Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI), the global trade association for destination marketing organizations, is inviting meeting planners to vote on what drives them the most mad in the 2015 March Meeting Planning Madness Tournament.
"Being a meeting professional is one of the greatest professions, according to US News & World Report, which ranked 'Meeting, Convention & Event Planner' 57th on their list of 100 best jobs of 2015," said Managing Director of DMAI's empowerMINT initiative Christine "Shimo" Shimasaki. "But, we know the job has moments of sheer, indescribable madness as well."
From working with stakeholders who think they are planners to cold calls and inadequate responses to their RFPs, meeting planners face significant and maddening challenges every day. During a time when the U.S. is caught up with the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, DMAI will host a tournament just for meeting planners.
A group of meeting planners helped DMAI narrow down the list to the "Not-So-Sweet-Sixteen." The March Meeting Planner Madness tournament is divided up into four voting regions to include on the job; salespeople; who to trust; and The Find.
Voting begins on March 16th and runs through April 3. The "madness champion" will be announced on April 6. Voters only need an active email address to participate and be invited back to vote in subsequent rounds.
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