Kristi Casey Sanders is the VP of creative/chief storyteller of Plan Your Meetings. In addition to being an award-winning journalist who has covered meeting industry trends and destinations since 2003, she is a popular speaker on the topics of technology, sustainability, community building, engagement, and proving ROI. Prior to joining the PYM team, she was a corporate trainer/performer with Boom Chicago Comedy Theatre in Amsterdam, where she taught multinational groups soft skills. In her spare time, she is site selection chair for the Society of American Travel Writers' Eastern Chapter, a big-time geek, and a loving mom and wife, not necessarily in that order. Follow her on Twitter at @PYMLive. For more meeting/event planning advice, visit PlanYourMeetings.com or watch her educational broadcasts at YouTube.com/PlanYourMeetings.

In addition to business journalism, she covers Atlanta's art scene with Encore Atlanta. In this capacity, she authored The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia: The Memory Maker, Atlanta Metropolitan, an illustrated history of The Fox Theatre's first 80 years.