The Association of Meeting Professionals November Monthly Meeting

This Tuesday, I attended the November monthly meeting of the Association of Meeting Professionals. The meeting location is at Hyatt Place on K Street. When I got there, there is place to pick up my name tag. And I met two GW students who are from Professor Levy’s other class. The meeting started at around 7pm. The host gave a brief presentation about the hotel. I learned that this Hyatt Place hotel was built recently. It is only 6 months old. After the mini presentation, some members of the association went over some “housekeeping” notes, and talked about some upcoming events.

We were divided into four different groups. For my group, the theme of the meeting is to teach us how do we respond to emergency situations when we see an unconscious person. I didn’t quite understand why we had this theme since it had nothing to do with the meeting industry. However, I learned that last month one member had a stroke during the meeting. The association realized that people need to have some basic knowledge in terms of must-know first aid tips.

During the meeting, I also met Tasha who is the sales manager at MGM Grand in Detroit. When she knew that I am a student at GW, she encouraged me to apply for the internship at MGM Grand Hotel in summer.

Overall, it was a great experience. I met some professionals in the field and learned some basic first aid techniques (which I didn’t expect at all before I went!)