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CIC Announces the Recipients of the Top #CMP30 Influencer Awards
Earlier this year, CIC asked you to nominate influential CMPs for recognition, as part of the 30th anniversary celebration. You nominated, you voted and CIC is are now proud to announce the Top #CMP30 Infuencers!

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Mark Your Calendar for Global Meetings Industry Day
Meetings Mean Business (MIB) has announced Global Meetings Industry Day will be held on April 14, 2016. Mark your calendars and read on for more information!

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CMP Events
Deadlines for CMP Conclave Approaching!
CMPs, have you registered for the 2015 CMP Conclave, September 26-28, 2015? Important deadlines are coming up. Please read on for more information!

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Wellness Challenges at Conferences and Trade Shows
Kim Bercovitz, Ph.D., is a president and chief exercise officer of Exercise Bytes Inc. She will be at the 2015 CMP Conclave doing wellness. Read on for her take on how to tackle wellness challenges at conferences and trade shows.

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Naylor Association Solutions
CMP Program News
Contribute to CMP Best Practice Documents!
This year, for the first time, CIC is introducing a new collaboration session at the 2015 CMP Conclave. The purpose of this program is to leverage the industry knowledge of CMPs in developing new resources and guidance for meeting professionals. This survey will be used to assess the issues of greatest importance facing our industry and, of these, which are in need of new guidance, best practices and resources to help meeting professionals address them. Click here to take this survey (you do not need to attend Conclave to participate).
 
Congratulations to the New Class of CMPs & CMP-HCs!
CIC recently announced that 196 individuals passed the third quarter CMP examination. Congrats to all on this achievement and demonstrating that continued professional development matters.

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APEX - Standards and Best Practices
APEX Resource Center
Looking for resources? Have you been effected by attendees booking outside of your block or by poachers? Is dealing with Wi-Fi issues keeping you up at night? Struggling with the most efficient ways to submit electronic requests for proposals? 

The Accepted Practices Exchange offers a multitude of resources for meeting professionals to utilize pre, post and during events. 

Room Blocks

Electronic Request for Proposals

Bandwidth and High Speed Internet Access
 
Green Your Meetings with Sustainable Planning: Sustainable Accommodations
CIC has partnered with Avila to bring you the Sustainable Meeting Planning Program (SMPP), an online tool designed to help you become a more sustainable planner. Each month, SMPP will provide you with a sustainability tip to help you green your meetings. This month's tip is about sustainable accommodations.

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CMPs in the News
CMPs Among M&IT 2015 Hall of Fame Inductees
Meetings & Incentive Travel (M&IT) announced its 2015 Hall of Fame inductees and 5 out of 8 of the honorees are CMPs.

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CMP on the Road
Need a Few More Continuing Education Credits in 2015?
Looking for continuing education credit? Find a listing of upcoming educational opportunities that have been pre-approved by us to use towards recertification. 

The added bonus is that these education opportunities also automatically get uploaded to your CMP portal if you use the same email address to register for the event! No more keeping track of your receipts or certificates as proof of attendance. 

CMP Preferred Providers are organizations that have formally registered with CIC and are committed to providing education that aligns with one of the 10 domains included in the CMP International Standards (CMP-IS). The CMP-IS domains are: strategic planning, project management, risk management, financial management, human resources, stakeholder management, meeting or event design, site management, marketing and professionalism.
 
On The Move
CMPs On the Move
Make an awesome career move? Let us help you celebrate! Send the details of your latest career triumph to cmptoday@conventionindustry.org.  And while you're at it, be sure to log into www.conventionindustry.org and update your official CMP record.
 
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