Illinois Meetings & Events is designed to provide corporate and independent meeting and event planners with a regional resource to help them plan more productive, interesting, and creative meetings and events in Illinois. It also keeps them up to date on regional and national industry information. Our magazine is a mixture of features articles, departments, and destinations. Features cover topics ranging from impression management, communications, and networking to crisis management, budgeting, creativity, the World Wide Web, and more. Departments include: industry and people updates, theater updates, meetings and the law, open forum, technology, dining, arts and entertainment calendar, calendar of meetings, and more. Different associations such as Meetings Professional International (MPI) American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and others are highlighted each issue in "Organizations and Associations." And, destinations throughout Illinois are covered to highlight the state's resources. The hallmark of Illinois Meetings & Events is its ability to serve as both a resource of information and a trade journal which discusses pertinent industry topics, as well as information on Illinois destinations.