MPI Knowledge Plan

MPI's vision, to create a rich global meeting industry community, offers an opportunity and an obligation to develop a learning path for the global community that ensures appropriate career and personal development at each stage of an individual's career. This knowledge “ethos” will ensure MPI is a global knowledge leader in the field of meetings and events, with the ability to attract, train and elevate talent for a rapidly expanding global industry.

Knowledge Plan Milestones
This plan is intended to ensure that the development needs of the community are met throughout the entire course of their careers, with multiple points of entry and engagement for personalized 24/7 professional and career development.

Milestone 1- Skills Assessment & Personalized Development Plan
Regardless of their point of entry into the industry, the learning journey of our members begins with the Skills Assessment exercise that identifies critical experience, knowledge, and skill gaps and then provides a prescriptive and personalized development plan for closing those gaps.

Milestone 2– Introduction to the Meeting & Event Industry – Career Path Options & Requirements
For those new to the industry, including our student community, MPI will offer an MPI Boot camp which is an industry on-boarding experience (e.g., Meetings & Events 101). This program will provide insights into this industry's possible career paths and teach basic skills and will likely be delivered through a blended approach of instructor-led seminars, webinars and other web-enabled development tools.

Milestone 3 – Global Certificate in Meeting Operations I
For those who are relatively new to the industry (less than 3 years), MPI will offer the Global Certificate in Meeting Operations I (GCMO). This certificate, based on an internationally consistent Body of Knowledge and therefore easily transferable, was created from the re-imagined Institutes I and will equip our members with operational proficiencies.

Milestone 4 – Global Certificate in Meeting Operations II
For those who possess more industry experience, MPI will offer the Global Certificate in Meeting Operations II (GCMO). This certificate, based on an internationally consistent Body of Knowledge and therefore easily transferable, will be created from the re-imagined Institutes I and possibly II and III and will provide our members with a more hand-on set of experiences and proficiencies that will take them up to the CMP level.

Milestone 5 – CMP Exam Online Study Guide
For those who are at an intermediate level in their career, MPI will offer the CMP Exam Online Study Guide and support-group study aids for successfully passing the CMP Exam.

Milestone 6 - Global Certificate in Meeting Operations III
For those who are at an intermediate-to-advance level in their career, but beyond the CMP level, MPI will offer a second Global Certificate in Meeting Operations (CMO). This certificate will be created from the re-imagined Institutes III, or parts of II as appropriate.

Milestone 7 – CMM Designation
For advanced and senior industry professionals, MPI will offer the recently re-imagined Certification in Meetings Management (CMM) designation.

Milestone 8- Executive Leadership Program
For our most senior and executive level industry professionals who have progressed beyond the need for meeting and event management education, MPI will develop a leadership program (e.g., MBA level, focused on business executive leadership skills) for presentation at its conferences or as a stand-alone opportunity, along with opportunities for on-going engagement between members of this community.

Available at any point in the learning journey will be an on-going array of training and career development opportunities (e.g., live events, distance learning, searchable web content, magazine, chapter programs) that will allow for on-going learning between milestones. Also contributing to the learning journey are the on-the-job experiences, and other training and education (e.g., university degrees).

For more information, contact Dr. Graydon Dawson, Director of Global Training systems.