Plan Meet Repeat July August 2019 July August | Page 2

Letter from the Editor Summer is here! Like many of you, I will be so glad when this crazy weather stops! We’ve had a lot going on here, many podcast interviews, new clients, new events, etc. It seems this year has brought some change to the meeting planning industry, attendee retention has created a lot of buzz. Our feature interview covers just that! In this issue, we interview John Hawkins, John shares many tips on keeping the audience engaged before and after the event! In this Issue….. 3 Using Social Media outreach 5 Feature Interview: John Hawkins 7 Speaker Spotlights 10 Is this thing on? Check out our columns in this issue, they are stellar! Wishing you continued success, Plan.Meet.Repeat Magazine [email protected] Toll Free: 844-222-9740 www.bookspeakrepeat.com Credits •Kerry Heaps •Andrea Pass • Sharon DeFelices 2 •Matt May