Experient Joins Prestigious Group of Organizations Approved by Project Management Institute

Aug. 12, 2010 - PRLog -- Twinsburg, OH – August 12, 2010 – Experient, the source for integrated meeting and event solutions, announces it is approved by Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.).

PMI R.E.P.s are educational organizations that have demonstrated that they are capable of providing world-class effective project management training.  Through PMI’s rigorous quality criteria for course content, instructor qualification, and instructional design, R.E.P.s provide the project management training necessary to earn and to maintain Project Management Professional (PMP)®, Program Management Professional (PgMP)® and other PMI professional credentials.

“Back in 2006, we introduced a more formal project management approach to our business,” said David Beckett, senior vice president, registration and onsite services for Experient. “It has proven to improve overall client satisfaction through stronger tactical consultation and timeline management, a key differentiator for Experient. Projects stay on track, which lowers costs and improves quality. With our new designation with PMI, we now have the ability to accelerate personnel development for a larger number of employees. And by applying the professional techniques learned from PMI, we will discover even more applicable tools to help our customers.”

Experient will begin administering the PMP Exam preparatory course this summer. This 35-hour course will provide participants the knowledge and skills needed to pass the PMI PMP certification exam and to better perform project management in their jobs at Experient.  

“PMI’s recent survey of training providers shows that 80 percent of organizations seeking suppliers of project management training strongly prefer to work with PMI R.E.P.s. They view their affiliation with PMI, as the leading standard-setting professional association for project management, as a stamp of quality on the training services they purchase,” said Edwin Andrews, Ph.D., director of academic and educational programs and services at PMI. “Organizations want to protect their investment in project management training, and they know that a PMI R.E.P. delivers such training in a cost-effective and efficient manner.”

Currently, there are over 1,300 R.E.P.s in more than 70 countries. These organizations include commercial training providers that design complete educational systems, academic institutions, internal training offices at corporations and government agencies.

About Experient
Experient leads the industry as one of the best-known and most respected brands in the event management world. Its core services include providing registration, housing, event planning and management, site sourcing/contract negotiation, and lead retrieval services to progressive association, corporate and government clients with the support of an extensive supplier network. Experient employs professionals dedicated to fulfilling its vision of perfecting the event experience to deliver leading-edge thinking, experience and technology solutions for meetings, conventions and tradeshows around the world. Visit www.experient-inc.com for more information. Media kit and available staff portraits may be found at http://www.experient-inc.com/press.

About Project Management Institute
The world’s leading professional membership organization for project managers, PMI shares knowledge more than one half members and credential holders in over 180 countries. Since 1969, PMI has impacted more than one million practitioners, businesses, governments, students and training organizations. Today, PMI’s products and services range from world-class standards for project, program and portfolio management to five professional credentials, including the gold standard Project Management Professional (PMP)®. PMI’s exclusive Global Corporate Council and European Corporate Networking Group engage large multinationals and government organizations in endorsing the value of project management. The only project management association with an established academic research program, PMI has invested more than US$14 million in support of dozens of research projects since 1997. Learn more at http://www.pmi.org.

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