Philadelphia Area Chapter - Meeting Professionals International

Event > March 2012 Education Program

Details

Date(s) & Time(s):

Day: 03/21/2012

• 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. Roundtable Session
• 5:10 p.m. – 5:25 p.m. Orientation for New, Potential and Existing Members (No cost, but registration is required)
• 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Registration/Cocktail Reception
• 6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Program (CEU Credit Available)
• 7:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Dessert Reception

Location:

Venue: SEI's Wetlands Conference Center, One Freedom Valley Drive in Oaks, PA 19456
Venue Details: Please click here for directions.

Come Early and take a tour of the West Art Collection with SEI Curator, Lee Stoetzel of both the art and the unique SEI Facility.

Description

Topic:

The Tao of Ta-Da

Summary:

Watch What Happens When Work Becomes Play.

We’ve all witnessed the excitement of a three-year-old on a given day. They celebrate finding a ladybug. They celebrate drawing a flower. They celebrate going to the bathroom in the toilet.

Somewhere along the way, too many adults lose this sense of excitement about our lives and our work, and this kills productivity and innovation. When employees and managers are not having fun and enjoying their work, they become “Bye-Bye” people. “Bye-Bye” people don’t care for customers, sell well, or produce results.

On the other hand, employees and managers who have fun at their jobs are more loyal, enthusiastic and passionate. They sell more, communicate more effectively, take better care of customers and produce more sustainable results. And fun increases employee retention.

In Joel’s dynamic keynote presentation, employees will appreciate the value of fun in the workplace and learn concrete strategies to making work more fun on a daily basis.

Testimonials:
I am really excited that Joel Zeff will be returning to present to PAMPI. Not only did I participate in his program several years ago when he presented at a monthly PAMPI meeting, but he was one of the instructors when I took the CMM program. His topic is strategic thinking, and you’ll understand the term when you attend his event. He combines a lot of important content in a very participatory stand-up comedy format. Think fun. Think laugh until you cry. Think one of a kind. I don’t want to give anything away, but let me just add that this is one program not to be missed. – Judith R. Flanagan, CMP, CMM

4:25 p.m. Roundtable Session: Great ideas gone bad: The “ka bam” factor that went “ka splat”. Ideas that sounded like they would be a great addition to our meetings and events, but wound up flopping.

Speaker(s)

Joel Zeff is a dynamic author, speaker, and improvisational humorist. His interactive performances invite members of the audience to participate in hilarious improvisational skits that reinforce Joel’s central message: That organizations and individuals should CELEBRATE every day successes if they want to increase long-term productivity and innovation.

For more than 15 years, Joel has inspired audiences from Wells Fargo to Samsung to Cox Communications and even the IRS. Yes, the IRS. If he can help transform the culture of the toughest bureaucracy in the modern world, imagine what he can do for you. Joel is a masterful public speaker not only because he is a nationally renowned motivator, lifelong humorist and improvisational actor – Joel himself started out as a corporate communications consultant.

A former newspaper journalist and public relations executive, Joel started his own corporate communications consulting business almost 20 years ago. Throughout the consulting process, Joel realized his clients – many of them high-level technology and telecommunications firms – needed more than marketing, advertising and public relations strategy. Many of his clients’ employees were starving for a fresh perspective: They saw the end goals of the corporation, but the process getting there wasn’t enjoyable. And this was hurting the bottom line.

Joel bridges this gap by inviting audience members – both employees and their supervisors – to interact with each other in ways they never imagined. His hilarious improvisational skits invite volunteers out of their seats and onto the stage to help illustrate the lessons. Imagine your boss playing a hysterical hitchhiker to Alaska. The silent accountant two cubicles away is now a world famous rapper who has lost his ability to rhyme. Your closest coffee break buddy is suddenly delivering moment-by-moment sound effects. The entire show will leave a light-hearted but lasting impression on your audience.

Whether your company is grappling with the demands of a software upgrade or toiling with the hassle of a paper shortage, Joel delivers tools and insights that enable audiences to deal effectively with any workplace challenge.

As discussed in his book, Make the Right Choice, Joel believes that we all encounter choices in our careers, and that we always have the opportunity to make the right choice to live a more creative, passionate, and productive life.

How do you “make the right choice”? Any team or employer can start by creating a stable foundation that includes plenty of opportunity for upward mobility and a consistent pattern of positive support. You can choose to provide opportunity. You can choose to provide positive support. And along the way, you can choose to have fun. It’s really that simple. Joel teaches us just how easy it is to make these choices.

Since 1993, he has performed with Ad-Libs, a nationally known improvisational comedy troupe with which he performs at the troupe’s theater in Downtown Dallas and throughout the country. As an improvisational actor, Joel studied at the famed Second City Conservatory in Chicago, Illinois.

When he is not speaking, Joel expresses his creativity as an actor and writer. In Dallas, he was co-host of The Movie Zone on UPN 21. He has appeared in dozens of commercials for numerous clients, including the Dallas Cowboys, Harrah’s Casino, Mydiscountbroker.com, Time Warner Cable, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Eagle Country Markets, and Extraco Bank. He has appeared in hundreds of corporate videos and has appeared on shows from CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch to the Fox Network’s Fox and Friends Weekend. His articles have been featured in The Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle, The Kansas City Star, among many other mainstream media outlets.

Registration Fees

Fees:

Table Top Exhibit (Members) : $150.00
Table Top Exhibit (Non-Members) : $250.00
Early-Bird MPI Member Registration Fee (Valid Until March 14) : $40.00
Early-Bird Non-Member Registration Fee (Valid Until March 14) : $65.00
Regular MPI Member Registration Fee (Valid March 15 - 21) : $50.00
Regular Non-Member Registration Fee (Valid March 15 - 21) : $75.00
Students/Members In-Between Opportunities : $25.00
Comp (must be pre-approved by PAMPI to receive this rate) : $0.00

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Contact

Registration Information:

Deadline:

03/19/2012

Note:

Additional Information:
Telephone reservations will be not be accepted.

Cancellations must be made 24 hours prior to the function. No-shows who have registered by fax, mail or via the web, who have not canceled their reservations will be charged the registration fee.

In order to protect our guarantee, professionalism and relationship with our host facility, walk-in reservations will be accommodated space permitting.

A paying MPI member is allowed to bring a guest to two monthly meetings at the non-member registration rate during the fiscal year (July 1-June 30). We encourage all non-members to become full members so that they can take advantage of the many benefits of Meetings Professional International. Any non-member is permitted to attend two monthly programs during the fiscal year (July 1-June 30). The non-member registration fee applies.

PAMPI asks you to be responsible. If you choose to drink alcoholic beverages, please drink responsibly, and take advantage of public transportation. Please don't drink and drive.