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| Why you should attend |
This is a hot growth industry with a big future for delivering cost-effective, available, and profitable distance seminars and education offered by associations, government, seminar providers, business, and other meeting providers.
As time becomes more valuable to your members and customers, virtual meetings will continue to grow as a more time-efficient and cost-effective way to receive training, hold meetings and do business.
Virtual meetings complement your in-person meetings, provide an alternative for those unable to travel, and create new opportunities for providing information from experts and presenters not in your geographic area. |
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| Outcomes |
| Discover the various synchronous distance meeting formats available and learn about the technology of producing distance meetings. Then get the best instructional techniques on the design and teaching of effective distance or virtual meetings. Lastly, acquire the virtual meeting planning skills involved in budgeting, pricing, and marketing virtual meetings. |
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| Register Now |
Online certificate, with three one- month online courses, and optional certification exam for VMP designation, just $795. Includes readings, exam, framed certificate and VMP medal suitable for framing. |
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| Who should attend |
| The program is designed for anyone interested in virtual or distance meeting planning, including current virtual meeting planners, in-person meeting planners, and anyone else interested in developing, managing or marketing virtual and distance meetings. The program is relevant for meeting planners in associations, government, business, education and other institutional settings. |
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| Benefits |
| Here’s what you receive: |
• Three one-month online courses with the most intensive and comprehensive professional development on virtual meetings from three outstanding experts in the field
• Readings and Study Guide
• An exam you can take at your location or online with a local proctor
• Benefits of VMP status, including certificate, press release, VMP medal suitable for framing, and the designation of the initials VMP after your name. |
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| How the Courses Work |
It is easy to participate in your online courses. After you register, you will be given a web address for your online classroom. You will have a password and use your email address and password to gain access. |
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| Participate when you want |
| You can participate any time of day or evening, from work or from home. Your online classroom will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For the best learning, participants should log into the course on 2-3 different days of the week. Your instructor will log into the course 4-5 times a week and make comments, answer questions, and respond to participant comments. |
| While some real-time meetings will be conducted for demonstration purposes, the synchronous meetings will be archived so you can access them later if you are not able to attend. |
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| About LERN |
The Learning Resources Network (LERN) is the largest continuing education association in the world, with more than 1,000 organizational members and over 5,000 members receiving benefits.
LERN is the leading provider of professional development for associations and other nonprofit organizations engaged in continuing education and lifelong learning.
Other voluntary professional designations currently offered by LERN include Certified Program Planner (CPP), Certified Online Instructor (COI), and Certified eMarketing Professional (CeP), all specific to the field of association education, continuing education, meetings, education and lifelong learning. |
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| About online learning |
| Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. You will engage with the instructor and other participants. You will get to know your instructor and other participants. You may make friends. It’s easy. It’s fun. |
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| Certification Requirements |
| The certification is a voluntary designation, not a license, and is recognized and offered by the Learning Resources Network (LERN), the leading international association in association education, continuing education and lifelong learning. |
Requirements for the Certified Virtual Meeting Planner include:
1. Participate in and pass three one-month online courses.
2. Pass a 50-question multiple choice exam.
3. Complete a one-page report form on two different virtual meetings you organized and/or conducted.
4. Invite participants from at least two past virtual meetings to respond to a 2-question online survey evaluating the success of the virtual meetings. |
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