“All we need now are 999,999 more Greta Thunbergs.”

When the pandemic sank one planning firm, Changemaker Margaret Launzel-Pennes got a new one afloat with staff and projects in less than two weeks.

To manage their 2020 meetings volume—106 live virtual symposia, 125 events with live and prerecorded programming, and 170 on-demand educational sessions—this Changemakers duo rewrote their standard operating procedures.

Changemaker Shameka Jennings, MTA, CMP, DES, is a born community-maker.

Why a meeting planner for the NFL, Janice Jackson, CMP, DES, CTA, decided to participate in a vaccine trial.

It was summer 2020 in Minneapolis and Mike Gamble had a brainstorm.

Just months into the huge change-management process for a merger, Truist’s Tina Fullard had to adapt her leadership style to the realities of telecommuting and virtual team meetings.

Michelle Dunnick earned a spot on the 2021 Changemakers list for creating programs to provide hospitality workers with free legal services and low-cost mental wellness services during the pandemic.

MeetingNet’s annual Changemakers list honors leaders of meeting innovation in a year like no other.

Meet a dynamic meeting duo from Boston whose pandemic year involved helping to run a hospital, advocating for the struggling event industry, starting a podcast, and more.