Membership Benefits

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You and your meetings are strategic components of your organization’s success ... that’s the vision of Meeting Professionals International  Houston Area Chapter (MPI-HAC), a community of over 300 meeting and event professionals. 

Pathways to Excellence is MPI’s visionary plan designed to elevate you and the role of meetings to new levels of professionalism and inclusion in business through:

• Creating professional development levels to evolve member areers to positions of strategic understanding and influence

• Influencing executives’ understanding about the value of meetings

• Intensifying business opportunities for suppliers.

Join this dynamic group to exponentially increase your own internal value with education, leadership development, and business networking at dozens of local chapters worldwide or at major international gatherings and education forums.

Local Community

When you join a MPI-HAC, you can maximize your investment by getting involved. There are many ways to get involved, providing dynamic education programs and business networking events. At MPI-HAC, you’ll benefit from:

• Leadership – Ensure a lifetime of enriched personal and professional development opportunities by getting involved as a chapter board member, committee chair, or volunteer. Or, move on to international leadership.
  

• Chapter Events and Communication – You can stay in the know about what is happening with colleagues through chapter events and communications. Besides monthly education and networking programs, we will keep you informed with regular e-mails, newsletters, Web sites and more.
  

• Education – MPI-HAC provides excellent education for all experience levels, including special “Platinum Series” education programs taught by the industry’s most highly recognized experts.
  

• Recognition – MPI-HAC recognizes superior contributions to the association and industry through outstanding events, chapters and individual accomplishments. Take the opportunity to be recognized for your achievements or to work with others to make MPI-HAC an award winner.
   

• Lifetime Education - Whether you have three or 30 years experience, you can look to MPI-HAC for a lifetime of content-rich adult learning. Our 360-degree approach to education is a commitment to deliver knowledge through an array of mediums to varied member touchpoints. You can tap in from your home or office, attend local or regional programs, go to an international conference … or choose points in between. Many offerings focus on Business Skills for LifeSM, core competencies such as financial management, marketing and leadership development, to enhance the strategic role meeting professionals play within their organizations.

As an MPI member, you will receive countless information, education and peer-to-peer interaction on local and international levels, and you will stay abreast of the latest trends, news and issues affecting the industry. In addition, here are some immediate benefits members receive upon joining MPI.

Discounted Services with your MPI Membership card for:

Airborne Express Partner Savings Program
Car Rental Discounts
MBNA Banking Services
MPI Bookstore
Marsh Affinity Insurance Plans
Premiere Conferencing

Your membership card will also provide you with an opportunity to attend educational leadership programs, including; Certification Programs, International Education Conferences, North American Education Conferences and Institutes I & II

PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES
Resume Listings
Job Bank
Green Meetings
MPI Awards
NewsBytes
Principles of Professionalism
The Meeting Professional Magazine

CERTIFICATION
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Certification in Meeting Management (CMM)

COMMUNICATIONS & ADVOCACY
The Meeting Professional Magazine
Press Room
MPI-HAC Awards
EDUCATION/CONFERENCES

Conferences
World Education Conference
Professional Education Conference - North America
Professional Education Conference - Europe

Education
Institutes I & II
Platinum Series

MEMBERSHIP
Magnitude of the Meeting Industry
Membership Application
Partnership Marketing
Principles of Professionalism