Join SGMP for a panel discussion on the current state and future of the government market.  Brett Sterenson of Hotel Lobbyists, Mike Rice of Liberty Lodging Company, and Chris McLaughlin of Aimbridge will offer a balanced perspective on current trends and future expectations in the government meetings market. Hear from boots-on-the-ground industry leaders!

Retaining great employees requires more than competitive pay and perks. Through her Six Gears of Grategy®: Attitude, Appreciation, Access, Acts of Service, Applause, and Accountability, Lisa Ryan shares a practical, results-driven approach to building a workplace culture that draws top talent in and keeps them engaged. Participants will leave with clear, actionable strategies to increase retention, strengthen morale, and make their organization a place people are proud to call home.

Creating a polished, on-brand, and high-impact event doesn’t have to come with a high-impact price tag.  Join our upcoming webinar to learn budget-friendly strategies that make every dollar count while delivering a professional, cohesive attendee experience.

Join us on 8/19 and discover how to:

• Replace expensive signage with affordable, unique alternatives
• Use underutilized spaces creatively to maximize brand visibility
• Creative ways to make your graphics work double duty to reduce overall spend
• Offset costs with sponsor integrations and value-adds
• Prioritize signage investments for maximum ROI

Whether you’re planning a large conference or an intimate off-site, you’ll walk away with actionable ideas to help you stretch your signage budget without sacrificing quality or attendee engagement.  

What new ethical risks arise when government staffers use AI to draft communications, evaluate vendors, or shape policy? How can meeting professionals help staffers think clearly about these challenges and make sound decisions? What does integrity look like when the rules are still being written?

As artificial intelligence changes how government agencies operate, staffers are facing complex ethical questions they haven’t encountered before. This timely and engaging session will show you how to support those staffers with clarity and confidence.

Ethics expert Bruce Weinstein, Ph.D., The Ethics Guy®, will present a clear, practical framework for analyzing the ethical aspects of AI-related decisions, grounded in five nonpartisan principles of ethical intelligence. You’ll come away with tools for making sound choices about AI and for answering the larger question: “What’s the right thing to do?”

The SGMP micro-credentialing program is designed to help SGMP members develop specific expertise across core competencies for government meeting planners. Members can demonstrate this expertise by completing five (5) hours of professional development in any core competency. Hours can be earned online or in-person at chapter or national events. The Education & Programming Microcredential will enhance your skills as a meeting planner in the domain of event education & programming, and demonstrate your expertise across three levels: Fundamentals, Advanced, and Expert.

Getting Started

Each core competency begins with the CORE course. This course is available on-demand 24/7 on the SGMP Learning Platform at https://learn.sgmp.org. Courses vary from 30-60 minutes each and cover the must-know topics for each core competency.

Additional Hours

Once you have completed the CORE course, you must complete an additional four (4) hours of professional development. To ensure that all students have been exposed to comprehensive education on each topic, relevant both nationally and locally, hours must be earned as follows:

• Two (2) hours must be completed at the local chapter level. These hours may be earned in any format (virtual or in-person). If you do not have a local chapter, you may select any chapter relevant to your work and complete your required hours through that chapter.
• Two (2) hours may be earned via SGMP National, at your local chapter, or via another chapter. These hours may be completed in any format including education.sgmp.org (on-demand), virtual synchronous education (e.g., webinars), or at in-person events such as the National Education Conference.

Certificate

Once you have completed the required hours to earn your micro-certification, you will receive an electronic certificate demonstrating your expertise. Certificates will be issued with the name of the competency and the level of the certificate, e.g., “Protocol: Fundamentals.”  

*You must pass the CORE course and earn 4 additional domain hours, at least 2 of which must be earned at your local chapter.

As Government agencies are challenged with downsizing, staffing shortages, and lesser resources–Government administrators and employees have now been asked to do more with less—and with more stress.  Therefore, the time to create a positive work environment while injecting fun, energy, and humor into the workplace has never been more important.  People are tired of being stressed.  People want to be happy, be appreciated, and enjoy their jobs as much as possible.  The incredible impacts of a positive work environment include improved recruiting, less stress, higher morale, lower turnover, greater teamwork, creativity, and especially increased service levels–accomplished with LITTLE or NO costs.  Join international Author/Keynote Speaker Andy Masters in this timely and entertaining program which illustrates inexpensive ways to create a positive working environment, while sharing success stories of how other organizations have RE-ENERGIZED their culture during challenging times.

E-mail. Texts. Interruptions. Phone Calls. Project Transitions. Event Insanity. Office Clutter. Social and Other Media. Smart Phones and Apps. Even Family and Friends. These common distractions make it almost impossible to get anything done. It seems like there is always SOMETHING getting in the way of what you really need to do. But with some forethought and effective strategies, as well as some discipline, it is possible to find your focus, even in a hyper-distracted world. We'll have a fun time sharing "game plan" ideas for getting and keeping your distractions under control and finding critical "focused productivity" time every day, leading to both performance but also clarity of mind and purpose. And, this program is now "audience flexed" -- the speaker will poll the audience at the start of the program to find out YOUR biggest distractions, and will customize the content accordingly. SQUIRREL!

