SGMP Louisiana

🎉🔨 THE BIDS ARE OPEN, Y'ALL! 🔨🎉
Hold onto your name badges because the SGMP 2026 National Education Conference Silent Auction is officially LIVE and the items are absolutely 🔥🔥🔥
We're talking hotel stays, destination experiences, professional development, adventure, and MORE — all up for grabs to support SGMP scholarships and the government meetings profession we love!

Here's just a taste of what's waiting for you:
🌊 Learn to SCUBA dive with Dr. Gabrielle Gabrielli — yes, really!
🎯 Level up your leadership with a personal coaching session — priceless!
🏨 Luxury hotel stays from coast to coast — Seattle, Dallas, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, and MORE!
🌿 Louisiana River Parishes packages — plantation stays, bayou tours, and Cajun cuisine galore!
⚾ Baseball, anyone? Hartford Yard Goats tickets are in the mix!
🎓 CGMP certification — invest in YOUR career!
And that's just the beginning! 👀
👉 Place your bids NOW at: https://auction.biddingforgood.com/auction/341821085

🎤 LIVE auction items will be up for grabs IN PERSON at the NEC in Williamsburg, Virginia!

Don't sleep on this, friends — the best items go FAST and every single bid supports the next generation of government meeting professionals! 💜💛💚

Tag a fellow SGMP member who needs to get in on this! 👇

🚲🎉 HAPPY WORLD BICYCLE DAY from the SGMP Louisiana Chapter! 🎉🚲
You know what meeting planners and bicycles have in common?
👀 We'll wait...
THEY BOTH KEEP GOING NO MATTER WHAT! 😂💪
Think about it y'all —
🚲 A bicycle has to balance two wheels...
📋 A meeting planner has to balance TWO HUNDRED moving parts, three needy vendors, a keynote speaker who just changed their AV requirements, AND a catering order that somehow lost the vegetarian option! 😅
🚲 A bicycle needs a good chain to keep moving...
📋 A meeting planner needs a good TEAM, strong coffee, and a group text that never stops! ☕📱
🚲 A bicycle sometimes hits a bump in the road...
📋 A meeting planner hits a bump, fixes it before anyone notices, smiles at the attendees, and orders more coffee! 😂✨
🚲 A bicycle needs a helmet for protection...
📋 A meeting planner needs a CGMP, thick skin, and a very large planner binder! 📚💼
But in all seriousness — just like a great bicycle ride, what we do as government meeting professionals takes balance, endurance, determination, and the willingness to keep pedaling even when the road gets bumpy! 💜💛💚
And we wouldn't have it any other way! 🚲💨
Happy World Bicycle Day from your SGMP Louisiana family — now get out there and RIDE! 🎊

🌸 Happy Member-versary, Donna! 🌸
The SGMP Louisiana Chapter is celebrating a very special milestone today — please join us in recognizing Donna Dusang on her SGMP Louisiana Chapter Member-versary! 🎉
Donna has been a cherished member of our SGMP Louisiana family since June 2015 — that's 11 incredible years of dedication, professionalism, and commitment to the government meetings profession! 💜💛
Donna, your loyalty to this chapter and to the SGMP mission means the world to us. Year after year, members like you are the heartbeat of everything we do — and we are so grateful you are part of our family!
Here's to 11 years and counting — we couldn't do it without you! 🥂💚

Please join the SGMP Louisiana Chapter in recognizing a very special work anniversary milestone!

Michelle Briggs, CGMP and SGMP Chapter Treasurer has been a dedicated professional with the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Judicial Court since May 2005 — that's 21 incredible years of service! 🎉

Michelle, your commitment to excellence and your contributions to the government meetings profession inspire us all. We are so proud to have you as a member of the SGMP Louisiana family!

Here's to you and the many more years of amazing work ahead! 💜💛