Many of CIC's member organizations offer a variety of continuing education
opportunities. Often times the schedules of in-demand CMPs are too full
to attend face-to-face meetings or CMPs get little financial support
from employers to fund the travel to industry meetings where attendance
is not required as part of the job. CIC has created this page to assist
those CMPs in locating alternative low-cost continuing education opportunities
to inable them to meet the continuing education requirement to recertify.
The following is a compilation of research through various industry
publications. If you learn of any other opportunities and would like
to share them with other CMPs, please contact CIC to have your suggestions
added to the list.
Continuing Education Opportunities:
www.MPIWeb.org - MPI offers online courses to prepare students for the Certified Meeting Professional exam, plus classes on other topics like meeting contracts and return on investment.
www.PCMA.org - Professional Convention Management Association offers online prep courses for the Certified Meeting Professional exam, plus a class on managing small meetings, and other courses.
www.IAEM.org - International Association for Exhibition Management prepares students for the association's Certified in Exhibition Management designation with CEM online courses.
www.ASAEnet.org - American Society of Association Executives has a variety of online courses available, with an emphasis on association management.
www.scps.nyu.edu - The New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies offers web-based classes in meetings and events management, as well as other related topics.
www.gwu.edu/emp/main.html - George Washington University's Distance Learning for Event Management program has a variety of meetings management courses for students and non-students.
www.arapaho.nsuok.edu/~mdm - The Northeastern State University Meetings and Destination Management program offers a variety of relevant courses online, for college credit.
www.roosevelt.edu/ruonline - Roosevelt University in Chicago offers online courses in meeting planning.
Contact the CIC