#99 David Jefferys: Giving a Voice to the Meeting Industry's LGBT Community

This episode features David Jefferys, founder and executive director of the LGBT Meeting Professionals Association.

The conversation focuses on the meeting industry's LGBT community. Here are a few of the topics we cover:



• Why an organization such as LGBT Meeting Professionals Association was needed


• How LGBT and DEI discussions have changed within the meetings industry


• Some of the challenges faced by the LGBT community and DEI as a whole 


• Ways the meetings industry gets DEI right



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