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Top "Must Have" Meeting & Event Industry Certifications

Planners on Purpose Podcast - May 17, 2024 03:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Understanding how to level up in your career can be confusing. Especially when there are so many certifications within the event industry to choose from. This episode will unpack some of the main robust event planning certifications out there to help you make the best choice for your career path...

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Event Planners, Give Yourself Permission to Do Something Different

Planners on Purpose Podcast - April 19, 2024 04:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
This episode invites you to do something different in your life, especially if you can sense an imbalance happening that is affecting you. Event planners have no problem understanding burnout and its implications, however, many times when it comes down to making the decisions that are needed to...

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Event Planner Burnout Is Not Inevitable

Planners on Purpose Podcast - April 17, 2024 04:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Burnout is not inevitable? However, many event industry professionals think that it is. With so much pressure in the industry, combined with unreasonable expectations, lack of boundaries, and high volumes, burnout is a very common result.   Burnout shouldn't be inevitable in the industry, becau...

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5 Reasons Why Getting Your CMP Is Important to Your Career

Planners on Purpose Podcast - April 16, 2024 04:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
If you're an event professional that's looking to level up your career, then getting your Certified Meeting Professional Designation, may be the boost that you need. In this episode, Naomi shares 5 reasons why getting your CMP is important to your career. If you're struggling with deciding what...

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Why Word-of-Mouth Marketing Is Still Crucial + How to Employ It with Ashley Stanford

Planners on Purpose Podcast - March 28, 2024 20:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
In this episode, we delve into the dynamic world of event marketing strategies with the accomplished Ashley Stanford, a seasoned Digital Marketing Consultant and Freelancing Expert. With over 15 years of expertise in the digital marketing realm, Ashley brings a wealth of knowledge and practical ...

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How to Be an Effective Advocate for the Meeting & Event Industry

Planners on Purpose Podcast - March 27, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
This episode will showcase how to be an effective advocate in the event industry. Advocacy in the meeting and event planning industry plays a very important role, one that everyone can actively participate in.  Showing public support for your industry to family, friends, and your community can ...

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Takeaways from CMP Advance 2024

Planners on Purpose Podcast - March 22, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
In this episode, let's dive into the highlights from CMP Advance 2024, the go-to conference for Certified Meeting Professionals (CMPs). Conference Rundown: CMP Advance, hosted by the Event Industry Council in Toronto, offers a packed agenda spanning two to three days, tailored to align with CMP...

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Take the Stress Out of Your Goal Setting

Planners on Purpose Podcast - March 20, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Goal setting can be stressful. This episode aims to take the stress out of the goal setting that you have to make. As we move into the second quarter of the year, it's important that we look at how we develop our goals without causing ourselves much stress, here are some tips that are mentioned ...

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How Event Leaders Can Model Work-Life Balance for Their Teams

Planners on Purpose Podcast - March 07, 2024 04:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
As event leaders, we know how to balance our lives perhaps a bit better than that of our teams, but do we model work-life balance? Do we share how we are managing our lives so that those who are coming up behind us have an idea of how to move forward in a high-pressured environment like the even...

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Communicating to Lead with Kele Belton

Planners on Purpose Podcast - March 05, 2024 05:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Kele Belton joins as a guest on this episode of the podcast to talk about how we can communicate to lead. She also provides some great insight for women in leadership. About Kele Belton Kele Belton is a Leadership and Communication expert and the founder of The Tailored Approach. She is a forme...

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The Neuroscience of Kindness with Janet Sperstad - Part 2

Planners on Purpose Podcast - March 01, 2024 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
In this episode, I explore the neuroscience of kindness with special guest, Janet Sperstad, CMP-Fellow and Faculty Emeritus for Madison College. Janet Sperstad’s professional history reflects her lifelong vocation: driving excellence in meeting and event management execution and education. She...

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The Neuroscience of Stress and Resilience with Janet Sperstad - Part 1

Planners on Purpose Podcast - February 29, 2024 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
In this episode, I explore the neuroscience of stress and resilience with special guest, Janet Sperstad, CMP-Fellow and Faculty Emeritus for Madison College.  Janet Sperstad’s professional history reflects her lifelong vocation: driving excellence in meeting and event management execution and e...

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How to Reduce Attendee Stress at Your Event

Planners on Purpose Podcast - February 22, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
When you can reduce attendee stress at an event, you can decrease the stress you have too. If an attendee feels comfortable, taken care of, and relaxed, they can be at their best for learning and are happier, which in turn means you can feel a little bit more at ease as you are planning.  This ...

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Elevate Your Well-Being Inside the Banish Burnout Challenge

Planners on Purpose Podcast - February 21, 2024 05:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
This is an invitation to attend the Banish Burnout Challenge. This challenge will be held at the end of the month and it will focus on tips and tools for you to prevent burnout. Burnout is costly. Costing over 190 billion in healthcare costs, with the event profession is one of the top industri...

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For the Love of Events!

Planners on Purpose Podcast - February 15, 2024 04:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
If you are in the event profession, there are aspects of your job that you love. This episode is all about what we love about doing the great work that we do in planning events.  Our work touches more than just the attendees of a meeting. Our impacts of what we do touch companies and the experi...

