Certificate Programs
Expand your expertise. Skyrocket your career.
The MPI Academy provides certificate programs that enhance critical job skills on topics essential to meeting and event professionals. These certificates are delivered online and in-person throughout the year and are open to all meeting and event professionals.
Would you like to bring a program to your MPI chapter or company? Email ksanders@mpiweb.org.
Young Professional Series
Basics Boot Camp: Meeting Fundamentals
CMP Clock Hours: 6
Strategic Domain: Strategic Planning, Meeting or Event Design
Instructor-Led In-Person or Online Self-Paced (2018)
Member Price: $499 / Non-Member Price: $699
Just getting started in the world of meetings and events? This program will provide a quick and easy plan for you to develop your skills.
Meeting Essentials 1 & 2
CMP Clock Hours: 25 per course
Instructor-Led In-Person & Online Self-Paced
Member Price: $999 / Non-Member Price: $1,299
This two-part course is for novice and mid-level meeting and event professionals seeking to enhance their skills and competencies.
Meetings and Events at Sea
CMP Clock Hours: 4
Strategic Domain: Meeting and Event Design
Instructor-Led In-Person or Online Self-Paced
Member Price: $299 / Non-Member Price: $399
In partnership with CLIA, this program explores the advantages of hosting events on cruise ships instead of at traditional venues.
Essential Business Skills Series
Going Local
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate
CMP Clock Hours: 4
Strategic Domain: Meeting and Event Design
Instructor-Led In-Person
Member Price: $299 / Non-Member Price: $399
Get out of the conference room and take advantage of your destination and create a sense of place for your event.
Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate
CMP Clock Hours: 4
Strategic Domain: (CMP-IS & CMP-HC) Strategic Planning or Financial Management
Instructor-Led In-Person or Online Self-Paced
Member Price: $499 / Non-Member Price: $699
Learn to navigate the complex environment of pharmaceutical and biotech meeting regulations, laws, and compliance.
Sustainable Meeting Professional Certificate
CMP Clock Hours: 4
Strategic Domain: Strategic Planning
Instructor-Led In-Person or Online Self-Paced
Member Price: $299 / Non-Member Price: $399
The intensive course provides you with the education and tools to immediately begin planning sustainable events.
Executive Education Series
Certificate in Meeting Management (CMM)
CMP Clock Hours: 25
Strategic Domain: Strategic Planning
Member Price: $2,499 / Non-Member Price: $2,999
Earn your CMM and shows the world that you are ready to be a strategic leader in the industry. This MBA-level executive education program is for meeting professionals with more than seven years of experience.
Emergency Preparedness for Meetings and Events
CMP Clock Hours: 6
Strategic Domain:Risk Management
Instructor-Led In-Person
Member Price: $499 / Non-Member Price: $699
A deep dive into incident management strategies as needed for the prevention, preparedness, response and recovery from all-hazard emergency incidents.
The MPI Academy will present the course in January 2018 during the SITE + MPI Global Forum in Rome. Additional program dates will be published online soon.
EDC: Event Design Certificate
CMP Clock Hours: 25
Strategic Domain: Meeting or Event Design
Instructor-Led In-Person
Price Varies
Learn to design events based on stakeholder needs in this three-day program supported by San Diego State University.
Experiential Event Series
CMP Clock Hours: 20
Strategic Domain: Varies
Starting at $999
Go behind the scenes at world-famous events and gain exclusive, hands-on experience from top event professionals.
Sustainable Practitioner Certificate
CMP Clock Hours: 4
Strategic Domain: Strategic Planning
Instructor-Led In-Person
Price Varies
In partnership with Positive Impact, this program is for event professionals who want to develop their careers around sustainability.
Venue Sales Certificate Program
CMP Clock Hours: 8
Strategic Domain: Marketing
Self-Paced Online
Member: $499 / Non-Member: $699
Instructor-Led Online Cohort
Member Price: $1,499 / Non-Member Price: $2,499
Discover how to create high impact, powerful sales tools that sell your venue and generate great results.
Women in Leadership: Executive Leadership Skills
CMP Clock Hours: 4
Strategic Domain: Human Resources, Stakeholder Management
Instructor-Led In-Person
Member Price: $299 / Non-Member Price: $399
Create a personal action plan to overcome the common career obstacles women face.