Chapter Meeting with Deborah Gardner

Another year has begun and the impact on your business is still swirling in an uncertain environment. And we now face a world, country, economy, and industry traveling trying to restart our global commerce engine and hospitality industry. No need to wait for the meetings and events industry to return quickly, that’s not going to happen! No need to wait for your phone to ring today, that’s not going to happen. So, what’s next?

If you’re serious about speaking, coaching, or training, hear the truth straight from someone who lives in the meetings world (30 years strong) and directly understands the relationship between you and the decision maker. What will be the long-term changes in our industry? Appreciate why knowing more about the hospitality industry is important to your career and learn how to get involved in the process. Discover how to modernize your new business strategies from Deborah’s on-going extensive interview process and insightful perspective from those who hire you. Get ready to MOVE FORWARD … NOW OR NEVER! Up for the challenge?

You will learn:

• Receive up-to-the-minute meeting industry studies, data and developments that will impact your business starting today.
• Learn what your clients believe are the silver linings to this difficult time that will greatly help enhance your relationship now.
• Find out who are hiring speakers now. Hint: they are NOT meeting planners!

A swimming champion, author, speaker & competitive performance expert, Deborah Gardner helps hundreds of businesses advance to new levels of success while working and living in the fast lane. Whether her audience is servicing customers, selling, negotiating, or leading, Deborah’s rising to international prominence with a captivating style.

Deborah’s competitive practice comes from living in the fast lane; being a Marine Brat to growing up in a small 16 foot trailer, a real life wedding crasher to an Olympic Trial swimmer, a ground-breaking leader as one of the first female broadcasters with CBS Sports and a longtime hospitality sales veteran (better known as a “Triple Threat” due to her substantial experience as a supplier, speaker and meeting professional) and today, Deborah is the voice of business meetings and events as the host for the newly popular “HOSPITALITY TODAY LIVE” streaming video show.

Deborah is a Certified Meeting Professional recipient and one of only seven CMP speakers globally, who has received this prestige credential. She is also a “Meetings Mean Business” ambassador, the most requested speaker by Meeting Professional International, and was voted as one of the best speakers heard by Meetings & Convention Magazine. Additionally, she is Event Industry Council’s Top 30 Influential Meeting Professionals and a Smart Meetings Magazine’s Top 50 Smart Women Leaders, Meetings Today Top 20 Trendsetters That Made a Difference in 2021, CNN’s Top 75 Keynote Speakers Worldwide, Founder of the recently announced International Hospitality Women’s Day and crowed Mrs. Arizona 2020 and 2021.

Whether keynoting or consulting, Deborah believes in mastering her craft on the platform by doing television commercial work as an actor, conducting voice-overs and runway modeling. Deborah lives in Arizona with her husband, Jerry and her lover boy, Bear, the dog.

Guests attending the event (at Scandinavia House) hosted by the New York City Chapter National Speaker’s Association on September 10^th will be asked to show the front desk reception one of the two below:

Proof of vaccination from COVID-19

Or

Results of a negative test taken within the past 72 hours.

Scandinavia House staff takes responsibility for checking for such documents. Guests demonstrate responsibility for one of two documents to be shown at the reception desk when entering the building and for following any further social distancing or safety protocols listed inside the building.

** Please note the room we have reserved has ample room for more than double the number of people we will have in attendance.  There is also a terrace with access from the room we are in for guests to have pre-event networking outside.

Guests attending the event (at Scandinavia House) hosted by the New York City Chapter National Speaker’s Association on September 10^th will be asked to show the front desk reception one of the two below:

Proof of vaccination from COVID-19

Or

Results of a negative test taken within the past 72 hours.

Scandinavia House staff takes responsibility for checking for such documents. Guests demonstrate responsibility for one of two documents to be shown at the reception desk when entering the building and for following any further social distancing or safety protocols listed inside the building.

** Please note the room we have reserved has ample room for more than double the number of people we will have in attendance.  There is also a terrace with access from the room we are in for guests to have pre-event networking outside.

WANT TO SPEAK AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS?

Here’s your chance! We are adding a new addition to Chapter Meetings. Best Practice Shares.

There are new apps, tools, systems, books, programs coming out every millisecond. How can we keep up? Each month we will highlight 3-5 members who will share a TWO MINUTE presentation about a new book, practice, app, software, course that has helped them in their business. (Members only and it must be a 3rd party recommendation. Not self-promotion) 

If you have a Best Practice you would like to share at an upcoming meeting, please fill out this form and we will be in touch if your BPS is selected.

Link- https://forms.gle/qjZvbGHcnFVixx4u8