Middlesex Offers Meeting and Event Management Certificate

Organizing meetings, trade shows, conferences and special events requires many abilities. With Middlesex Community College’s noncredit Meeting & Event Management Certificate, you’ll have the knowledge and practical skills to successfully plan, organize, manage, promote and evaluate meetings and events. Courses begin Feb. 2 and run through March 30.

This 30-hour certificate program is taught in lecture and applied formats so students gain real-world experiences. The curriculum covers a variety of topics, including components of managing and planning events, selection of appropriate sites, pre-event publicity and marketing, audio-visual technology, budgeting and negotiation.

Students who successfully complete this program will be prepared to begin careers in corporate-event management, trade shows, conventions, visitor bureaus, catering, venue sales, wedding planning, and vendor representation.

For more information about MCC’s Meeting & Event Management Certificate Program, call 1-800-818-3434 or visit https://www.middlesex.mass.edu/careertraining/.

Middlesex Community College meets the evolving educational, civic and workforce needs of our local and global communities. As one of the largest, most comprehensive community colleges in the state, we educate more than 13,000 students annually on our campuses in Bedford and Lowell, and online. MCC offers more than 70 degree and certificate programs, plus hundreds of noncredit courses. At Middlesex, everyone teaches, everyone learns.