Upon returning home, Shivani, the President of MPI BCIT, and Jennifer, the VP of Events were buzzing with excitement and stories about WEC 2013. Here is what they have to say about this memorable experience:
"These past few days, I was lucky enough to meet and learn from members of MPI from across the world at the WEC 2013 conference in Vegas! Along with Jennifer Wong, Vivek Punwani and Wilfred Chan of MPI BCIT, we heard some great speakers, grew our international professional network and talked to people with the most interesting jobs.
MPI member jobs spanned across tourism industries, but a lot of the people I talked to were involved in hotel sales, corporate travel, and event planning.
Absolute highlights include talks from these powerful professionals, and I encourage everyone to check them out!
1) Candy Chang, artist and urban planner - gave a heartfelt talk on designing spaces to make them more social and human. Check her out here.
2) Jessica Jackley, founder of KIVA micro-financing corporation. She taught us great lessons on how to use business to solve poverty, and reminded us that we can pull business lessons from any source. Check her out here.
Conferences are great sources for inspiration, so I hope you get to dive into one soon!" -- Shivani
"The World Education Congress (WEC) 2013 in Las Vegas is definitely an event to remember. This was my first WEC I have ever attended and I was sure amazed! The keynote speakers and educational seminars were very insightful and interesting.
My most memorable experience at WEC was the Helping Hands session. Together with Diane and Luke, two professionals I had just met, we were able to assemble a prosthetic hand. All the prosthetic hands assembled would go to victims of land mine accidents and amputees. After we assembled the prosthetic hand, we decorated the carrying bag and wrote a personal letter to the person that would receive the hand. It was very touching to know that we are able to change the life and build an emotional connection to a stranger across the world. In this one 2-hour session, we were able to assemble over 300 hands and in turn change over 300 peoples’ lives. Wow, now that is something to be proud of!" -- Jennifer
To read more about WEC 2013, you can visit MPI's events page here. Their MPI OnSite publication, WEC blogs and social media links at the bottom of the page give great details and highlights of the event. MPI HQ has already announced that next year's World Education Congress will be held in Minneapolis. If you were unable to attend this year, or would like to experience WEC again, WEC 2014 in Minneapolis is another opportunity!
