hospitality community and their constituents.

Thank you to the Platinum Program Sponsors: Canadian Tourism Commission and Partners

Reception & Networking

The Wisconsin Dells Visitor and Convention Bureau invites you to a Welcome Reception immediately following the MPI education program. http://www.wisdells.com/

Rick and Suzan Wilcox, from the Rick Wilcox Magic Theater, will be entertaining you during the Wisconsin Dells reception with their amazing "Sleight-of-Hand show". We guarantee you will be amazed! www.rickwilcox.com 

Wilderness Territory and Gallant Knight Limousine will then transport you from the Glacier Canyon Conference Center to the Broadway Dinner Theater. The Broadway Dinner Theatre is a brand-new 700-seat state-of-the-art dinner theatre featuring the finest in family entertainment.  You will enjoy an All-American feast served to your table, while their award-winning cast captivates you with one of their high-energy productions.  Web site: www.broadwayinthedells.com

The reception and show are free to February meeting registrants.  Please indicate your attendance on the registration form.

If you would like to purchase guest tickets, please contact Barb Davis at the Broadway Dinner Theatre at 608-253-2006, ext. 1007.   They are offering a special rate of $39 for Adults and $15 for Children ages 3 to 11 for dinner and the show.

Location, Map, and Lodging

Wilderness Resort — Glacier Canyon Lodge
Hwy 12 and Hillman Road
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
Phone: (800) 867-9453
Web: http://www.glaciercanyonlodge.com

Rates: $99
Block Reservation Deadline: January 25, 2007

** When making your reservation, please refer to MPI-WI Chapter Meeting room block at Glacier Canyon Lodge.