Creating a polished, on-brand, and high-impact event doesn’t have to come with a high-impact price tag.  Join our upcoming webinar to learn budget-friendly strategies that make every dollar count while delivering a professional, cohesive attendee experience.

Join us on 8/19 and discover how to:

• Replace expensive signage with affordable, unique alternatives
• Use underutilized spaces creatively to maximize brand visibility
• Creative ways to make your graphics work double duty to reduce overall spend
• Offset costs with sponsor integrations and value-adds
• Prioritize signage investments for maximum ROI

Whether you’re planning a large conference or an intimate off-site, you’ll walk away with actionable ideas to help you stretch your signage budget without sacrificing quality or attendee engagement.  

What new ethical risks arise when government staffers use AI to draft communications, evaluate vendors, or shape policy? How can meeting professionals help staffers think clearly about these challenges and make sound decisions? What does integrity look like when the rules are still being written?

As artificial intelligence changes how government agencies operate, staffers are facing complex ethical questions they haven’t encountered before. This timely and engaging session will show you how to support those staffers with clarity and confidence.

Ethics expert Bruce Weinstein, Ph.D., The Ethics Guy®, will present a clear, practical framework for analyzing the ethical aspects of AI-related decisions, grounded in five nonpartisan principles of ethical intelligence. You’ll come away with tools for making sound choices about AI and for answering the larger question: “What’s the right thing to do?”

Joint Leadership Meeting at the 2025 SGMP National Education Conference

As Government agencies are challenged with downsizing, staffing shortages, and lesser resources–Government administrators and employees have now been asked to do more with less—and with more stress.  Therefore, the time to create a positive work environment while injecting fun, energy, and humor into the workplace has never been more important.  People are tired of being stressed.  People want to be happy, be appreciated, and enjoy their jobs as much as possible.  The incredible impacts of a positive work environment include improved recruiting, less stress, higher morale, lower turnover, greater teamwork, creativity, and especially increased service levels–accomplished with LITTLE or NO costs.  Join international Author/Keynote Speaker Andy Masters in this timely and entertaining program which illustrates inexpensive ways to create a positive working environment, while sharing success stories of how other organizations have RE-ENERGIZED their culture during challenging times.

This interactive training equips event planners with essential skills and tools to proactively manage crises and support event safety. Participants will be guided through a five-step framework to anticipate, respond to, and recover from emergency situations that can impact live events.

Kelli J. McCrary is a dynamic and results-driven leader with over 25 years of experience spanning law enforcement, corporate security, school district operations, and nonprofit leadership. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Downtown St. Louis Community Improvement District (CID), where she leads a multimillion-dollar organization focused on enhancing public safety, cleanliness, and quality of life in the downtown area.

The difference in success or failure in life, work and business are hidden within habits. Habits are the essence of what separates people who achieve greatness and those that don't. In this powerful program based on the book, "Made For Greatness: The 7 Habits that Unlock Greatness Within", leadership keynote speaker, Adam White delivers the 7 Powerful Habits every Individual can develop to master these leadership challenges.

This session demonstrates how leadership principles can be applied through customer service techniques to build trust, communication, and problem-solving skills essential for government leaders. By exploring key aspects of empathy, patience, and trust, attendees will learn how to enhance both internal team relations and external client satisfaction, building stronger, more effective relationships.

An interactive blend of insightful perspectives and practical demonstrations. Jon showcases various AI platforms that not only save time and costs, but also open new horizons in marketing, branding and more.

Want to have your cake and eat it too? The Yellow Cake Principle will show you how.  Packed with practical strategies and sprinkled with humor, this session delivers the key ingredients you need to connect, communicate, and improve relationships—without the usual stress.  Ready to deepen relationships with clients and colleagues, boost employee engagement, and gain agreement more easily? Unlock the secrets that will transform your approach and satisfy your hunger for success. Warning: The Yellow Cake Principle has zero calories but will boost business performance!

Everything is going along swimmingly with your meeting until, “uh-oh,” something you didn’t anticipate threatens to disrupt or derail it. Using scenarios that address real issues like construction and remodeling, dishonored reservations, conflicting groups, force majeure situations, and more, we’ll discuss what you should have in your contracts to prevent the issue from occurring or mitigate the damage if it does occur. Groups will have a chance to review scenarios and discuss in small groups before sharing solutions.