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Many of this year’s Changemakers nominations focused on a pivot to virtual. Here’s a prediction for what we’ll see next year.

At the beginning of the pandemic, it became apparent that it would take a village to bring back the meetings industry. So, Sue Sung set about creating one called Go LIVE Together.

In 2020, Heather Mason generated waves of educational programming so that meeting managers could hold more effective programs and climb the career ladder.

In 2020, when Meeting Professionals International needed to help the industry learn how to pivot, the planning spotlight fell on Changemaker Lori Pugh Marcum, CMP, CMM, CED, HMCC.

“All we need now are 999,999 more Greta Thunbergs.”

When the pandemic sank one planning firm, Changemaker Margaret Launzel-Pennes got a new one afloat with staff and projects in less than two weeks.

To manage their 2020 meetings volume—106 live virtual symposia, 125 events with live and prerecorded programming, and 170 on-demand educational sessions—this Changemakers duo rewrote their standard operating procedures.

Here’s how Changemaker Jaclyn Kelly helped to reimagine sponsorships for the Radiological Society of North America’s virtual event.