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How To Prepare For A Career In Event Planning

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But how does one prepare for a career in event planning? Traditionally, many event planners started their careers working in hospitality (as assistants at hotels, for example) and gradually moved into management. Curious to learn more about what degree or certificate to pursue and what soft skills to work on?

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New ESPA Event Servicing Certification Debuts

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To ensure that those support networks are skilled in current best practices, a new Event Service Professional Certification (ESPC) from Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA) will help everyone sleep easier at night. Read More : Event Profs Slated for Upgrades with New Certifications, Training Programs. Building the Pipeline.

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How to Prepare for Conclave

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Smart Meetings asked three local planners about their road to certification and what attendees should know about their city before arriving at the annual Events Industry Council (EIC) gathering. Certification is also difficult to attain, she reports. The post How to Prepare for Conclave appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Top 12 Event Planning Certifications You Need To Propel Your Career

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Ever wonder how the alphabet soup of CMP, CSEP, CPCE, and CGMP can prepare you for a successful career in event planning? Curious whether event planner courses and event planning certifications are worth it? Want even more event planning certificates and certifications? Not sure how to become an event planner?

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Loretta Yingling, CMP

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Loretta Yingling, CMP, entered the hospitality industry at 19 years old, working in front office and operations, not soon after a representative from a hospitality program at a local business school visited her high school and spoke to her class. Study Tips for the Road And the study group wasn’t the only way Yingling prepared. “I

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Robert Sanchez, CMP

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But this profession isn’t too far off; he tells Smart Meetings that “the discipline, preparation and vision” present in the fighter pilots of Top Gun are “all essential when leading a team and planning missions – I mean, events!” In 2006, he earned his CMP certification from EIC. More professionals than ever seek to attain it.

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Meeting Professional Continuing Education: CMP Spotlights

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Today, the CMP certification is a globally-recognized distinction. Those who earn their CMP certifications build their industry knowledge, refine their performance, promote their credibility and learn to engage in uniform standards of practice. In 2006, he earned his CMP certification from EIC.

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