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karen m. king, cmp,
cmm
principal of meeting strategists, llc
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karen m. king, cmp, cmm, principal of meeting strategists, llc, is a passionate meeting professional who has spent her entire career in the hospitality and meetings industry. her professional history includes employment at The Gillette Company, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, the Omni Hotel Corporation and The Boston Harbor Hotel.
meeting strategists, llc, was founded in June of 2004, we are a consultancy focused on four major areas: conference planning, product launch, spend optimization, training & development. the business continues to grow as client partners come to rely on outsourced business model for disciplines outside of their core mission.
king holds degrees in hotel technology and in business management and accounting from the State Universities of New York (SUNY) system. she completed the certificate for meeting management from Bentley College in 1994, and obtained her Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation in 1997. in January of 2005, king finished an intensive program for a second industry certification, the Certification of Meeting Management (CMM). In doing so, she became part of an elite group of industry professionals to achieve this prestigious strategy-focused designation.
when Bentley College dissolved its meeting management program in 1999, king was a driving force in moving the program to Northeastern University. until the fall of 2005 she served as the chair for this continuing education program and teaching courses in Introduction to Meeting Management and Budgeting and Financial Management. she has served on the hospitality advisory board of Mohegan Sun, numerous positions on the MPI New England board of directors, serves in an advisory capacity to the Boston Harbor Hotel, has been a member of the advisory council of Associated Luxury Hotels (ALHI) since 2007.
king has served in a number of capacities as a board member to Meeting Professionals International (MPI), New England Chapter. king became president for the New England Chapter of MPI in June of 2010. in the current volatile economic climate king has responded by modifying the focus of meeting strategists, llc to address some of the industry educational challenges. in February 2010 king became accredited as an MPI Accredited Trainer, she will be actively involved in delivering the educational content in the recently launch MPI Global Training Certificate programs.
swearing in of the MPI New England board of directors on
Monday, june 28, 2010. king assumes role of chapter president.
(photo by David Fox Photography)
  
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