Financial Industry Events Around the Globe 2018 Morningstar Investment Conference June 11-13, 2018 McCormick Place, Chicago https://www.morningstar.com/company/MIC#MIC_Location 2018 NAFA Annuity Leadership Forum June 13-15, 2018 Grand Hyatt Washington – Washington DC http://www.nafameetings.com/2018-annuity-leadership-forum/ MDRT Annual Meeting June 24-27, 2018 Los Angeles, CA http://www.imdrt.org/2018am/HTML/index.php Compliance & Legal Sections Annual Meeting 2018 July 11-1

Today, our staff are dealing with a hurricane situation and managing to the safety of all of the client’s attendees.  Hopefully your day is a bit less disruptive than ours.  This was the perfect timing to reiterate that we know you can’t quit traveling or live life in fear in response to recent horrific tragedies, including the Las Vegas shooting, wild fires, and hurricanes, and or be too well prepared for emergency situations in meetings, airports, hotels, and more. Here are

Another opportunity to volunteer – say no and disappear into the ranks. Say yes, and make several new friends who care about children, about communities, and those who are in need. Of course I said yes and I am honored to serve on the NAILBA Foundation Board beside so many great individuals who are passionate about driving forward the need to stay visible in front of the membership in order to raise even more funds the next year, the benefit.... more children’s charities ar

Transformation Creates Opportunities for Growth Michelle DeClerck, Certified Meeting Planner (CMP), founded Conference Event Management, a premier provider of unique, world-class event, conference, gifting, incentive travel and meeting experiences in 2003 after accepting a severance package from the company she was working at, ING (now known as Voya). DeClerck had planned to work on her own business a couple days per week while her children were growing up, but quickly became

I love this picture taken of me giving a speech, standing next to Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. She had just finished speaking and encouraging the women in the room to step forward and be bold. As our first woman governor and a great supporter to our NAWBO chapter, it was fun to follow her. As she had so much energy, I knew I had to up my game and came out with a battle cry for the women in attendance, encouraging them to help build up one another and take charge. And why no