The MPI-Wisconsin Chapter has spent more than 10,000 volunteer hours in the development of the first Meeting & Event Management Associates Degree Program in the nation. We are not only a group of professionals dedicated to Defining the Power of Meetings, but equipping tomorrow's leaders through our organizational efforts as well.
As an association, not only are we proud of the professionals in the faculty within our educational institutions, but the many volunteers involved with our industry's education. These volunteers offered to write curriculum, present classroom sessions on their respective disciplines and have opened their doors to students to tour their facilities as well as offer internships and "learn and earn" opportunities.
We invite prospective and current students to explore the education links below and hope this information will help you further your meeting planning career!
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and
Certification in Meeting Management (CMM)
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
The CMP program aims to increase the professionalism of meeting management professionals in all sectors of the industry by:
- Identifying a body of knowledge in the meeting management profession.
- Establishing the level of knowledge and performance required for certification.
- Stimulating the advancement of the art and science of meeting management.
- Increasing the value of practitioners to their employers.
- Recognizing and raising industry standards, practices and ethics.
- Maximizing the value received from the products and services provided by CMPs.
Benefits of a CMP Designation
Meeting professionals who earn the global CMP designation show their overall dedication to the profession in addition to meeting the criteria to take and pass the examination. They show their continued commitment to excellence by maintaining their CMP status through continuing education and recertification. The many benefits of a CMP designation include:
- Competitive marketing advantage: The CMP designation conveys to others your expertise in the planning, managing and execution of successful meetings having met the requirements to earn the CMP.
- Authority to use the CMP designation on letterhead, business cards, and all forms and address.
- A certificate attesting to your earning the meeting profession’s highest designation.
- Recognition of your achievement through an industry press release and, if you wish, notification sent directly to your employer by the CIC.
- Professional development and increased knowledge of all aspects of meeting management gained during preparation for the CMP examination.
- Complimentary subscription to the bimonthly CMP email newsletter.
- Networking – CMPs are eligible to participate in exclusive CMP programs, including the annual CMP Conclave and invitations to attend CMP Breakfasts at industry meetings and events.
- Your listing within the CMP online directory located on the CIC website.
- Verification of CMP standing by CIC staff.
How to Become a CMP
The CMP certification program is a two-part process in which you must complete the CMP application to demonstrate your eligibility, and then successfully pass a written examination covering the functions performed in meeting management.
CMP applications are reviewed after each application submission deadline. The North American CMP examination is administered twice a year on a Saturday in the summer and winter at more than twenty examination sites. CIC also offers the examination on an annual basis outside North America in conjunction with the IMEX Trade Show in Europe.
(Reprinted from the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) Candidate Handbook, Convention Industry Council)
December 2009: CIC Set to Launch New CMP Application
The CMP Board of Directors of the CIC approved a new streamlined CMP application that will take effect Jan. 1, 2010. The revised application will focus on work experience and education and has eliminated some of the sections on industry involvement and the complicated points system. It also gives credit for the experience obtained by candidates who hold a degree in meeting or hospitality management.
Click here to read the full article
CMP Resources
The following MPI-WI chapter members are available to discuss the CMP designation and examination:
Lynette Resch, CMP
lynette.resch@tdstelecom.com
Liz Hessler, CMP
hesslere@uwgb.edu
Tracie M. Toth, CMP
ttoth@osthoff.com
The Chicago MPI chapter (MPI-CAC) conducts weekend review courses approximately 6 weeks prior to the exam date. For more information, visit their website at: http://www.mpicac.org
All information pertaining to the examination and qualifications is on the Convention Industry Council (CIC) website: www.conventionindustry.org
Certification in Meeting Management (CMM)
The CMM focuses on strategic issues and executive decision-making and offers advanced-level meeting professionals the opportunity for education in strategic thinking, planning and acting. It is an elite, intensive-learning opportunity designed for tenured and highly accomplished members of our global meeting industry community who seek career acceleration and advancement and professional recognition. The program offers strategic business education, resulting in the most prestigious designation in the meetings and events industry. Through the Global CMM program, applicants benefit from career-focused courses taught by top-level instructors, experienced industry practitioners and industry leaders.
Benefits of CMM
Generally, engaging in the CMM process will give you:
- An opportunity to re-energize your career and/or business
- A networking community of other advanced-level people
- The ability to enhance your influence by learning the language of "The Board" or other key decision makers impacting your business
- A global certification and industry recognition
- Potential career advancement
Application and Acceptance
You must first qualify for the CMM program by completing the online application. The following is the four-step process you must successfully complete:
|
Part I |
Application and acceptance into program |
Part II |
Pre-reading assignments |
Part III |
Register and attend 5 day CMM program |
Part IV |
Exam and Strategic Business Plan |
(Reprinted from the Meeting Professionals International website)
CMM Resources
The following MPI-WI chapter members are available to discuss the CMM designation:
Kim Marie Ball, CMP, CMM
kim.ball@abbott.com
Paulette Heney, CMM
pheney@meetings-incentives.com
Cynthia McPhedran, CMP, CMM
mcphedran.cynthia@mbco.com
Candace Walker, CMP, CMM
cwalker@afccnet.org
All information pertaining to the examination and qualifications is on the MPI website:
http://www.mpiweb.org/CMS/MPIweb/cmm2007/cmm07.aspx?id=5794
