Event Design Certificate Program
JUNE 26-28, 2022 | 9 AM – 5 PM
Stockton University Atlantic City
3711 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City, NJ
$2,727.98 for MPI members / $3407.53 for non-members
The Event Design Certificate Program is an immersive three-day training course that will innovate the industry by teaching a systematic 10-step visual approach to event design for meeting professionals.
Program participants will learn critical skills that will enable them to design events based on stakeholder needs and then prototype event designs using the #EventCanvas, a strategic management template for developing new or documenting existing events and conference models.
This three-day training course will take place at Stockton University’s Atlantic City Campus.
Who should participate?
This program is for change-makers, such as program managers, event managers and marketing
professionals who want a hands-on approach to understanding, designing and delivering
events that matter by using the #EventCanvas, which is a strategic management template
for developing new or documenting existing events and conference models.
This program:
- offers insight in how events create value
- trains event professionals how to design events
- facilitates the strategic discussion about events
- is a tool for strategic management
During this program you will:
- get deep insight into how events create value
- discover a practical and visual language of event design
- learn how to apply this with your team
- learn how to get your team on the same page
- gain knowledge about theories which are
fundamental to Design Thinking in Event Design - learn how to have strategic conversations with event owners
- equip you with the ability to lead the innovation process.
The program consists of three modules of Mastery:
Module 1 - #EventCanvas: Basic skill set and awareness
Stakeholder awareness, analysis and behaviour mapping (Empathy Maps) and basic application
of the #EventCanvas to articulate how an event can change the behaviour of the stakeholders.
Basic skills include ability to interpret and create an EventCanvas Boundary box and
discuss stakeholder needs.
Module 2 - Familiarity with the #EventCanvas as a User Interface
Prototyping and application of the canvas to discuss, prototype and make informed
decisions using the EventCanvas as a compass for the team to create impactful events
with informed team members having used the process previously. Application of the
Event Simulator, a toolkit with facilitation cards to enable team collaboration on
creating events using the #EventCanvas.
Module - Ability to lead a team through the process
Working with the Event Simulator, a toolkit with facilitation cards, which enable
you to facilitate your team through an event design process. The toolkit enables your
team to design events as a team using a proven method. We will address the ability
to have the conversation on a strategic level and to make time available to design
events.
"Event Design in the EDC program gave me the tools I needed to explain to my students
and clients the importance of the design process. The tools and the methodology are
so well aligned and designed that I now know how to make it happen. I’m ready to start
transforming the way we design events!"
- Mariana Camardelli - Sâo Paulo, Brazil
"I would highly recommend this course to my colleagues at the Events Department as
its a completely new way of designing and starting an event which I never knew about,
and which makes you think of every single factor that would be needed to start an
event starting from your stakeholders going through till exiting behavior and how
to improve your event next time. Its not easy to start planning your event, with Event
Canvas you would be able to engage the whole team in designing, brainstorming, and
executing the event and create value out of every single event you design.”
- Majeed Al Majid - Bahrain
"The Event Canvas provides a system and the tools for organizations to plan more effective
and measurable meetings, time and time again once the easy to learn process is put
in place. It works because it makes sense, it is visual and it ties back to your stakeholders.
A small investment at the outset will stand planners and events in good stead moving
forward and I would recommend it to anyone in the business of meetings and events."
- Tahira Endean - Vancouver, Canada
"How did I ever manage without...? Even with 10 years of experience you learn so much!
Great program, great trainers. Sharing thoughts, doubts, questions and experience
with an international group of people gives real depth to this program.”
- Menno Bouma - Amstelveen, The Netherlands
The EDC program is facilitated by Ruud Janssen and Roel Frissen, creators of the #EventCanvas.
Ruud Janssen
Roel Frissen
The Event Design Certificate Program investment includes the complete enrollment in the EDC Certificate Program and 6 months of coaching until completion of the Event Design project.
MPI Meeting Professionals International members and University employees of the respective University can claim a unique discount at time of registration with proof of current membership.
These include the full educational program as well as coffee & tea breaks, snacks and lunch on the onsite days.
Sponsors:
Questions? Contact Noel Criscione-Naylor at noel.criscione@stockton.edu
