
Karen King-Watt
Karen M. King, CMP, CMM, principal of Meeting Strategists, LLC, is a passionate meeting professional who has spent her entire career in the hospitality and meetings industry. Her professional history includes employment at The Gillette Company, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, the Omni Hotel Corporation and The Boston Harbor Hotel.
Meeting Strategists, LLC, was founded in June of 2004, we are a consultancy focused on four major areas: conference planning, product launch, spend optimization, training & development. The business continues to grow as client partners come to rely on the outsourced business model for disciplines outside of their core mission.
King holds degrees in hotel technology and in business management and accounting from the State Universities of New York (SUNY) system. She completed the certificate for meeting management from Bentley College in 1994 and obtained her Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation in 1997. In January of 2005, King completed the coursework to become a Certification of Meeting Management (CMM).
King has served in a number of capacities as a board member to Meeting Professionals International (MPI), New England Chapter. King became president of the New England Chapter of MPI in June of 2010.
In the current volatile economic climate King has responded by modifying the focus of Meeting Strategists, LLC to address some of the industry educational challenges. In February 2010 King became accredited as an MPI Global Accredited Trainer, she will be actively involved in delivering the educational content in the recent launch MPI Global Training Certificate programs.
Karen M. King, CMP, CMM, principal of Meeting Strategists, LLC, is a passionate meeting professional who has spent her entire career in the hospitality and meetings industry. Her professional history includes employment at The Gillette Company, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, the Omni Hotel Corporation and The Boston Harbor Hotel. Meeting Strategists, LLC, was founded in June of 2004, we are a consultancy focused on four major areas: conference planning, product launch, spend optimization, training & development. The business continues to grow as client partners come to rely on outsourced business model for disciplines outside of their core mission. King holds degrees in hotel technology and in business management and accounting from the State Universities of New York (SUNY) system. She completed the certificate for meeting management from Bentley College in 1994, and obtained her Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation in 1997. In January of 2005, King completed the course work to become a Certification of Meeting Management (CMM). King has served in a number of capacities as a board member to Meeting Professionals International (MPI), New England Chapter. King became president of the New England Chapter of MPI in June of 2010. In the current volatile economic climate King has responded by modifying the focus of meeting strategists, llc to address some of the industry educational challenges. In February 2010 King became accredited as an MPI Global Accredited Trainer, she will be actively involved in delivering the educational content in the recently launch MPI Global Training Certificate programs.
Karen M. King, CMP, CMM, principal of Meeting Strategists, LLC, is a passionate meeting professional who has spent her entire career in the hospitality and meetings industry. Her professional history includes employment at The Gillette Company, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, the Omni Hotel Corporation and The Boston Harbor Hotel.
Meeting Strategists, LLC, was founded in June of 2004, we are a consultancy focused on four major areas: conference planning, product launch, spend optimization, training & development. The business continues to grow as client partners come to rely on the outsourced business model for disciplines outside of their core mission.
King holds degrees in hotel technology and in business management and accounting from the State Universities of New York (SUNY) system. She completed the certificate for meeting management from Bentley College in 1994 and obtained her Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation in 1997. In January of 2005, King completed the coursework to become a Certification of Meeting Management (CMM).
King has served in a number of capacities as a board member to Meeting Professionals International (MPI), New England Chapter. King became president of the New England Chapter of MPI in June of 2010.
In the current volatile economic climate King has responded by modifying the focus of Meeting Strategists, LLC to address some of the industry educational challenges. In February 2010 King became accredited as an MPI Global Accredited Trainer, she will be actively involved in delivering the educational content in the recent launch MPI Global Training Certificate programs.
Karen M. King, CMP, CMM, principal of Meeting Strategists, LLC, is a passionate meeting professional who has spent her entire career in the hospitality and meetings industry. Her professional history includes employment at The Gillette Company, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, the Omni Hotel Corporation and The Boston Harbor Hotel. Meeting Strategists, LLC, was founded in June of 2004, we are a consultancy focused on four major areas: conference planning, product launch, spend optimization, training & development. The business continues to grow as client partners come to rely on outsourced business model for disciplines outside of their core mission. King holds degrees in hotel technology and in business management and accounting from the State Universities of New York (SUNY) system. She completed the certificate for meeting management from Bentley College in 1994, and obtained her Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation in 1997. In January of 2005, King completed the course work to become a Certification of Meeting Management (CMM). King has served in a number of capacities as a board member to Meeting Professionals International (MPI), New England Chapter. King became president of the New England Chapter of MPI in June of 2010. In the current volatile economic climate King has responded by modifying the focus of meeting strategists, llc to address some of the industry educational challenges. In February 2010 King became accredited as an MPI Global Accredited Trainer, she will be actively involved in delivering the educational content in the recently launch MPI Global Training Certificate programs.

