CMP Today

While the number of Ebola cases outside the affected countries in West Africa have subsided, as well as some of the press surrounding them, we asked meetings industry attorney John Foster to provide some guidance to planners on contracts and crises like this that might occur in the future. Situations like this are always a good time to look at your processes to make sure you doing everything you can to protect your meeting and your attendees.

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Are you due for recertification in 2014? Here are some FAQs for you!

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Steve Levin, CMP, had an unusual path to the CMP. As owner of Sterling Rose Transportation, a full-service chauffeured transportation company, he shares his journey to certification and how the CMP and the meetings industry impacted his business.

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You asked, we answered. At Conclave 2014, CIC CEO Karen Kotowski announced that CIC would begin accepting online application and recertification submissions in 2015. Here is an update about what you can expect!

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Earlier this year, CIC announced its partnership with Avila to bring you the Sustainable Meeting Planning Program (SMPP). Starting with this issue of CMP Today, SMPP will also provide you with monthly sustainability tips. The first is on policies and procedures.

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At the recent National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners' annual meeting, LaVette C. Henderson, CMP, was awarded its Planner of the Year Award. Congratulations, LaVette!

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The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) recently announced the winners of its 2014 achievement awards. Congratulations to all the CMPs who made that list!

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2015 ESPA  Annual Conference
January 9-11, 2015
Chicago, IL
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PCMA Convening Leaders
January 11-14, 2015
Chicago, IL
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Global Pharmaceutical & Medical Meetings Summit
February 10-12, 2015
Philadelphia, PA
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Hannah Fani, CMP, is now the Managing Director of LaFani Management Consultancy, Dubai, UAE. 

Frank Fraser, CMP, is now Managing Director for AlliedPRA Destination Management, New York, 
after many years in the luxury hotel business.

Melissa Hahn, CMP, is now the Account Lead at Meetings & Incentives Worldwide, Inc., in Caledonia, WI. She is also on the MPI Chicago Area Board of Directors as Director of Education Conference.

Paul G. Horngren, CMP, is now Director of Event Management at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN.

Jenni Kuchenbecker, CMP, is now Director of Conferences and Meetings for the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care. She was previously Director of Conferences & Events at the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.

Lindsey Mayfield, CMP, is now Account Manager, Operations, at JNR Incorporated in Irvine, CA. She was previously Meetings and Conference Manager at a non-profit association.

Stephanie Saulnier, CMP, is now a Senior Events Specialist at Genzyme Corporation located in Cambridge, MA. She was previously a Senior Sales Manager at The Charles Hotel in Harvard Square.

Virginia Ramos, CMP, has been promoted to Director of Sales at Meliá Sierra Nevada and Meliá Sol y Nieve hotels in Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain. She was previously the company’s Sales Manager. 

Richard Rheindorf, CMP, is now Vice President Meetings & Events for ACCOR in Paris, France.

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