Learner Objectives:

• Define meeting goals and SMART objectives
• Identify meeting stakeholders
• Develop a meeting budget
• Create a meeting blueprint
• Manage the RFP process
• Conduct site inspections
• Assess potential risks
• Select vendors
• Develop contracts

This course is worth 3 clock hours in CMP-IS Strategic Domain A: Strategic Planning. It is made up of seven modules and a final activity. 

• Module 1: Define Your Meeting
• Module 2: Create a Blueprint
• Module 3: Develop the Budget
• Module 4: Prepare the Request for Proposal
• Module 5: Site Inspections
• Module 6: Vendor Selection
• Module 7: Contracts

Once the course is complete, take the evaluation. That will generate your certificate of completion for Meeting Fundamentals: Sourcing & Strategy and add three clock hours to your MPI Academy transcript. You can use the certificate to self-report hours to the Event Industry Council from your CMP account.

To complete your educational boot camp in Meeting Fundamentals, take Part 2: Design and Logistics.