Meeting and Event Management Certificate
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Organizing meetings, trade shows, conferences or special events for a large corporation requires many special skills and abilities. MCC's Meeting and Event Management Certificate Program will give you the practical skills and knowledge to successfully plan, organize, manage, promote and evaluate meetings and events. Students will get an overview of the many sectors of the meeting and event planning industry. Courses are taught in both lecture and applied formats so that students gain real-world experience while in the program. Career opportunities include work in corporate event management, exposition and tradeshow management, convention and conference work, visitors bureaus, catering, venue sales, wedding planning and vendor representation. Topics covered include common components of managing and planning well-executed meetings and events: selection of appropriate sites, pre-event publicity and marketing,
audio-visual technology, budgeting, negotiation and contracts, program design, catering, and special event management.
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| MCC is proud to partner with the DoubleTree Hotel Lowell |
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Partnering with the DoubleTree Hotel Lowell, offers students enrolled in this course the unique opportunity to view the inner workings of top notch establishment with meeting space, a full restaurant and large function capabilities. Understanding every thing from menu planning, marketing, space management and all of the essential internal and external relationships of the day to day planning for events at a large hotel.
Click here for more information on the DoubleTree Hotel Lowell. |
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| Photos of MCC students in class |
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About the Instructor
 Andrea Flaherty is an Event and Marketing Manager at PennWell Corporation, a business-to-business publishing and events company. With more than 12 years in the events industry, Andrea has organized and managed trade shows, conferences, and seminars in various high tech industries all over the world, including Europe, Asia, and throughout the United States. Her expertise ranges from managing one-day, focused workshops for 50 attendees to three-day international trade shows with more than 20,000 attendees. Andrea is also a member of the Board of Directors for the New England Chapter of the International Association of Exhibition Management (IAEM). Andrea received a Master’s Degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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Schedule
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Winter/Spring 08
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How to register
| Online |
www.middlesex.mass.edu to access MiddleNet for online registration-the fastest and easiest way to register |
| Phone-in |
1-800-818-3434 from 8:30am to 8:30 pm Monday-Friday. From out of state call 978-656-3370 Use Visa, Mastercard or Discover |
| Mail-in |
Send check, money order or charge card details with completed registration form to:
MCC Lowell Campus Enrollment Services Processing Center
33 Kearney Square,
Lowell, MA 01852-1987
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| Walk-in |
Bedford: Enrollment Center, Room114
Lowell: City Campus, Room G-02
Monday-Thursday, 8:30 am - 9:30 pm
Friday, 8:30am - 5pm
Saturday, 8:30am - 11:30am
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| Fax-in |
24 hours, 7 days a week. Fax your completed registration form to 978-656-3443, with your VISA/Mastercard/Discover Details |
For more information:
Call 781-280-3663 or email: career_training@middlesex.mass.edu
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