Happy First Day!Events Planning 383

Daphne J. Meyers, CMM

Agenda for today Crafts! Intros Syllabus and Schedule Review

Create the best paper airplane possible Use any materials in the room

Introductions Name and/or what you wish to be called Major Why did you sign up for this class?

What do you want out of it? If you could have dinner with anyone

living or dead who would it be? Thoughts on the having to build a paper

airplane…

Paper Airplane

What questions did you ask yourself? What should have you asked?

Lessons of this exercise…1. Know the objectives/goals

Who is bottom line customer?

2. Operate in ambiguity Observe everything for clues Ask lots of Q’s Draw conclusions

3. Think critically Accept you will never have all the info Ask why? Learn from results!

Syllabus Outcome of class Culture

Classroom My philosophy Attendance Honesty Writing

SyllabusMy desired outcomes for this class… Events are a profession Exposure Steps of planning process Awareness of leadership skills

Communication Team skills EQ Vision

Syllabus Stuff and things

Reading material Materials on website

Points, projects and papers On-site work – 2; 2 hours; 2 pages Opportunities

Myfirstlink.org “you are needed”…MULTIPLE Non-profit fundraisers

Sweetheart Ball, Rotary Beer and Wine (2/26)

Schedule

Today’s topicPlanning as a profession

State of the industry

My Path English Degree – Jamestown College The Philly Years

The Pew Charitable Trusts McGettigan Corporate Planning boyd & fraser Publishing

The Fargo Years Great Plains/Microsoft Red Barn Group Holiday Inn of Fargo AE2S

Professional Participation MPI/Speaking

ProfessionA profession is an occupation that requires

extensive training and the study and mastery of specialized knowledge, and usually has a professional association, ethical code and process of certification or licensing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profession

Professional? Self-defined Industry in its infancy Business first!

The Industry

Planner and Supplier Planners Suppliers

Meeting Types and TermsEvents An organized occasion such as a

meeting, convention, exhibition, special event, gala dinner, etc. An event is often composed of several different yet related functions.

Conference/Convention/Congress Meeting Conferences Symposiums Exhibit/Trade Show Seminar Training Workshop Special Events Board Meeting Teleconferences Colloquium General assembly Institute Off-shore Product Launch

Industry players

Associations MPI – Meeting Professionals International PCMA – Professional Convention

Managers Association

Associations’ common goals set standards education measure knowledge connectivity with others elevation of profession

Convention Industry Council (CIC)Air Transport Association of America (ATA) Alliance of Meeting Management Companies (AMMC)American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA)American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)Association for Convention Operations Management (ACOM)Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR)

Council of Engineering, Scientific Society Executives (CESSE)

Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI) Exhibit Designers and Producers Association (EDPA)Exhibition Services & Contractors Association (ESCA)Healthcare Convention and Exhibitors Association (HCEA)Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI)

Insurance Conference Planners Association (ICPA)International Association of Assembly Managers (IAAM)

International Association of Conference Centers (IACC)International Association for Exhibition Management (IAEM)International Association of Speakers Bureaus (IASB)International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA)International Special Events Society (ISES)

Meeting Professionals International (MPI)National Association of Catering Executives (NACE)National Business Travel Association (NBTA)National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners (NCBMP)National Speakers Association (NSA)Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)

Religious Conference Management Association (RCMA)Society of Corporate Meeting Professionals (SCMP)Society of Government Meeting Professionals (SGMP)Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE)Trade Show Exhibitors Association (TSEA)

CIC and APEXhttp://www.conventionindustry.org

CIC – Conventional Industry Council Umbrella organization for all other organizations

involved in meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry

30 members (including MPI and PCMA organization representing 100,000 individuals

15,000 organizations

APEX – Accepted Practices Exchange Stakeholders involved in development Implementation is voluntary Designed to create common terms, forms and practices

Alphabet soup of certifications CMP

Certified Meeting Professional CIC administered and regulated

CMM Certification in Meetings Management MPI administered and regulated

PMM CSEP CAE CSEP

State of the Industry From your perspective… Perception Economic impacts Going Green – CAP-n-TRADE TARP and SOX – oh my!

Next week Professional Profile

Someone you “know” and communicate with to interview

2 Pages of their background (how they got where they are today); job today; best advice they ever received, best and worst things about their job

Writing Objectives and Goals Pick an event (can be “made-up”) Write down the three things you want it to

accomplish Bring to class