CMP® Online Prep Course Reading Assignments
Including: Professional Meeting Management, 5th Edition
Convention Industry Council Manual, 8th Edition
Convention Industry Council International Standards, 1st Edition
…and Convention Industry Council Manual, 9th Edition
Module
Goals and
Objectives
Convention Industry Council
Manual 9th Edition
Domain A: Strategic Planning
Convention Industry Council
Manual 8th Edition
Convention Industry Council
International Standards 1st
Edition
Chapter 4: Setting Goals and
Objectives.
Professional Meeting
Management 5th Edition
Chapter 2: Starting with End in
Mind: Creating Objectives for
Meetings and Events
Chapter 20: Writing Effective
Learner Outcomes
Sustainable
Meetings
Domain A: Strategic Planning
Evaluation and
ROI
Domain A: Strategic Planning
Chapter 14: Green Meetings
Chapter 15: Green Meetings
Appendix D: Convention Industry
Council's Green Meetings Report
Domain B: Project Management
Chapter 3: Strategic Planning
and ROI
Chapter 6: Evaluations
Chapter 30: Environmentally and
Socially Responsible Meetings
and Events
Chapter 38: They Came, They
Met, They Left — Now What? (p.
587-589)
Chapter 45: Determine the
Success of Your Meeting through
Evaluation
Chapter 46: Return on
Investment for Meetings and
Events
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Module
Contracts, Liability
and Risk
Management
Convention Industry Council
Manual 9th Edition
Domain C: Risk Management
Domain D: Financial
Management
Convention Industry Council
Manual 8th Edition
Chapter 10: Facility Contracts
and Insurance
Chapter 15: Risk Management
Accessibility
Domain H: Site Management
Chapter 16: Accessibility
Budgeting
Domain D: Financial
Management
Chapter 8: Budgeting
Convention Industry Council
International Standards 1st
Edition
Chapter 8: Venue Contracts and
Event Insurance
Chapter 41: Facility Contracts in
the Meeting Industry
Chapter 9: Risk Management
and Insurance
Chapter 42: Developing Supplier
Contracts
Chapter 16: International Legal
Considerations
Chapter 44: Risk Planning and
Emergency Management
Professional Meeting
Management 5th Edition
Chapter 43: The Americans with
Disabilities Act
Chapter 7: Budgets
Chapter 9: Accounting
Chapter 3: Effectively Managing
Your Meeting's Budget and
Financial Success
Chapter 4: Sponsorships and
Strategic Partnerships: A New
Approach
Project Teams
Domain B: Project Management
Chapter 17: Communication with Chapter 5: Convention Services
Event Facilities
and Venue Liaison
Chapter 18: Convention Services
Chapter 19: Support Services
Chapter 9: Committees,
Volunteers, and Staff: Working
Together to Make Meetings
Successful
Chapter 21: Hiring Speakers and
Working with Speaker Bureaus
Chapter 35: Convention Services
Manager
Chapter 37: Suppliers and
Contracted Services
Program Design
Domain G: Meeting or Event
Design
Chapter 5: Planning Program
Content
Chapter 7: Continuing Education
Chapter 6: Programme Planning
and Preparing the Attendee
Chapter 18: Strategies to
Embrace the Adult Learner
Chapter 19: Program Design and
Development
Chapter 23: The Environment for
Meetings and Events
Page 2 of 5
Module
Convention Industry Council
Manual 9th Edition
Convention Industry Council
Manual 8th Edition
Food and
Beverage
Domain G: Meeting or Event
Design
Chapter 30: Food and Beverage
Learning
Environments
Domain G: Meeting or Event
Design
Chapter 28: Function Rooms and
Set-Ups
Convention Industry Council
International Standards 1st
Edition
Chapter 10: Food and Beverage
(F&B)
Professional Meeting
Management 5th Edition
Chapter 26: Food and Beverage
Arrangements
Chapter 23: The Environment of
Meetings and Events
Chapter 28: Signage and
Wayfinding for Meeting
Managers
Audio Visual and
Production
Support
Domain G: Meeting or Event
Design
Chapter 29: Audiovisual
Requirements
Chapter 11: Production Support
and Other Services
