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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Heike Mahmoud, CMP

Smart Meetings

Heike Mahmoud , CMP, was one of the first European meeting professionals to earn the Certified Meting Professional (CMP) designation through the Events Industry Council (EIC) in 2006. I didn’t know that in 2006!” We deal with change, organization, contacting our customers, learning, training and much more on a daily basis,” she says.

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Cooking Up Culinary Excellence

Smart Meetings

She worked at an ice cream factory, in chemical sanitation and at a financial advisory firm before she began working at a restaurant at 24, during her training as a glass sculptor. Now, she is the director of operations and executive chef at E&O Kitchen & Bar in San Francico, California, where she has worked since 2006.

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Company Retreat Planning 101: 8 Elements for a Great One

Smart Meetings

Whether you are coming together for team building, training or strategizing about near-term goals, corporate retreats are a great way to deepen employee engagement, provide workforce development and kickstart your planning cycle—all while having fun. How far will people be traveling? Are you going to extend virtual participation?

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The Resilience of an Olympian

Smart Meetings

A: As I was training for the 2006 Olympics, I had missed so many Olympic games and I really wanted to go so I was crossing all of my “t”s and dotting all of my “i”s. So that one thing is just being able to get over all of those bumps and hurdles that are thrown at you from so many different directions. Q: Why did you found Phia Lab?

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The Power of Multi-Hub Meetings: Maarten Vanneste

Endless Events

In 2006, Marteen started the Meeting Design Institute. You have standardized training for the technicians because if you have 20 hubs, you need 20 technicians, or maybe 40 if they’re all bigger hubs. They all need to be trained in a way, and you can standardize that training. When Frustration Invites Action.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE Blog

The lobby lounge bar is a ‘meeting place’ because it’s close to the train station and easy to access for those coming by train even for a meeting. Maximilian Von Reden commented, ‘Internally, for our colleagues and associates, we’ve conducted intensive training and are providing them with the necessary security gear.

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Swiss Sustainability Forum to lead a sustainability agenda in Bern

The MICE Blog

In addition, there’s a hotel, Swissôtel Kursaal Bern , with 171 rooms; it’s within walking distance from the train station and the view from the location is spectacular. Since 2006, Kursaal has been a member of the climate platform of the city of Bern and has had 21 different projects there.