Missy Johnson, Principal of MJMeetings, LLC is focused on making your business objectives come to life through flawlessly planned and executed face-to-face live events. Her primary focus is on providing turnkey A-Z meeting logistics, from site research all the way to final bill review. Missy has the experience and capabilities to handle various meeting types, with corporate and association meetings ranging from 50 people to several thousand people, as her sweet spot.
Post written by Missy Johnson, Principal, MJMeetings, LLC | Meetings Consultant | Gourmet Food & Wine Enthusiast | Sports Fan I’ve been a member of a professional association for 15 years and I believe the age-old saying is true: “You get out of it what you put into it.” Membership in the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) […]
Post written by Missy Johnson, Principal, MJMeetings, LLC | Meetings Consultant | Gourmet Food & Wine Enthusiast | Sports Fan Have you ever observed a supervisor or manager communicate poorly with a key vendor or top sponsor? Have you noticed when your coworker can’t quite manage to convey an important message to an internal partner? Or maybe […]
Post written by Missy Johnson, Principal, MJMeetings, LLC | Meetings Consultant | Gourmet Food & Wine Enthusiast | Sports Fan I can’t tell you how many times I’ve met someone new, described what I do for a living to them and get the response, “Oh, I hate event planning. How do you do it?” What I’ve come […]
My husband Mic and I recently took a summer vacation to California. He wrote a blog post about it for the company he works for, Blue Gurus. He did such a good job with it that I wanted to share it with my network as well. There are some great lessons here for all of […]
Post written by Missy Johnson, Principal, MJMeetings, LLC | Meetings Consultant | Gourmet Food & Wine Enthusiast | Sports Fan Since launching MJMeetings in January 2014, I’ve been actively pursuing clients looking to partner with an experienced and passionate professional to more effectively run their meetings and events. I’ve been fortunate to work with some great clients and […]
Author: Missy Johnson, Principal, MJMeetings, LLC | Meetings Consultant | Gourmet Food & Wine Enthusiast | Sports Fan Contract negotiations. Most people hear those words and want to crawl under a rock or throw something hard out a window. I’m the exact opposite. Negotiating contracts excites me. The back-and-forth of a negotiation provides a charge of energy […]
Author: Missy Johnson, Principal, MJMeetings, LLC | Meetings Consultant | Gourmet Food & Wine Enthusiast | Sports Fan Most chief executives I’ve met think their administrative support staff are invincible. Make no mistake. Many of them are incredibly talented, which makes them great at supporting others in the workplace. However, through no real fault of their own, they […]
Author: Missy Johnson, Principal, MJMeetings, LLC | Meetings Consultant | Gourmet Food & Wine Enthusiast | Sports Fan We all have a passion for something in our lives. It might be a passion for a sports team, a passion for your faith, a passion for building things, a passion for helping others, and so on. Some of […]
I’ve recently attended a few networking events with other business professionals. At one of these events, I knew many people in the room already and had an established rapport with most of them. At the other two, I attended without knowing who would be in attendance, assumed I would know no one, but was eager […]
I’ve lived in Kansas City most of my life and, for many reasons, have grown to love the city that I call home. I love our beautiful boulevards, our eye-catching fountains, our walkable communities and our plentiful farmers markets. But right now my number one reason I love it is my ever-growing infatuation for the […]