ANNOUNCEMENTS

Important to know

June Education Meeting

• As we continue to navigate COVID-19, we will not be meeting in person this month. Instead we will offer our education topic via Zoom.
• Kelly Johnson, CGMP, of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center will be speaking on "How to Scale Meetings."
• Registration for this event is free to all SGMP Louisiana members. Guests are charged a small $10 fee.
• Register by Wednesday, June 10.

NEC 2020 Awards

• SGMP Louisiana congratulates all chapters on their awards at this year's ceremony.
• Congratulations to Kathleen Ryan for being awarded Planner of the Year.
• Congratulations to Chris McLaughlin of being awarded Supplier of the Year.
• A very big kudos to our own chapter for winning 1st place for Programming of the Year! We share the award with the Michigan chapter. 

Education on Demand

• Did you know SGMP National and the Gilmer Institute of Learning offer exclusive webinars, at no charge, to SGMP members as a membership benefit?
• These high-quality industry education opportunities are eligible for pre-approved Contact Hour credits toward CGMP recertification.
• Many of these webinars are available on demand for viewing at your leisure. Check them out here!

Hosting a Chapter Luncheon

• We are in the beginning stages of planning our summer and fall programs. We are now booking speakers. Send us your topics and suggested speakers. We'd love to hear from you!
• If you are a Baton Rouge Metro area property we'd love to talk to you about the possibility of hosting our Annual Education Conference in December. Shoot us an email!

recent awards

We are proud to have brought back two honors from the National Education Conference (NEC) 2019.