Meeting and Business Event Competency Standards (MBECS)

1 Clock Hour | Domain A: Strategic Planning

This session will provide access to several members of the team responsible for the development of the new industry standards and will answer any questions you have about the application of the standards to job descriptions, curriculum development, skills analysis, and professional development. The project team and advisory committee members are excited to share their vision of what the standards mean to the industry and what the future holds for further development. The session will show how the standards developed and how they will inform courses of study and career development. You will also see how and why they will make measurement easier and inform content and certifications. This is the future and this is your career roadmap – come and find out why there is so much buzz around these new standards!

Learning Objectives:

• Obtain a more thorough understanding of the basis of the standards and how they developed.
• Understand the use of the standards as they apply to skills gap analysis for your career, your curriculum, your content or your staff.
• Gain insight into the next steps for the standards, and how they will inform industry certifications, training programs, and college curriculum for the industry.