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April 2021 news & updates
MCI In The News

Later this month, MCI's Owner and President, Ann Bruttell, will be part of a discussion among Michigan events agency owners to address COVID-19 protocols as live corporate/association events come back.


MCI's Ann Bruttell is also president of the Marketing & Sales Executives of Detroit (MSE Detroit). This month, MSE Detroit's newsletter is featuring a tribute to past women leaders of the organization in honor of Women's History Month. To read their diverse stories, please click HERE.
Meeting Coordinators, Inc. has developed a resource page for meeting planners on our website. Please visit the page at: https://meeting-coordinators.com/resources.


Be in "The Know"

CADIA (Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion and Advancement) is offering an online DEI program. On Friday, April 9th, from 1-2:30PM, they will be offering the webinar "DEI Foundations Workshop." For more information and to register, please click HERE. They will also be offering a DEI Summit on Monday, April 12th, from 8:30AM-3:30PM, "Rev Up 2030--Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Progress Over Perfection." For more information on the summit, please click HERE.

The Albert L. Lorenzo Cultural Center at Macomb Community College is offering "Deliciously Michigan: A (Virtual) Journey through the Unique Foods of Michigan." Webinars are free, and are running now through the end of April. The next webinar is Friday, April 9th at 4PM: "Make It Italian with Vince and Joe's Gourmet Market." Following that, on Wednesday, April 14th, is "The Chicken Story of Zehnder's." For more information, please click HERE.

Dickinson Wright is offering the webinar
"A Shot in the Arm: Current COVID-19 Workplace Issues" on Wednesday, April 14th at 1PM. This webinar is free, but registration is required. For more information, please click HERE.

"Meetings Today" offers a long list of free on-demand and live webinars for meeting and event planners. On Wednesday, April 14th at 1PM they will be offering: "Hybrid How-to: A Step-by-Step Guide to Hosting a Successful Hybrid Event." Webinars are free. Check them out HERE.

Detroit SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) has been offering a multi-part DEI (Diversity-Equity-Inclusion) series. The final webinar is Wednesday, April 21st, "BLM at Work: Having the Difficult Conversations," from 11AM-12:30PM. For more information, or to register, please click HERE.

The Readers' Corner

This month: Books about leadership.

Recommended by Chad Toms,
Reliance One:

"American Turnaround" by Ed Whitacre

"Shoe Dog" by Phil Knight

It's Molting Time...
MOLTING
verb
gerund or present participle: molting
1. (of an animal) shed old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for a new growth.
I have a bird… a cockatiel. It would not have been a pet of my choice, but I have learned a lot from that little creature. I can hear you all saying, “Well, if it wasn't your choice, how did you get the bird?” Almost 20 years ago, a young cousin of mine had a cockatiel which my 5-year-old daughter fell in love with. She begged and begged for one too. Me being a parent with two dogs and a 50-gallon fish tank already, I stood firm and told her no. I was already the caretaker of the dogs and fish. However, that summer my 5-year-old is at summer camp, playing outside with her friends in a circle, singing "Kumbaya, my Lord," when a cockatiel flies from the sky and lands on her shoulder. Of course, you know what happens then. I get the phone call that “God wants me to have a bird.” Now so many years later, my daughter can’t take the bird to her condo because she has 3 cats. Did you know that Cockatiels live 35-40 years?  I have a bird…

What have I learned from this bird? The bird is always happy and sings/whistles no matter if it is a gloomy or sunny day. He takes the days as they come. Twice a year the bird sheds all his feathers (and makes a huge mess in the process I must add). It is almost as if he is happy with the mess. He seems to sing even louder! It must feel good to shake off the old feathers and feel the new growth coming in. 

We should all be molting. We need to shake off the constraints put on us by COVID and be open to new beginnings as we all get "the shot in the arm." At Meeting Coordinators, Inc. we have begun to schedule peer-to-peer in-person events. Starting slowly of course, with outdoor events such as golf outings. We are feeling optimistic that this Fall we can resume with festivals, awards programs, conferences, training programs and even networking events.

"Kumbaya, my Lord."

Be well and be safe.

Ann
Ann K. Bruttell
President, Meeting Coordinators, Inc.
abruttell@meeting-coordinators.com


P.S. One thing I did not mention is that my (now deceased) husband years ago taught the bird how to “cat-call” as I walked into the room. That never seems to get old. 😊



Meeting Coordinators, Inc.

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Do you enjoy Golf Outings?

Save the dates


Women In Defense (WID) Golf Outing
Monday, July 26, 2021
Cherry Creek Golf Club

AWAF (Automotive Women's Alliance Foundation) Golf Outing
Friday, August 27, 2021
Forest Lake Country Club

MSED (Marketing & Sales Executives of Detroit) Golf Outing
Monday, August 30, 2021
Cherry Creek Golf Club

More information to come.
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