The best value I see from a membership standpoint is the ability to work as a community and find best practices and shared success stories that we can incorporate back at our companies. Everybody seems to have a vested interest in each other’s success, not just their own.
John Cruz, CMM, Senior Event Planner, MetLifeBuild Your Knowledge
Gain best practices to address your specific challenges as a professional at a financial services and insurance company, and discover innovative ideas for enhancing your meetings and events through:
- Year-round in-person events
- An on-demand resources center, including webinar, FICP Chats and conference recordings and more
- FICP-sponsored industry research that provides insight into relevant meeting and event industry trends that impact your work, allowing you to better adjust and prepare for changing market conditions
- FICP CMP Center to learn more about how FICP can help you earn or retain your Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) certification
Grow Your Network
FICP delivers access to peers who can relate to — and share their lessons learned from — experiences just like yours through:
- FICP in-person and virtual events
- FICP’s social media platforms
- The yearlong Community Connections program that connects those newer to the industry with seasoned meetings professionals and hospitality partners
- TheNetwork, FICP’s online community where you can post questions to discussion groups, access content from past events and search for meetings professionals and hospitality partners through the online directory
- Exposure to a network of hospitality partners who understand the nature of your work and can offer innovative ideas, creative solutions and perspectives from similar events across the globe
Increase Your Influence
FICP creates an environment where your full impact and value can be recognized within your company and the meetings and events industry through:
- Education, thought leadership and reports focused on strategic thinking, management skills, industry trends and broader financial services and insurance industry topics to prepare you for senior-level roles and discussions at your company
- Volunteer leadership opportunities, including the Board of Directors, Hospitality Partner Advisory Committee (HPAC), standing committees, event teams, working groups and task forces
- Volunteer contribution opportunities, including sharing your thought leadership as a subject-matter expert
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