Posted in Education, Meeting Planning, Networking, tagged CIC, CMP, CMP Exam, Event, event planning, meeting, meetingsnet, PCMA, planner, planning on June 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, are you? Prove it! Take the CMP exam, like me!
What is the CMP exam? It’s the test that’s required to be awarded the Certified Meeting Planner title by the Convention Industry Council (CIC). Learn more about why you should become a CMP here.
I applied, and was accepted, to take the CMP exam sometime in the [...]
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Posted in Education, Meeting Planning, tagged adult, convene, Event, event planning, Gather, learn, meeting, PCMA, planning on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Convene has continued their “How Adults Learn” series this month, and I’ve updated the “act (er, learn) your own age” post with the link to the April article, and added some new thoughts to the original post.
As younger generations become adults (hello, gen Y), the way adults collectively learn changes. For instance, those generations who [...]
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Posted in Education, Meeting Planning, Tools, tagged ars, audience response, Event, event planning, Gather, meeting, planning on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Have you ever witnessed a presenter realizing that his audience has fallen asleep with their eyes open? Picture the classroom scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (”Bueller… Bueller…”).
It happens every day, in every conference. There’s just something about sitting still for 3 or 4 (or 6) full days that puts participants in no mood to actually [...]
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Posted in Education, Meeting Planning, tagged adult, convene, Education, Event, event planning, Gather, meeting, PCMA, planning on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
As promised, I’m republishing this post with the link to the March article in the “How Adults Learn” series from Convene.
As younger generations become adults (hello, gen Y), the way adults collectively learn changes. For instance, those generations who came before the invention of the personal computer don’t need as much technological interaction as those [...]
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Posted in Education, Meeting Planning, tagged convene, Event, event planning, Gather, learning, meeting, PCMA, planning on March 9, 2008 | No Comments »
As younger generations become adults (hello, gen Y), the way adults collectively learn changes. For instance, those generations who came before the invention of the personal computer don’t need as much technological interaction as those who came after.
PCMA has published, in the January and February issues of Convene, a fascinating update of their special issue [...]
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