Meet Larry Alexander, FASAE, President & CEO of the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. Learn about his career experiences, passion for making a difference and legacies created during his illustrious career with the DMCVB.
In recent years, the city of Detroit, Michigan has earned the nickname “America’s Comeback City” – and rightfully so. Larry Alexander, FASAE shares with listeners the change in the marketing messages for Detroit. The campaign began in 2009 when the city began making major improvements to the Cobo Center, the hospitality venues and the city in general. Learn about these expansion efforts and the return on investment.
The Greater Lansing Convention & Vistors Bureau has interallied with a number of other Lansing area headquartered facilities to make Lansing an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) friendly center.
What is a destination marketing organization versus company? As one of the 55 destination Marketing organization’s in the state of Michigan, President, Jack Schripsema shares the Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau services and how a meeting professional can assess those services.
On this segment of Association Impact is Jack Schripsema. Jack has been Present/CEO of Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau for the past six years. Hear about Jack’s career path and what brought him full circle to be back in his college town. You will learn about some of the changes in the hospitality industry during Jack’s career and learn more about the Lansing Bureau and their goals.
Wrapping up an episode of MBN's Association Imapact, Cheryl Ronk continues her conversation with Terry Terry of MessageMakers, an Event AV, Video Production and Custom Training firm, has served as the catalyst for the revitalization of Lansing’s historic Old Town district.
Emotion flow at your meetings…… what if you could plan for that emotion? That is exactly what MessageMakers, of Old Town, Lansing, MI, does for their events.
Cheryl Ronk interviews Terry Terry, or TNT, founder and president of MessageMakers, to learn more about his background and why MessageMakers is in the greater Lansing area.
Former Michigan Governor Jim Blanchard wrapped up the morning session for MSAE's Legislative & Public Policy Conference 2018.
He reflected on the hard decisions he had to make while Governor of Michigan 1983-1991, and then insight on what he sees in politics nationally and in Michigan here in 2018.
Update as of October 2018: Cheryl Ronk has retired as President of the Michigan Society of Association Executives where for almost 30 years she led professionals that operate association and advocacy groups, provide professional development, and member services to association professionals.
This "Thankful Thursday" article appreciates Cheryl who formerly co-hosted the show Association Impact on Michigan Business Network, from 2011-2018.
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