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The professional education you receive at a conference is one of the most important benefits of attendance. Whether you’re at the beginning of your career or a seasoned veteran, you want targeted content aimed directly at your questions and challenges. And that’s exactly what MeetDifferent delivers. Read below to discover what’s in store for the 2010 event.

Unique Formats & Special Sessions

  • 30-Minute Sessions: Shorter time allotments offer attendees a broader range of curriculum
  • Early Morning TV Sessions: Education in the comfort of your room
  • Early Riser Networking Breakfasts
  • Late Night Learning: Unconference and speed networking events
  • Daily General Session: Each day kicks off with a provocative thought leader
  • Learning Fiesta: Hands on learning for business featuring sessions such Golf for Business, Spanish for Business, and Hands on Yoga.
  • Special Sessions: Planning Events at an All-Inclusive, and Doing Business in Cuba

Hot Topics

  • Virtual vs. Face-to-Face Meetings
  • Future of Incentive Meetings
  • Tolerance of Diverse Planners Working Throughout the World
  • Future of Third-Party Event Planners: Does The Business Model Need to Change?
  • Business Models for Digital Content: Continuing the Debate on “Free”
  • The Future of the Association
  • What Will our Landscape Look Like Once the Economy Improves? What Trends Will Hold?

Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) Certification Exam

  • CMP Pre-Exam Training Session (Scheduled for Friday, February 19, 2010) 
  • CMP Certification Test (Scheduled for Saturday, February 20, 2010)
  • CMP Post-Exam Luncheon (Scheduled for Saturday, February 20, 2010)

Read more: MPI Hosts CMP Certification Exam at MeetDifferent Cancun.

For more information about registering for and taking the CMP Certification test in Cancun, contact the Convention Industry Council.

What Standards Will Remain?

  • What is the Future of Green Meetings?
  • Netiquette: What Are the “Rules” for Working Via the Internet?
  • Intellectual Property: What Can You Post? How Do You Protect Yourself?

MeetDifferent 2010 Education Tracks

  1. Technology & Meeting Virtually
  2. Corporate Social Responsibility
  3. Small Business Owners & Third Party Planners
  4. International Meetings Management
  5. Thriving in a Complex World
    1. Portfolio Management
    2. Meeting Design
    3. Advanced Meeting Logistics
    4. ROI – Measurement
    5. Strategic Meeting Management (SMM)
    6. The Business Side of Meetings
  6. Personal/ Professional Development
    1. Change Management
    2. Personal Branding
    3. Career Advice
    4. Virtual Brand