Janet Sperstad is Named Meeting Planner of the Year
The Meeting Planner of the Year Award is presented to a meeting planner who has demonstrated professionalism and support of the speaking industry. It is generally presented to the winner by a member of NSA-WI at a meeting planner’s association event.
Janet Sperstad, CMP, lead instructor for the Meeting and Event Management Degree Program at Madison Area Technical College (MATC) in Madison, Wisconsin, was presented the award by NSA-WI chapter president Robert Ian in November. Janet was also honored with the International Planner of the Year award by Meeting Planners International (MPI) in July.
While serving as a committee member on the MPI International Professional Development Strategy Group, Sperstad helped to develop a program to define the extensive body of knowledge in meeting planning, the first of its kind in the history of the profession. She has received numerous awards and recognition from her Wisconsin chapter, including being inducted into their Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement. Known for her passionate dedication to education, Sperstad helped create and develop the nation’s first and only associates degree program for Meeting and Event Management. She has written for and been featured in a variety of industry publications and has spoken at numerous industry events.
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In reading about your seminar for the upcoming IAAP convention, I came across your credentials and am wondering if you have a chaper in the Cleveland, OH area. Please advise. Thank you.
Same goes for a Meeting Planning chapter in San Jose.
Thanks,
Tom
Also, congrats on the award!