This program will cover the following (depending on the audience flex!):

• The state of interruptions and distraction in today’s professional world
• The two key ways e-mail distracts you (and solutions for managing that!)
• Dealing with other common office inputs efficiently (voice mail, documents, e-documents, faxes, texts, “stacks and piles”, etc.)
• More effectively dealing with unexpected interruptions (phone calls, “stop by’s”, texts) and project transitions to maintain “traction” and reduce distraction (including now at “work from home)
• Reducing the e-distraction of computers, second monitors, smart phones, tablets, social media, news feeds, streaming programs, and apps (and enhanced productivity tips for these same devices)
• Dealing with “work from home” distractions – spouses, kids, the UPS driver, even your dogs!
• A few key office/info clutter strategies for better organization
• A discussion on what really happens when people try to “Multitask” and perhaps a better idea?
• “Game plan” techniques for better managing the start of your day and your work/information through the day for higher productivity, more focus, and less distraction

The SGMP micro-credentialing program is designed to help SGMP members develop specific expertise across core competencies for government meeting planners. Members can demonstrate this expertise by completing five (5) hours of professional development in any core competency. Hours can be earned online or in-person at chapter or national events. The Technology Microcredential will enhance your skills as a meeting planner in the domain of event technologies, and demonstrate your expertise across three levels: Fundamentals, Advanced, and Expert.

Getting Started

Each core competency begins with the CORE course. This course is available on-demand 24/7 on the SGMP Learning Platform at https://learn.sgmp.org. Courses vary from 30-60 minutes each and cover the must-know topics for each core competency.

Additional Hours

Once you have completed the CORE course, you must complete an additional four (4) hours of professional development. To ensure that all students have been exposed to comprehensive education on each topic, relevant both nationally and locally, hours must be earned as follows:

• Two (2) hours must be completed at the local chapter level. These hours may be earned in any format (virtual or in-person). If you do not have a local chapter, you may select any chapter relevant to your work and complete your required hours through that chapter.
• Two (2) hours may be earned via SGMP National, at your local chapter, or via another chapter. These hours may be completed in any format including education.sgmp.org (on-demand), virtual synchronous education (e.g., webinars), or at in-person events such as the National Education Conference.

Certificate

Once you have completed the required hours to earn your micro-certification, you will receive an electronic certificate demonstrating your expertise. Certificates will be issued with the name of the competency and the level of the certificate, e.g., “Protocol: Fundamentals.”  

*You must pass the CORE course and earn 4 additional domain hours, at least 2 of which must be earned at your local chapter.

The SGMP micro-credentialing program is designed to help SGMP members develop specific expertise across core competencies for government meeting planners. Members can demonstrate this expertise by completing five (5) hours of professional development in any core competency. Hours can be earned online or in-person at chapter or national events. The Technology Microcredential will enhance your skills as a meeting planner in the domain of event technologies, and demonstrate your expertise across three levels: Fundamentals, Advanced, and Expert. Those who hold the CGMP are exempted from the Fundamentals level. If you would like access to the Advanced level, please email Alan Kleinfeld at education@sgmp.org. 

Getting Started

Each core competency begins with the CORE course. This course is available on-demand 24/7 on the SGMP Learning Platform at https://learn.sgmp.org. Courses vary from 30-60 minutes each and cover the must-know topics for each core competency. 

Additional Hours

Once you have completed the CORE course, you must complete an additional four (4) hours of professional development. To ensure that all students have been exposed to comprehensive education on each topic, relevant both nationally and locally, hours must be earned as follows:

• Two (2) hours must be completed at the local chapter level. These hours may be earned in any format (virtual or in-person). If you do not have a local chapter, you may select any chapter relevant to your work and complete your required hours through that chapter.
• Two (2) hours may be earned via SGMP National, at your local chapter, or via another chapter. These hours may be completed in any format including education.sgmp.org (on-demand), virtual synchronous education (e.g., webinars), or at in-person events such as the National Education Conference.

Certificate

Once you have completed the required hours to earn your micro-certification, you will receive an electronic certificate demonstrating your expertise. Certificates will be issued with the name of the competency and the level of the certificate, e.g., “Protocol: Fundamentals.”  

*You must pass the CORE course and earn 4 additional domain hours, at least 2 of which must be earned at your local chapter.

The SGMP micro-credentialing program is designed to help SGMP members develop specific expertise across core competencies for government meeting planners. Members can demonstrate this expertise by completing five (5) hours of professional development in any core competency. Hours can be earned online or in-person at chapter or national events. The Technology Microcredential will enhance your skills as a meeting planner in the domain of event technologies, and demonstrate your expertise across three levels: Fundamentals, Advanced, and Expert.

Getting Started

Each core competency begins with the CORE course. This course is available on-demand 24/7 on the SGMP Learning Platform at https://learn.sgmp.org. Courses vary from 30-60 minutes each and cover the must-know topics for each core competency.

Additional Hours

Once you have completed the CORE course, you must complete an additional four (4) hours of professional development. To ensure that all students have been exposed to comprehensive education on each topic, relevant both nationally and locally, hours must be earned as follows:

• Two (2) hours must be completed at the local chapter level. These hours may be earned in any format (virtual or in-person). If you do not have a local chapter, you may select any chapter relevant to your work and complete your required hours through that chapter.
• Two (2) hours may be earned via SGMP National, at your local chapter, or via another chapter. These hours may be completed in any format including education.sgmp.org (on-demand), virtual synchronous education (e.g., webinars), or at in-person events such as the National Education Conference.

Certificate

Once you have completed the required hours to earn your micro-certification, you will receive an electronic certificate demonstrating your expertise. Certificates will be issued with the name of the competency and the level of the certificate, e.g., “Protocol: Fundamentals.”  

*You must pass the CORE course and earn 4 additional domain hours, at least 2 of which must be earned at your local chapter.