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The Hidden Cost of Burnout in the Event Industry

Planners on Purpose Podcast - February 13, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
There is a hidden cost of burnout that affects the events industry. With over 76% of American workers experiencing burnout, it isn't surprising that this is an area where organizations now need to take the helm.  Helping to decrease the effects of burnout in the event industry starts first with...

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5 Signs Your Job is Toxic and It’s Time to Move On

Planners on Purpose Podcast - February 09, 2024 05:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Many of us don't realize that we are in toxic jobs until it is too late. So this episode will provide you with 5 signs that you should be aware of to check and see if you are in a toxic job that may be headed downhill fast.  This episode comes with the understanding that we are in the event ind...

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The Black Experience: A Different Burnout Battle

Planners on Purpose Podcast - February 08, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
There is a segment of burnout that isn't typically discussed. It has to do with how diversity impacts the burnout experience, and in this episode, we dig deeper into the black experience with burnout. Black people have a different experience than many others when it comes to burnout. Much of th...

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A Catering Culture That Cares with Bill Hansen

Planners on Purpose Podcast - February 07, 2024 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
In this episode, Bill Hansen, an industry celebrity and veteran joins us to share his knowledge on building a caring culture, one that is built on and for its people. Over the last four decades, Bill Hansen has hosted four U.S. presidents, championship Super Bowl teams, and countless celebriti...

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Catering a Culture That Cares with Bill Hansen

Planners on Purpose Podcast - February 07, 2024 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
In this episode, Bill Hansen, an industry celebrity and veteran joins us to share his knowledge on building a caring culture, one that is built on and for its people. Over the last four decades, Bill Hansen has hosted four U.S. presidents, championship Super Bowl teams, and countless celebriti...

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How to Talk to Event Leadership About Burnout

Planners on Purpose Podcast - February 06, 2024 05:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
As we are planning events, we can experience overwhelm and burnout from all different directions. Many times, we triage this ourselves, but when the going gets tough it can be helpful to take our situations to an event leader to get feedback and perhaps collaborate on the best way forward in our...

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Cultivating Healthy Relationships With Your Clients

Planners on Purpose Podcast - February 02, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Client relationships are very important to businesses Yet, what happens when those relationships struggle? How can you maintain a healthy client relationship, one that thrives, not just survives? Our clients have a stake in the success of the work that we do for them. It's understandable that ...

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Putting the AI Edge in Your Planning

Planners on Purpose Podcast - January 31, 2024 04:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
With all of the AI tools popping up on the scene, it should encourage professionals to action to learn and utilize these tools to make the job of planning an event easier than it was before. We are living in some exhilarating times where we can essentially work virtually, use artificial intelli...

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7 Soft Skills Event Planners Should Have

Planners on Purpose Podcast - January 26, 2024 04:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Event planners are talented individuals who can put some pizzazz on events, however, to make it all come together it also takes some soft skills. If you're a new event planner or an event planner wanting to brush up on a few soft skills to enhance your career, this is a great episode, as we'll ...

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4 Ways to Reduce Stress in the Workplace

Planners on Purpose Podcast - January 25, 2024 04:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Workplace stress can be tough to work through because there can be many causes of it. The key is to understand some key areas to look out for that cause much stress and to work diligently to reduce it.  In this podcast episode, I share 4 ways for you to reduce stress in the workplace. No matter...

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Beyond Happy Hour: A Sobering Conversation for Event Planners with Casey Davidson

Planners on Purpose Podcast - January 24, 2024 04:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Casey Davidson from Hello Someday Coaching joins the Planners on Purpose Podcast to discuss the dangers of drinking and how not drinking contributes to the event planner's overall wellness. After Casey spent 20 years climbing the corporate ladder at a Fortune 500 company, she gave up her daily b...

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When You Aren't Ready for Change

Planners on Purpose Podcast - January 23, 2024 04:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
When it comes to change, many times we try to make changes happen in our lives, but there are times when change is hard to grasp. When this happens, it can be hard to not take it personal, but the fact that change isn't happening isn't always what it appears to be at the surface. In this episod...

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The Power of Consistency In Your Event Career

Planners on Purpose Podcast - January 20, 2024 05:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
It's been said that if you do something consistently, you'll tap into a superpower and gain momentum. And with that momentum, you'll start to realize that you are absolutely capable of changing your circumstances and behavior. Now, this is absolutely true when it comes to your event planning ca...

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The Importance of Sharing Your Event Goals

Planners on Purpose Podcast - January 19, 2024 05:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
It's still the top of the year, you've created goals, but have yet to share them with anyone else. Is this you? Well there are advantages to sharing your event goals with others, and in this episode, I unpack 5 key reasons that you should consider it this year.   The goals that event planners ...

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Using Positivity to Empower Your Event Teams for Maximum Impact

Planners on Purpose Podcast - January 18, 2024 05:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
How do you leverage positivity in your event teams?  Studies have shown that being more positive, more open, with more gratitude, can really help encourage your event team, and perhaps even inspire them to dig deeper to make things happen for you and your events.  In this episode, Naomi unpack...