Join us for our May Meetings in the 517 - our last meeting together until September!

☀️ As we prepare to take a break for the summer, we invite you to join us for our final monthly meeting of the season! This is a great opportunity to connect, share updates, and wrap up the first half of the year together. We won't meet again until September, so be sure to mark your calendar and join us before our summer hiatus.

11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Cleats Bar and Grille @ Hope Sports Complex

5801 N. Aurelius Road

Lansing, MI 48911

Smarter Spending, Better Meetings: Maximizing Value on Any Budget

11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Professional Development/Lunch

12:00-1:00 p.m. | Conversation

Speaker: Darla Bishop, Finansis, LLC

Hosting high-impact events is essential for member engagement, but rising costs and tight budgets can make it tough to deliver the experience your attendees expect. In this insightful and practical session, Dr. Darla Bishop will share strategies to help associations maximize every dollar—without compromising on quality.

Learn how to prioritize your event’s purpose, make strategic budget decisions, and negotiate with confidence to stretch your resources further. Whether you're planning a regional luncheon or your organization’s annual conference, you’ll leave with tools to cut costs, boost attendee value, and make your next meeting your best one yet.f with the tools to foster a culture where every generation contributes and thrives, driving engagement, innovation, and successful event outcomes.

Lunch provided by Choose Lansing®.

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I Can't Make It

As always, this complimentary meeting is an excellent resource for learning and networking with like-minded association meeting planners who experience similar successes and challenges when planning meetings and events. It’s an opportunity to borrow brilliance and share best practices with one another!

Not only are these monthly meetings very informative, but it’s a great way to get some professional development, so feel free to invite other meeting planners in your office to join you, too!

After our time together in May, we will begin again in September and continue our tradition of meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of each month and will rotate between the breakfast, lunch, and happy hour time frames.

September 16

Questions about Meetings in the 517? Feel free to contact Stephanie Wohlfert at swohlfert@lansing.org

Choose Lansing® has been approved by the Events Industry Council (EIC) as a Preferred Provider of the below-listed continuing education courses, which qualify for CMP continuing education credit. Determination of continuing education credit eligibility or Preferred Provider status does not imply EIC’s endorsement or assessment of education quality.

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