Please help us get the Institute of Event Management delivering for you from day 1

What does the subject of 'professionalisation' in event management mean to you?  Do you think of your skills and experience in running conferences and events as a professional competence in its own right?  Or is it 'just part of the job'?

The new Institute of Event Management exists to deliver professional recognition and continuing professional development to everyone who's involved in creating, producing, delivering and hosting events, anywhere in the world.  Please spend a few minutes on this short survey -- and help us make sure we're delivering something that's really appropriate and useful for you and your career.

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* 1. What is your gender and age?

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* 2. What is your highest level of qualification?

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* 3. How would you describe your role?

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* 4. What type of events do you organise?  (please tick all that apply)

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* 5. How would you describe your organisation? (please tick all that apply)

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* 6. How much of your time do you spend in organising events?

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* 7. Do you already hold a qualification in event management?

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* 8. Do you consider professional recognition to be important?

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* 9. The IEM has been established to recognise and encourage the professionalism of everyone involved in organising events.  We are a professional body, seeking to deliver for events professionals the status and respect enjoyed by members of other professional bodies like Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development or Chartered Management Institute.

What do you consider to be the most attractive benefits about the prospect of being internationally recognised and accredited as an event professional?

Please rank the following options in order, 1 being the least attractive and 9 being the most.

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Career Enhancement
Continuing Professional Development
Free Access to a Body of Knowledge
Information and Signposting
International Recognition
Post-nominal Title (eg: MIEM)
Professional Status
Social Networking with Fellow Professionals
Sharing Best Practice

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* 10. Would you like to have professional recognition?

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* 11. If, in answering 8, 9 and 10 above, you said professional recognition is not of interest, it would be very helpful if you could briefly tell us why you feel this way. (We've included the most common reactions that other professional bodies get to this question)

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* 12. Professional bodies exist by and for their members.  To help cover the costs of running the Institute, I would be willing to pay a subscription of:

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* 13. Within the UK Government, 'Events' is seen as part of the Department of Culture, Media & Sport, and treated as part of the Tourism brief.  Do you think that's the best place?

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* 14. And lastly...  The IEM already has strong links established with a range of European and international event organisers and services.  How important is the international angle to you, post-Brexit?

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* 15. Thank you for your help in completing our survey. If you would like to know more about the Institute, please join our mailing list by leaving your details below.  If not, please just leave this field blank.

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