ConferenceDirect APM 2012 - Day 4

The day started with presentations over breakfast from some of ConferenceDirect's strategic partners:

• Hello! Florida - DMC services throughout Florida; amazing testimonials from ConferenceDirect colleagues!
• Freeman - long-time partner and supplier of show service; 25% discount on A/V to ConferenceDirect clients
• ExpoMeeting Apps - supplier of mobile meeting applications
• Hosts - DMC (Destination Managment Services) worldwide
• 73 Events - web design and registration solutions for small meetings
• DMC Network - trusted experts in every city (includng Altima Concept in Montreal)

The final general session included awarding ConferenceDirect's annual Impact award - to the supplier who went the extra mile for ConferenceDirect during the past year.  For the first time in my memory with the company it was given to our host hotel, the Peabody Orlando who certainly did a gracious job in hosting us.

We enjoyed a lively presentation from a representative of the Disney Institute - fitting both because we are in Orlando, and because the emphasis on customer service that Disney and ConferenceDirect shares.

Attending the APM each year is a bit like running a marathon, as Executive Vice President and Chief Talent Officer Brian Richey said in his closing remarks. We all seem to reach the finish line very tired - but inspired! - and that's what face-to-face meetings do best.

Final look at the Peabody's Grotto pool where we gathered on the Sunday before the conference started for some informal networking.
You can't do that at a webinar or teleconference :)