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Meet Country BY JESSIE STATES 32 one+ > CONNECTIONS > COURTNEY STANLEY SHOOK HER HEAD IN DISBELIEF AS COUNTRY MUSIC STAR TIM MCGRAW TOOK STAGE. Carrie Underwood was next. Just days ago, Stanley had been sitting in class at Central Michigan University, and now, there she was, at one of the U.S. music industry’s largest annual events—with a dozen of her college buddies in tow—all thanks to a connection she made with Diane Bearden and Betsy Walker through MPI. Stanley, a student at Central Michigan and the president of the school’s MPI club, had been interested in gaining industry experience for some time when a friend announced plans to intern for the Country Music Association (CMA). Stanley was intrigued. Wouldn’t it be cool to volunteer for a massive music event? She pulled up the MPI database, and sure enough, there was Bearden, CMA’s senior events manager. It turned into quite the fortuitous call. The music association had just implemented a new volunteer recruitment program, headed by Walker. Because the CMA planned to donate all event proceeds to music education and regional 08.10

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of One + August 2010

One + August 2010
Contents
Energy of Many
Impressions
Know Thy Competition
Agenda
Focus
Overheard
It’s Easier Being Green
Sign and Trade
Thoughts + Leaders
Top Spots
Connections
Irrelevant
No Thanks, No Favors
All Together Now
It Was Always Social
The Shoe Did Not Fit
Deep in the Soul of Texas
The Big Green Apple
The City with a Thorn in its Side
The S Word
Sound Potential
Slick Business
Dan Pink Loves Work
Strategic Shift
Your Community
Making a Difference
Until We Meet Again

One + August 2010