Season2, Episode 134 -Designing Experiences At Meetings and Events With Jessie States

with Tim Shurr

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In today’s episode, Jessie States is joining Tim Shurr for a mesmerizing conversation. Jessie is a legend in the Meetings and Events field and she is the Director of Meeting Planners International Academy. She is also one of the 25 most influential people in the Meetings and Events Industry and received a Pacesetter Award with the Events Industry Council.

Jessie talks about being a Meetings and Events planner is being someone who is actually designing experiences for people to effectively learn and grow. They also share clever insights that will enhance not only your profession as an events planner but also as a leader in different aspects of your life.

Tune in now and make sure to apply what you have learned, and enjoy the good results they bring to you.

Quotes:

“Being able to take something and think about the context of it and then apply that back, or at the kind of top-level, being able to create something altogether new out of something that you’ve learned, in order to drive that kind of knowledge base and that kind of growth and education, you have to plan experiences at supposed to traditional learning environment.” – Jessie States

“I think that confidence comes from an acceptance that failure is okay.” – Jessie States

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Meeting Planners International

World Education Congress 2020

Show Notes:

(00:30) Introduction of Jessie States

(01:46) How Jessie became the director of the MPI Academy

(03:47) How the industry changed over the years

(06:02) How to choose the right medium in transferring information

(08:45) Trends in Meetings and Events  

(10:46) Learning through practicing together

(13:57) Being able to reach out for mentorship and learn more from others

(15:47) Leadership happens at all levels

(17:13) How Jessie end up being a story-teller

(23;00) Joining an association  

(24:57) Misconceptions about planning meetings and events

(29:10) The work-fun balance  

(36:23) Having more confidence

(39:01) Trying new things

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