Members: $299 / Non-Member: $399
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Program Overview
Inclusion is not only the right thing to do—it unquestionably enhances your event’s value. Inclusion goes beyond basic legal compliance; it means creating an atmosphere in which all people feel valued and respected. Meetings and events succeed when they embrace the ways in which people are different, and the result is a powerful setting for problem-solving, innovation and success.
Through MPI’s Inclusive Event Strategist Certificate Program, you’ll discover how to keep a strategy of inclusion at the center of your event’s design and execution. You’ll explore the dimensions of diversity and learn best practices that ensure the engagement of all event participants. You’ll learn to adopt your role as an “inclusion broker” for the diverse groups you represent and focus on practical actions that result in inclusive event programs and environments.
The program’s focus is not on changing individual beliefs or ideas. Its goal is to explore the topic of inclusion and its relationship to the success of events and to provide strategies and actions that you can take to create inclusive experiences.
Course Details
Participants of this course receive:
"I was motivated and empowered by MPI’s Inclusive Event Strategist certificate program, it is an excellent tool for industry professionals to learn new ideas in implementing inclusive strategies for all facets of the meeting planning process - from the genesis of the RFP to the post-con meeting. I learned insight into the questions we need to be asking, the considerations we need to be taking and the dimensions of incorporating diversity and cultural competence in making conferences and meetings more inclusive."
- Joe Bedsole
Antwone Stigall, CMP, DES
Antwone Stigall is a diversity champion, event leader, advocate for the advancement of the meeting and event profession and dedicated member of Meeting Professionals International—moving from student member to chapter leadership to founding chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee for MPI. Antwone has a passion for not only creating events and experiences for participants of all backgrounds, but also for making those events and experiences diverse, equitable, inclusive and welcoming for all.
Course Registration
May 20, 2021
Live Online
9:00 am – 1:00 pm | Central Time
September 23, 2021
Live Online
9:00 am – 1:00 pm | Central Time
December 2, 2021
Live Online
9:00 am – 1:00 pm | Central Time
Certificate Courses Scholarships
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