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💭 Introducing Mind Over Chatter — The Leadership Podcast by Curated Entertainment

It’s a podcast about how great leaders think, decide, and trust their inner guide.

It's for entrepreneurs, leaders, and curious thinkers who want to connect and communicate with greater clarity and confidence.

🎙️ In our premiere episode, Jeanne‑Marie Grumet, CEO of Communication Catalysts, shares how intuition and insight fuel authentic communication and confident leadership. Here’s a preview. 

🎧 To watch the full episode on YouTube, see Link in Bio. 

We’re proud to call the San Francisco Bay Area home – a place where DEI isn’t just a value, it’s a way of life. 

According to the Harvard Business Review, “Diverse teams are smarter.”

Thanks to our friends at , we got to prove this through fun and gameplay, when we facilitated a trivia show that celebrated both diversity of knowledge and culture for a large, Bay Area software company.

For this custom, team bonding experience, employees were encouraged to team up and answer global trivia questions.

Teams experienced first-hand the value of having a wide scope of voices and saw for themselves that, the more culturally diverse their team was, the more questions they were able to answer correctly. 

If you’d like to learn more, read our blog: “5 Reasons Top Companies are Using Trivia Games to Foster Diversity at Work.” Link in Bio.

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🎵 Sound on. Happy Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID)! ✨

To everyone who plans, produces, designs, coordinates, troubleshoots, and somehow makes it all look effortless, we salute you.

What we love most about our community: the hugs that feel like home, the laughter between sessions, the quiet check-ins, and the shared understanding of what it really takes to bring people together in a meaningful way.

This year felt even more special here in the Bay Area, where we celebrated our own Bay Area Meetings Industry Day (BAMID) on Earth Day, honoring not just connection, but a collective commitment to sustainability and the future of our industry. 🌿

We’re so grateful to be part of a world where collaboration is the currency, creativity is everywhere, and a little bit of magic (yes, even the mingling kind) can spark something unforgettable.

Here’s to all of you who make this industry what it is. 💛

Hosts: , The Avalon

Co-Chairs: Elaine Herman, Marykay Lui

Steering Committee: Elaine Herman, Marykay Lui Donna Rogers, Jeanette Hyrnyak, David T. Stevens , Maria Y. Cruz

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SUSTAINABILITY FIRESIDE CHAT SPEAKERS: Alyah Kanso of Carry On Consulting, Maggie Baird of , Madeline Weir of

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See Velia demonstrate how she’s transformed a little left-over dating paranoia into a super power. 👀

Poker faces ON! 👀Heather’s analyzing your microexpressions - your shoulder shrugs, lip tension and nostril flares - to discover who’s holding the coin.

Magic is one of the most sustainable activations in the events industry. It leaves no footprint, only traces of wonder.

This year the BAMID 2026 (Bay Area Meetings Industry Day) happens on Earth Day!

We'll be weaving together interactive magic, mind reading and icebreaker experiences that connect attendees, spark conversation and prove that the most memorable moments don't require a single piece of waste.

No set. No stage. No cleanup. Just people, presence, and a little impossibility. ✨

Thank you to the incredible community of meeting and event professionals making this day happen. We're honored to be part of it.

➡️ Registration Link in Bio.

Bay Area Meetings Industry Day, 2026
🗓️ Wed, April 22nd
⏰ 10:30am - 1:30pm
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Co-Chairs:
Elaine Herman .club Marykay Lui

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