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Are you thinking about acquiring an industry designation and would like to speak with a fellow member who has gone through the process? Whether a CMP, CMM, CSEP or other, we have member volunteers willing to speak with you to share their personal experiences and help you learn which designation is the best fit for your career path. Industry Designation "Human Resource" Program Below is a list of PMPI members willing to accept your outreach with questions regarding their particular designation and industry discipline and to act as a trusted counselor or supporter to guide you through the process. Who better to learn from than someone who has already gone through the process? Most communication will be via email, telephone and, to a lesser degree, in person if both parties so desire and are able to meet face-to-face. Based on the amount of interest our designation volunteers receive on this initial program we may provide a more formalized program later down the road in which a mentor and mentee are identified and matched for a specified period of time. CMP – Certified Meeting Professional Ann Kilian, CMP Deidre "DeDe" Walsh, CMP, CTS Jason Watkins, CMP CMM - Certified Meeting Manager Komita T. Primalani, CMP, CMM Carrie Mitchell, CMP CGMP - Certified Government Meeting Professional Mikki Strompf, CGMP, CMP Brian Chung, CGMP CAE - Certified Association Executive Kathleen Cochran, CAE, CMP Elise Lindsey, CMP, CAE CASE - Certified Association Sales Executive Sally Slater, CASE CEM - Certified in Exhibition Management Diana DeJoy, CMP, CEM CSEP - Certified Special Event Professional Cynthia McDowell, CSEP, CMP For more information please contact one of our Career Development Committee Co-Chairs: Sekeno Aldred, CMP MTA Robin Roane, CTE, CCTE
Upcoming Events
Save the Date for PMPI’s 2013 Mid-Atlantic Conference and Expo!! February 5-6, 2013 Washington Marriott Wardman Park 2660 Woodley Road, NW Washington, DC 20008 Mark your calendar now for PMPI’s 2013 Mid-Atlantic Conference and Expo! Our 2013 conference will feature 1 ½ days of high level education focused on strategic business proficiencies for meeting professionals. It will include five educational tracks, two in-depth workshops, twenty interactive sessions, the Reverse Marketplace, an Expo and so much more. The educational sessions will provide attendees with instantly applicable tangible skills; while the workshops, Reversed Marketplace, and Expo will deliver the tools planners and suppliers need to advance their professional life and career. This will be a conference you won’t want to miss! Interested in Shaping the Content? PMPI invites all speakers to submit presentations for the Mid-Atlantic Conference and Expo through our Call for Presentations link. We are very interested in innovative presentation formats including case studies, panel discussions, and other cutting edge adult learning formats. We welcome all new ideas and encourage forward thinking presentations. Click here for more details. If you are not interested in speaking but have a great idea, please contact the MACE Content/Speaker Chair, for more details. Deanne Davis, CMP, CGMP Email: dedavis@email.gwu.edu Phone: 202-994-4809 Interested in Sponsoring? PMPI’s Mid-Atlantic Conference and Expo is the perfect place for you to showcase your products and services to the meeting community. Check out the Sponsor Benefits! If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of PMPI’s 2013 Mid-Atlantic Conference and Expo, please contact Melissa Benowitz, MACE Sponsorship Chair, for more details. Melissa Benowitz, CMP Email: info@pmpi.org Phone: (301) 948-4600 
News and Announcements
Do you enjoy the critically acclaimed Shark Tank Show? If so, we need you to be our judge at our November monthly educational experience. Because your meeting attendees are diverse and dynamic, it is your responsibility as a meeting professional to understand and accommodate your attendee’s distinct learning and engagement styles, and to offer them a variety of learning/educational experiences. How an individual learns goes beyond the simple lecture format he or she prefers or whether the learner is a Boomer, Gen X or Gen Y; the fact is, there are infinite expectations to learner outcomes. This "Shark Tank" session format will be divided into distinct learning segments in which attendees will experience four different delivery methods that can be used to transform a mere lecture hall into a vital learning environment. The best distinct teaching style which will be presented and you will experience and learn how these distinct teaching styles can be used at your meetings. This presentation is a command performance of a presentation our very own members of our chapter presented at MPI WEC and got rave reviews. When Where For more information or to register please click here. Whether you are taking a future exam, kick-starting your CMP studies or making final preparations to take the exam we are here to help set you on the right path during this intensive session with PMPI’s experienced facilitators and most-recent test-takers. PMPI CMP University Winter ’13 Boot Camp
PMPI CMP Spring University
Important 2013 CMP Dates (subject to change) CIC Application Submission
CIC Exam
CIC Exam Dates
For more information, click here or contact: Sekeno Aldred, CMP at sekeno.aldred@goodwill.org or Robin Roane, CMP, CTE, CCTE at RRoane@VisitAlexVA.com .
You've spent years refining your skills as a meeting professional. Now share your experience and knowledge by submitting a presentation for consideration at a PMPI education event. PMPI invites all speakers to submit presentations for our educational initiatives and MACE 2013! We are very interested in innovative presentation formats including case studies, panel discussions and other cutting-edge adult learning formats. We welcome all new ideas and encourage forward thinking presentations. Our Call for Presentations is continually open and reviewed biannually in March and September. To submit your presentations, please click here. This past Award was presented to a member and a sponsor who happened to be one in the same! Congratulations to Kimberly Reyes and the Capitol View Business & Conference Center for winning our second star award of the year! Our next set of Star Awards will be presented in early January, but put on your thinking caps because nominations officially open on November 29. Who do you know that deserves recognition? Remember the days when you were a student, struggling to figure out your place in the world as well as how to pay for that next semester’s textbook? Please consider sponsoring a student member of PMPI. Your $40 sponsorship will offer a student a valuable membership in our chapter and access to our educational & networking events. For more information, please click here or contact Jessica K. Roberts, CMP, Chair of the Student Involvement Committee at jroberts@ur.umd.edu.  |
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