"Creating a Better World Through Meetings"

Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 6:30pm EST, The Transformation Zone proudly welcomes Ms. Joan Eisenstodt to the Show. I am very excited to welcome a pillar of the Meeting and Convention industry to my show.

Joan Eisenstodt is the founder of Eisenstodt Associates, a Washington, DC-based meeting consulting, facilitation and training company is widely recognized as one of the Meeting Planning industries Top Professionals and Teachers. Joan works with corporations, government-affiliated groups, associations, foundations, universities, hotel and conference center companies and convention and visitors bureaus to negotiate contracts, provide training, and conduct focus groups. She conducts meetings department performance audits, and facilitates the design process for meetings, conventions and conferences. She was the founding and long-time moderator of the “MIMList”, the first meetings and hospitality online community, founded in 1999. She currently is active on social media in hospitality, facilitation, education, association, meetings and travel communities and blogs at www.meetingstoday.com.

Joan Eisenstodt is a long-time active member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA.) For ASAE, she is a past chair of the Ethics Committee, and has served on the Diversity Committee, Meetings and Exhibition Section Council. She served on the ASAE’s Board of Directors, in 2011, where she passed the revised Standards of Conduct, applicable to all ASAE member categories. She recently served on two sub-groups as an ad hoc volunteer for the Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Joan’s PCMA activities include service on the Ethics Committee and on the Diversity Committee; as a multi-year chair of the Student Task Force; and on the Annual Meeting Planning Committee.

Join us at 914.205.5650 to listen in.