Chapter 29: Audiovisuals:
Principles that Improve Meeting
Communication
Ancillary Events
Domain G: Meeting or Event
Design
Chapter 20: Special Events and
Entertainment
Chapter 12: Event Entertainment
Chapter 31: Guest Programs,
Hospitality, and Recreation
Chapter 32: Planning Special
Events
Transportation
Domain G: Meeting or Event
Design
Chapter 31: Transportation
Chapter 33: Transportation
Strategies and Solutions
Housing and
Registration
Domain D: Financial
Management
Chapter 24: Registration
Chapter 24: Taming the
Registration Beast
Domain G: Meeting or Event
Design
Technology
Applications
Virtual
Technologies
Chapter 25: Reservations and
Housing
Domain G: Meeting or Event
Design
Chapter 21: Meeting and
Convention Websites
Domain I: Marketing
Chapter 22: Computer
Applications
Domain G: Meeting or Event
Design
Chapter 23: Virtual Conferencing
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Chapter 25: Housing and Room
Block Management
Chapter 10: Technology Toolbox
for Meeting Manager
Chapter 13: From Bits to
Webcasts: The Technology
Relevancy Factor
Module
Exhibitions
Convention Industry Council
Manual 9th Edition
Domain D: Financial
Management
Convention Industry Council
Manual 8th Edition
Chapter 33: Exhibitions
Convention Industry Council
International Standards 1st
Edition
Chapter 14: International
Exhibitions
Professional Meeting
Management 5th Edition
Chapter 17: Co-Locating
Tradeshows
Chapter 27: Exhibitions: It's
Show Business After All
International
Meetings
Domain A: Strategic Planning
Domain C: Risk Management
Chapter 13: International
Meetings
Chapter 16: International Legal
Considerations
Chapter 19: Working in Europe
Domain G: Meeting or Event
Design
Chapter 20: Working in the
Middle East Region
Chapter 16: International
Meetings, Conventions, and
Exhibitions
Chapter 22: Multicultural
Aspects of Meetings
Chapter 21: Doing Business in
the Asia Pacific Region
Chapter 22: Meeting in Latin
America
Site Selection
Domain H: Site Selection
Chapter 11: Destination
Selection
Chapter 3: Sources of
Information and Venue Selection
Chapter 12: Venue Selection
Chapter 4: Event Specification
Guide and Venue Selection (Part
II)
Chapter 11: Site Selection
Chapter 12: Convention and
Visitors Bureaus: Partnering with
Meeting Managers for Success
Chapter 14: Convention Centers:
Unraveling the Mystery
Chapter 15: The Convention
Center Difference
Page 4 of 5
Module
Event
Specifications and
On-site
Operations
Convention Industry Council
Manual 9th Edition
Convention Industry Council
Manual 8th Edition
Domain G: Meeting or Event
Design
Chapter 17: Communications
with Event Facilities
Domain H: Site Management
Chapter 27: Specifications
Guidebook
Chapter 18: Convention Services
Convention Industry Council
International Standards 1st
Edition
Chapter 4: Event Specifications
Guide and Venue Selection (Part
I: The Guide)
Chapter 5: Convention Services
and Venue Liaison
Professional Meeting
Management 5th Edition
Chapter 34: It's Showtime: Final
Instructions to the Facility
Chapter 36: Effective Meeting
Communications
Chapter 38: They Came, They
Met, They Left- Now What? (p.
580-586)
Chapter 35: Convention Services
Manager
Shipping
Domain H: Site Management
Chapter 32: Shipping
Chapter 13: International
Shipping
Chapter 34: It's Showtime: Final
Instructions to the Facility and
Supplier Team (p. 531-532)
Chapter 38: They Came, They
Met, They Left — Now What? (p.
581-582)
Marketing and
Promotion
Domain I: Marketing
Chapter 26: Marketing,
Promotion and Publicity
Chapter 17: Marketing and
Promotion
Chapter 5: Marketing and
Promotion: Strategy and
Collaboration for Success
Ethics, Etiquette,
Protocol and
Culture
Domain J: Professionalism
Chapter 34: Etiquette and
Protocol
Chapter 18: Ethics and
International Protocol
Chapter 22: Multicultural
Aspects of Meetings
Chapter 35: Ethics
Page 5 of 5
Chapter 39: Ethics