This webinar took place on Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Looking to spice up your event agenda? Tune in to hear from industry professionals creating energizing team-building exercises, networking opportunities, corporate social responsibility programs and more outside the meeting room.
Participants will learn:
- New ways to engage attendees
- Activities that are right for your audience
- The benefits of offering unique experiences
Earns 1 Hour of CMP Credit
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SPEAKERS
Michelle Flowers
Senior Director, Event Management
Maritz Global Events
As senior director of event management for Maritz Global Events, Michelle Flowers ensures a number of target accounts have the staffing and operational support needed to remain successful. She frequently participates in client site inspections, design sessions, event operations and proposals. Flowers most recently onboarded the new brand events team that oversees all Maritz events for employees, clients and supplier partners, as well as industry events. She manages a team of approximately 50 direct and indirect reports made up of meeting and event managers, travel account managers, and operations managers. She is always looking for opportunities to streamline efforts and sharpen her team’s effectiveness for clients. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, paddleboarding, camping and exploring Arizona, where she lives with her three children.
Hillary Smith
Senior Vice President of Strategy and Creative
PRA Business Events
Hillary Smith, CMP, CSEP, has a passion and proven track record of leading and cultivating cultures of creative thinkers. She is an award-winning visionary who has mastered the Design Thinking Process, a method of creative problem-solving used by
brands including Starbucks, Amazon and Apple. She has more than a decade of experience leading strategy in the meetings and events creative space. Smith cofounded Koncept Events in 2008, a leading DMC in North America, where she designed events for
clients including McKinsey & Company, Bank of America, Proctor & Gamble, and Nike. The firm was acquired by PRA Business Events in 2019, with Smith continuing to drive strategy and creativity within the organization. As a true ambassador of the creative
process, she continues to innovate alongside her team and clients.
Shannon Lane DuPont
Director of Program Development
TeamBonding
Since 2007, Shannon DuPont has played a key role with TeamBonding. As director of program development, she is responsible for creating, customizing and producing new events. Her passion for the job inspires her to develop ideas that empower teams. She
works directly with clients from every industry to assess their needs and find innovative ways to achieve them. By embracing their vision and company culture, she helps the build strong bonds that move them toward their goals.
TeamBonding is part of Catalyst Global, the largest network of team-building providers in the world. When live events pivoted during the pandemic, DuPont worked with partners from six continents to design a variety of virtual programs that could still
bring remote employees together in a meaningful way. That same crowd sourcing and idea sharing remains with the return to in-person programming. Whether the event is live, virtual or hybrid, DuPont makes sure every client has an impactful experience.
MODERATOR
Lizzie Wilcox
Associate Editor
Northstar Meetings Group
Lizzie is the associate editor of Northstar Meetings Group. She earned her B.S. in Media Management and B.A. in French from the University of Miami. She joined NMG in 2021 after three years at Coral Gables Magazine.
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