A simple, hands-on explanation of the MPI RISE Awards for the meetings industry - full details: http://www.mpiweb.org/Community/AwardsAndRecognition/Overview.aspx Deadline for nominations for 2009: first week of December 2009

1. MPI RISE Program
Recognizing
Industry
Success and
Excellence

2. The MPI RISE Program

3. Overview of the 7 RISE Awards

4. Awards Recognizing Individuals
• Young Professional
• Meeting Industry Leadership
• MPI Member of the Year

5. Young Professional
• individual 30 years of age or younger
• 5 or less years professional experience
• has made outstanding contributions to
the meetings and events industry
• not limited to MPI members

6. Meeting Industry Leadership
• honors rare individuals who by visionary hard
work and creative insight have positively
changed the global meetings and events
industry community
• recognizes sustained commitment and
substantial contributions to the global meeting
and events industry
• elevates the accomplishments of these
individuals and inspires others to learn from their
example
• not limited to MPI members

7. MPI Member of the Year
• honors an exceptional MPI member who
through their volunteer efforts has made
outstanding grassroots contributions and
demonstrated unparalleled commitment to
the advancement of a chapter, club,
community or region
• limited to MPI members

8. Awards Recognizing Communities
• Achievement in Knowledge and
Ideas
• Achievement in Marketplace
Excellence
• Emerging Excellence

9. Achievement in Knowledge and Ideas
• recognizes MPI chapters and other
communities for demonstrated
achievement in making human
connections through knowledge and ideas
• recipient(s) will have displayed innovation
and creativity in the development, planning
and execution of ground-breaking
initiatives

10. Achievement in Marketplace Excellence
• recognizes MPI chapters and other
communities for demonstrated
achievement in marketplace excellence
and providing business opportunities for
members
• recipient(s) will have displayed innovation
and creativity in the development, planning
and delivery of effective business-to-
business opportunities between
community members

11. Emerging Excellence
• recognizes the exceptional achievement
and accomplishments of chapters and
other communities within two years of
inception
• exemplary results include but are not
limited to:
– strategic direction
– innovative initiatives
– member engagement

12. Recognition for Organizations
• Organizational Achievement

13. Organizational Achievement Award
• acknowledges the transformational impact
an organization has envisioned and
achieved
• the organization exhibited leadership to
advance organizational strategy, drive
business results, or create change utilizing
meetings and events

14. Behaviors to Recognize
• The RISE Awards recognize desired
behaviors. Some of these behaviors
include:
– Volunteerism
– Impact
– Innovation
– Commitment to the Industry
– Transferability across boundaries
– Transformational change