A meeting and convention planner supervises and coordinates the strategic, operational and logistical activities necessary for the production of events A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and fandom. Trade conventions typically focus on a particular industry or industry segment, and feature keynote. The planner can be employed or hired ad hoc by corporations A corporation is an institution that is granted a charter recognizing it as a separate legal entity having its own privileges, and liabilities distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business, associations, governments A government is the organization, or agency through which a political unit exercises its authority, controls and administers public policy, and directs and controls the actions of its members or subjects, and other organizations.[1][2]
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Standardization issues
- Although the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), sponsored by the United States Department of Labor The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The department is headed by the United States Secretary of and Employment and Training Administration The mission of the Employment and Training Administration , as part of the U.S. Department of Labor, is to contribute to the more efficient and effective functioning of the U.S. labor market by providing high quality job training, employment, labor market information, and income maintenance services primarily through State and local workforce, identified this occupation as "meeting and convention planner," other titles are more commonly used. These titles include event planner, meeting planner, and meeting manager. In addition, a number of other titles specific to the categories of events produced are used, such as corporate planner and party planner.
- The banquet event order (BEO), a standard form used in the hospitality industry The hospitality industry consists of broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging, restaurants, event planning, theme parks, transportation, cruise line, and additional fields within the tourism industry to document the requirements of an event as pertinent to the venue,[3] has presented numerous problems to meeting and convention planners due to the increasing complexity and scope of modern events. In response, Convention Industry Council The Convention Industry Council is a non-profit federation of leading U.S. and international organizations involved in the meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry. CIC’s member organizations represent more than 103,500 individuals and 17,300 firms or properties across all sectors of the industry developed the event specifications guide (ESG) that is currently replacing the BEO.[4]
- Additionally, the Convention Industry Council is spearheading The Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX). By bringing planners and suppliers together to create industry-wide accepted practices and a common terminology, the profession continues to enhance the professionalism of the meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry.
Certification
Planners can, but need not, be certified.
Programs
See also
- Meeting Professionals International Meeting Professionals International is a professional community for the global meetings industry. Founded in 1972, the Dallas-based non-profit association has 68 chapters and clubs, over 24,000 members from 69 chapters in 20 countries around the world. It organizes four annual conferences: the World Education Congress (summer), the MeetDifferent (
- Professional Congress Organiser PCOs work as consultants for academic and professional associations. They usually provide full service management for conferences including but not limited to conference design, registration, site and venue selection and booking, audiovisuals, IT support, logistics, leisure management, marketing, printing and web services, sourcing speakers,
- Event planning Event planning is the process of planning a festival, ceremony, competition, party, or convention
- Event Planning and Production Event planning is the process of planning a festival, ceremony, competition, party, or convention
Notes and references
- ^ Convention Industry Council: Glossary
- ^ Occupational Information Network: "Meeting and Convention Planner"
- ^ Convention Industry Council: Glossary
- ^ Convention Industry Council: Event Specifications Guide
External links
- Resources for the Meetings, Conventions & Exhibitions Industry (Source: Convention Industry Council)
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