Having a little fun ... at a board meeting?? What will we think of next?

Blog Entry by :
Jiwon McCartney
Managing Director

Wouldn't you like to know?!  Today, some of the board members of Meeting Professionals International - Chicago Area Chapter met for a marketing brainstorming round table.  A mere 10 of us brainstormed on some amazing marketing initiatives for the chapter!  It was engaging and inspiring to be amongst such talented individuals with passion to meet for an association they are volunteering their time for.  Not only that, it was a Friday afternoon meeting!  Yes we are a bit extreme the lot of us.  To bring a little fun into our mix, we passed around a leisure snack basket instead of a "coffee break".  A simple investment low in cost and what a cheer we started the meeting with!  How excited are we to see Kit Kats, Cheetos and Ding-Dongs at 2pm on a Friday anywhere?  Extremely!  It broke the ice and gave way to peeling our stress a little to share some truly creative brainstorming.  OK so we are an easily amused crowd and simple things please us.  That is my favorite part about this team of passionate, creative and tenacious individuals!  Sometimes it's hard to see the sparkles and we need to give ourselves a little "treat" and have some FUN in our plethora of meetings.  If we can find ways to leave "sterile meetings" in the past we can open our minds to a more efficient future.  Just imagine what a board room full of happy people would look like....I saw a little of that today.  As the saying goes "it's not what you say sometimes, it's how you say it"!

A Little Fun ...