{"id":747,"date":"2012-12-03T13:08:52","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T13:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/?p=747"},"modified":"2012-12-03T13:08:52","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T13:08:52","slug":"cgmp-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/03\/cgmp-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"CGMP Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-748\" title=\"Print\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/hl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/CGMP_Congress_2012_Logo_RGB-300x300.jpg\" \/>Just before Thanksgiving I was fortunate enough to be part of the first ever CGMP Congress, hosted by the Society of Government Meeting Professionals in Washington, DC.\u00a0 There have been thirty annual meetings but this was the first ever second annual meeting that the association has experimented with.\u00a0 It was open to all holders of the Certified Government Meeting Professional designation and was to be initially capped at 100 attendees.\u00a0\u00a0<!--more-->I very conspicuously do not possess the CGMP designation, and part of me thinks I really ought to as a Gilmer Trustee, and this distinction would normally disqualify me from being at the Congress.\u00a0 However, as a stroke of good fortune, I was asked to be a speaker at the Congress.\u00a0 The goal of the meeting was to bring a slightly more elevated level of education to attendees than can normally be brought at the annual meeting which caters to newer attendees.\u00a0 My topic?\u00a0 How to Start Your Own Business.\u00a0 That&#8217;s something I know a little bit about.<\/p>\n<p>From the feedback I&#8217;ve been able to glean, the Congress as a whole did very well in its first year.\u00a0 I was honored and pleased to put together my breakout on starting my own business.\u00a0 When I was first approached, admittedly, I was hesitant.\u00a0 Was a I really prepared to stand on stage and turn my audience into 50 new competitors?\u00a0 Whether I talked folks into it or talked folks out of it, whether or not the business would even be in our industry, I contend there can only be good coming out of me having an hour of stage time.\u00a0 As a small business owner, it&#8217;s priceless for me to be able to garner some exposure and I believe that&#8217;s exactly what I did.\u00a0 In the end, one doesn&#8217;t start their own business because they simply want to start their own business.\u00a0 Some other compelling reason needs to be the motivator.<\/p>\n<p>So I thank SGMP for the opportunity to be at the first ever CGMP Congress and I look forward to other opportunities to contribute in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just before Thanksgiving I was fortunate enough to be part of the first ever CGMP Congress, hosted by the Society of Government Meeting Professionals in Washington, DC.\u00a0 There have been thirty annual meetings but this was the first ever second annual meeting that the association has experimented with.\u00a0 It was open to all holders of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - 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