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MPI-Wisconsin Chapter Education
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Tundra Lodge and Resort
Green Bay, WI

Two Programs from Meetings Tech
Expert Jim Spellos!
It’s App-tastic: 75 Apps in 75 Minutes
Social Tsunami: How To Drink from theInformation Fire Hose Using a Straw
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Are you overwhelmed with information? Can’t keep up
with the tidal wave that comes from different techresources? Do you know all the latest Apps to help youwith your events?

Join us at the Tundra Lodge and Resort in Green Bay on
April 16th to hear from industry leader, Jim Spellos. After
this educational afternoon with Jim you’ll be able to identify
60 of the most useful meeting
industry & business apps,
recognize tablet-specific tools tohelp deliver customized content to your iPad or othermobile device, learn about 7 tools to enhance your event
marketing and much more!
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Titletown Tap Dance!
Following the reception at the Tundra Lodge, the Greater
Green Bay CVB is hosting a “Titletown Tap Dance” to thearea breweries!
Stops include: Badger State Brewing Company, Titletown
Brewing Company, Stillmank Brewing Company andHinterland Brewery.
The bus will be leaving the Tundra Lodge at 4:00 pm andreturning at 8:30 pm. We hope you will join us!!!

AgendaThursday, April 16, 2015
Tundra Lodge and Resort
Green Bay, WI— AM —
9:00 - 11:00

Board of Directors Meeting

11:30 - 12:00

Registration— PM —
12:00 - 1:00pmLunch and Networking

1:00 - 3:30

It’s App-tastic: 75 Apps in 75 MinutesSocial Tsunami: How To Drink from the Information Fire Hose Using a Straw
Jim Spellos

3:30

Reception

4:00 - 8:00

Titletown Tap Dance

Event Pricing
Member:$50 ($60 after 4/08/2015)

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Non-Member:$60 ($65 after 4/08/2015)

Student Member:$30 ($40 after 4/08/2015)

It’s App-tastic: 75 Apps in 75 Minutes
Do you still have your computer? Or is your meeting planning or hospitality service organization becoming moreproductive and more mobile by using tablets instead? Whether you’re using an iPad, Android or Windows device, without
knowing the best productivity apps available, you’re not using your time most efficiently. This fast-paced session will
review and showcase 60 of the most useful apps for the meetings professional. Attendees are encouraged to bring theirtablet and smart phones and share their favorite apps with their peers.
After attending this session, the attendee will be able to:
Identify 60 of the most useful meeting industry & business apps available
Understand mobile solutions impact site inspection, registration and event management
Use their mobile devices more effectively for meetings & events over their event sustainability

Social Tsunami: How To Drink from the Information Fire Hose Using a Straw
Are you overwhelmed with information? Can’t keep up with the tidal wave that comes from different tech resources?
Take control of the Social Tsunami by learning about curating content. Curation makes you a content publisher, as well as
providing the tools to manage the information flow that comes into your computer, tablet or smart phone. These tools are
the critical time savers and information managers every business person needs.
After attending this session, the user will be able to:Understand how curation impacts your event and destination branding
Use 7 tools to enhance your event marketing
Recognize tablet-specific tools to help deliver customized content to your iPad or other mobile devices
Identify how social sharing tools enhance the curation process

Speaker Bio:James Spellos is the President of Meeting U., a company specializing in helping people become more productive andcomfortable with technology.
Jim is certified as a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS). He delivers over 150 seminars annually on how to use technology
more efficiently, including social media. Jim is a faculty member at New York University, teaching in the School ofProfessional and Continuing Studies since 1990. He was been honored with both their Award for Teaching Excellence andtheir Outstanding Service Award.
With hospitality industry colleague Corbin Ball, Jim released in 2012 the TechSpec app, helping meeting planners toassess the technology capabilities of a hotel during a site inspection.
In 2014, Jim joined the Board of Directors for Rock and Wrap It Up, an anti-poverty/hunger think tank, which supports over
43,000 agencies in North America. Jim co-created for them the Whole Earth Calculator app, which helps organization’s
identify the quantity of food donated and carbon footprint reduced from food recovered from meetings and events.
Outside of the meetings industry, Jim is an accomplished musician and songwriter, playing guitar, keyboards and singing
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for the New York City rock band Contraband. They released their first CD, “Welcome to the Neighborhood” in late 2008,
and is back in the studio recording new songs for a 2015 release.

Location, Map, and Lodging
Tundra Lodge Resort and Conference Center865 Lombardi Avenue
Green Bay, WI 54304
Phone: (920) 405-8700
Property Website
Cut-off Date: April 5, 2015
Room Rates: $89.00

Community Outreach - House of hope
The House of Hope is a shelter for homeless pregnant and parenting women
between the ages of 18 and 24, and their children.
Their mission: “To provide a safe, supportive place where young mothers learn tobecome competent adults and independent, successful parents.”
Requested Donations include:
Dish soap, bleach, cleaning wipes
Pull-ups, sizes 3T and 4T
Diapers, sizes 4, 5 & 6
Baby wipes
13 and 30 gallon black garbage bags
Deodorant and hair conditioner
Postage stamps
Tape of all kinds – scotch, duct, packing, etc.
Pantry items / non-perishable foods
AA and AAA batteries
Jump drives / USB drives
White bread/bagels/English muffins
Gift cards of any kind, ie: grocery, gas, discount store

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