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MPI is pleased to present four keynote speakers at IMEX 2012
Keynotes will offer insights to inspire attendee career growth and development
October 8, 2012 – Las Vegas - Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is honored to present Debra
Benton, Dr. Jeff Salz, Doc Hendley and Mike Maddock as its four keynote speakers at IMEX 2012. The
speakers will share their own unique perspectives on bringing leadership, authenticity and transformational
thinking into every day life – personally and professionally – to make a positive difference.
As the premier education provider for IMEX America, MPI aims to offer newly designed education, speaker
sessions and events to equip participants with tools and information that provide immediate value for their
careers.
Speaker/Session Details:
Debra Benton – Leaders Needed: Apply Within
Date: Monday, October 8
Time: 8:30 – 10:00am
About: Debra Benton is a charismatic and powerful speaker, consultant and author. In this session, she will dissect and
decode the secret sauce of traits and nuance needed to elevate one’s presence in the world and one’s authentic self. With
a client list that reads like a “Who’s Who”, Debra’s style has put people “in office”, made companies millions and
accelerated career advancement.
Dr. Jeff Salz – Take on the Adventure of Change
Date: Tuesday, October 9
Time: 8:45 – 9:45am
About: A former university professor with a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and a Masters in experiential education, Jeff
has spent the last fifteen years guiding organizations through the turbulent seas of change and facilitating enhanced
teamwork by helping them build ‘cultures of authenticity’. With strategies from his bestselling book, The Way of Adventure:
Transforming Your Life and Work with Spirit and Vision, he will discuss how to put the passion and commitment of
adventure to work in an organization and in daily life.
Doc Hendley – How to Turn Customers Into Crusaders
Date: Wednesday, October 10
Time: 8:15 – 9:45am
About: One of CNN’s top 10 hero’s in 2009, Doc will give a motivational and inspiring presentation that retells the story of
his journey from bartender and musician to accidental humanitarian to the creation of his Wine into Water program. Tens
of thousands of people around the world have clean drinking water they did not have before an idea popped into his head.
Mike Maddock – Free the Idea Monkey
Date: Thursday, October 11
Time: 8:45 – 9:45 am
About: Mike Maddock - entrepreneur, inventor and writer - calls himself an Idea Monkey because he loves to solve
problems with disruptive ideas. His internationally recognized innovation agency Maddock Douglas helps leading
corporations invent and launch new products, services and business models . The interactive presentation will be based
on Mike's book Free the Idea Monk ey and will cover how to manage the healthy and essential tension between the
divergent and convergent thinkers on a team and create an innovative culture.
For more information: http://www.mpiweb.org/Events/IMEXA2012/keynotes
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