| MONTVALE, NEW JERSEY (May 3, 1999). � Leading conference
center company Dolce International and Successful Meetings are co-sponsoring
the Step By Step meeting planning seminar series. Facilitated by renowned
meeting professionals Joan Eisenstodt and James Daggett, CAE, CMP, Step
By Step Seminars offer valuable training and insight into key meeting planner
issues including site inspections, the legalities and liabilities of planning
meetings, negotiating meeting contracts, Internet resources for the meeting
planning industry, and the latest in meeting technology. The seminars are
in their seventh consecutive year.
Explains Dolce International Chairman & CEO Andy Dolce, �Throughout
corporate America we hear daily about the need for continuing education.
Nowhere is that need more prevalent than in the meetings industry. The
Step By Step seminar series is designed to help meeting planners bring
added value to their jobs and companies by providing them with the tools
necessary to plan better, more productive meetings.�
Continues Dolce International Director of Customer Education, Andrea
Dolce-Singer, �The strength of the Step By Step seminar series lies in
the experience and knowledge of its faculty.� Joan Eisenstodt, founder
of Washington DC-based Eisenstodt Associates, has worked in the meetings
industry for over 25 years. A dynamic speaker and industry advocate, Eisenstodt
has been named one of Meetings News� �25 Most Influential People in the
Meetings Industry� for four consecutive years. In addition, she was honored
with one of the first Pacesetter Awards from the Hospitality Sales &
Marketing Association International (HSMAI) in 1995. James Daggett, founder
of Chicago-based meetings management and consulting firm JR Daggett &
Associates, Ltd., is a recognized authority and trainer on meetings related
topics including adult learning and continuing education, meetings management,
technology in the meetings industry, budgeting and finance, and disaster
and contingency planning. He is also a recipient the HSMAI Pacesetter Award.
Register for Step By Step seminars by calling (312) 587-7468. The full
two-day seminar is available for just $269 or attend one day for $169.
The 1999 schedule is as follows:
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May 13-14 Tarrytown House, A Dolce Conference Hotel Westchester County,
NY
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May 26-27 Hamilton Park, A Dolce Conference Hotel Morris County,
NJ
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June 14-15 Oak Brook Hills, A Dolce Conference Resort Chicago, IL
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August 11-12 Hamilton Park, A Dolce Conference Hotel Morris County,
NJ
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October 4-5 Oak Brook Hills, A Dolce Conference Resort Chicago,
IL
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October 14-15 The Heritage, A Dolce Conference Resort Southbury,
CT
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November 1-2 Skamania Lodge, A Dolce Conference Resort Stevenson,
WA
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November 15-16 Lakeway Inn, A Dolce Conference Resort Austin, TX
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December 2-3 Spencer Hall, Richard Ivey School of Business, A Dolce Conference
Center London, Ontario, Canada
Dolce International, the global leader in learning through meetings and
leisure, represents a growing portfolio of conference hotels, conference
resorts, and private/corporate centers in the United States, Canada and
Europe. |
