Pre-conference certificate programs are half-day to full-day sessions focused on giving you critical job skills, resulting in critically-improved meetings and events.
You will be able to add Pre-conference sessions to your cart when you register for
WEC23.
Extra fee required.
Instructor: Nick Estrada, CMP, CAE
Format: In-Person Only
Course Date: Monday, June 12, 2023
Course Time: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm CT
Course Cost: $505 Member/$705 Non-Member
Clock Hours: 6 clock hours
If you have already registered for WEC, be sure to click the "Already Registered" link on the registration page to modify your existing registration to add a Pre-conference session.
The Certified Meeting Professional designation is a must-have for event organizers, designers, and strategists who want to demonstrate their professionalism to employers, peers and clients. But the test is challenging, and meeting professionals who want to pass it must prepare in various ways—including self-study, skills gap, needs analysis, and prep courses.
Join Nick Estrada, CMP, CAE, for this open-floor and interactive CMP Academy class that will help you feel confident going into the exam room with best practices as outlined in the CMP-International Standards (CMP-IS).
Learn proven study methods, test-taking tips and other tools from an association and higher education professional. Gain insight into how you cannot just read the questions, but how to read between the lines and contextually analyze this logic-based exam.
No matter where you are in the process (including recertification), this course will help prepare you for the exam and apply standard practices it on the job.
You will learn key concepts behind the CMP-IS and how to apply them on at work, discuss best practices for preparing for and taking the exam and develop a personal study path based on where you are in the process. The study materials for this session
are the referenced recommended reading: 9th Edition Convention Industry Council (CIC) Manual, 6th Edition Professional Meeting Management and the Events Industry Council’s APEX Glossary.
Note: This is not your standard study course! We do not work to provide sample tests and memorization tools – because at the end of the day, the CMP and its questions are as unique as YOU. Instead, we want to give you the tools and knowledge to
help you navigate it with ease and answer each question with confidence.
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Instructor: Dani Kloap
Format: In-Person Only
Course Date: Monday June 12, 2023
Course Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm CT
Course Cost: $305
Member/$405 Non-Member
Clock Hours: 4 clock hours
If you have already registered for WEC, be sure to click the "Already Registered" link on the registration page to modify your existing registration to add a Pre-conference session.
The Event Leadership Strategist Certificate Course is a 4-hour course designed for new to midlevel professionals who want to develop and strengthen their unique leadership voice. This class will help you define, own, and share your personal leadership voice to make you a more competitive and confident professional within the meetings & events industry.
The Event Leadership Strategist course is an essential part of the career strategy for every professional within the meetings & events industry. Whether you have been in the business many years or are just getting started, you will benefit from the clarity of understanding your leadership voice and the power it holds.
Bust Leadership Myths
The world is ripe with myths about leadership including the following:
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Instructor: Lori Pugh Marcum
Format: In-Person Only
Course Date: Monday, June 12, 2023
Course Time: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm CT
Course Cost: $305
Member/$405 Non-Member
Clock Hours: 4 clock hours
If you have already registered for WEC, be sure to click the "Already Registered" link on the registration page to modify your existing registration to add a Pre-conference session.
Women play key roles in the hospitality and meeting industries, but many find it challenging to move into leadership positions. Recent studies show that women are 28% less likely to get an executive-level position even if they possess the skills that make other job applicants attractive candidates for C-Level positions.
What are the skills necessary to be considered for high-level leadership roles, and how do they translate to the level of leadership you seek for your career? In MPI’s Women in Leadership: Executive Skills Certificate Program, you’ll learn about the key roles women play in the hospitality and meeting industries and how to overcome career obstacles to executive-level positions.
Through the program, based on where you want your career and leadership to grow in the next three to five years, and you’ll create an action and development plan that advances your career, your leadership and your influence.
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Instructor: Antwone Stigall
Format: In-Person Only
Course Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Course Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm CT
Course Cost: $305 Member/$405
Non-Member
Clock Hours: 4 clock hours
If you have already registered for WEC, be sure to click the "Already Registered" link on the registration page to modify your existing registration to add a Pre-conference session.
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.
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