 Whether you're new to the meetings and events industry or you've been around for years, networking and meeting new people is key to our professional success. So in today's Two Minute Tip Tuesday, we're gonna talk about six ways that you can get more involved and meet new people in our vibrant industry. Hey, it's Leanne from leanncholderwood.com and getting visibility and meeting new people is so critical for meeting planners, hotel sales and DMO sales as well. So what are some ways that we can quickly engage with new people and increase visibility to our personal brand? Number one, join a professional association. So the ones that make the most sense for our industry are MPI, which is Meeting Professionals International, PCMA, the Professional Convention Management Association and ILEA, International Live Events Association. So look into membership into one of those three associations. Number two, attend industry events. Now, this is easier said than done in the larger centers and some of those larger centers have monthly events, but even in your smaller centers, you can even create an event. Now, an event that's coming up in a few short weeks that affects our community globally is GMID, Global Meetings Industry Day on April 4th. So make an effort to get out to a local GMID event in your neighborhood or join the conversation about GMID on social media, including Twitter and LinkedIn. Number three, volunteer for that association. So this is where you get to really connect with a small group of individuals, be it meeting planners or other partner hotel sales professionals. It's volunteering, it gives you give so much back to the community and it gives to you more than anything else, but you do meet a lot of people volunteering. So please look into that. Number four, contribute to conversations on social media. So LinkedIn, there are a number of event planner groups as well as Facebook. So seek these groups out, join the groups, listen to the conversations, add to the conversations and ask questions yourself to engage other members. You can also contribute and follow to conversations on Twitter following some of our more popular hashtags, which you can see here. Number five, contribute to industry publications. So a lot of our industry publications have polls, they have questions that they pose to readers and you can answer the questions or ask questions in return. So MPI has the meeting professional magazine that has these questions forums inside as well as online. Ignite, that's our Canadian events magazine. They've got polls as well. And then of course PCMA convene. Their first three pages are some of those questions that they've posed in the answers. So take a look at those, see what would be appropriate for you to contribute to, but that would get your visibility actually kind of in print and online as well as on social media. Those are my five tips for getting engaged in our industry and meeting more people as well as increasing your personal brand. Hope you can join me next week for another two minute tip Tuesday video. Bye for now.