Approved Provider Program
The SMPS Approved Provider
Program (APP) formally recognizes providers of continuing education that
supports the SMPS Certified Professional
Services Marketer (CPSM) Program. Eligible providers are
professional organizations and companies providing high-quality training
focusing on marketing and business development topics that fall within
the SMPS Domains of
Practice for Professional Services Marketers-- the basis for the CPSM program.
Approved Providers may advertise that SMPS CEUs can be earned through
participation in their training courses.
The following are key
criteria and requirements that approved providers must
meet:
- Must be a legal
entity.
- Must make education
programs open to the general public.
- Must ensure that each
activity is directly relevant to the CPSM body of knowledge as defined
in the SMPS Domains of
Practice for Professional Services Marketers.
- Must show evidence that
each activity is planned in response to educational needs identified for
a target audience.
- Must ensure each activity
has a clear and concise written statement of intended learning
outcomes.
- Must show evidence that
qualified instructional personnel are involved in planning and
conducting each activity.
- Must ensure content and
instructional methods are appropriate for the intended learning outcomes
of each activity.
- Must enable participants
to evaluate each learning activity.
SMPS is committed to
verifying compliance with the criteria for all organizations seeking to
become Approved Providers and all existing providers upon their annual
renewal date. While it is not possible to guarantee the success of every
training activity offered by Approved Providers, SMPS can assure that
approved organizations met the criteria at the time of their review and
thus demonstrated the capability of producing effective learning
events.
Current Approved Providers
include:
American Management
Association: www.amanet.org
Zweig White: www.zweigwhite.com
To learn more about the
Approved Provider Program, contact SMPS staff at Continuouslearning@smps.org or
800.292.7677, x 235.
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