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Activities NOT Eligible for Professional Development Points

• Presentation skills courses
  
• Any class focusing on methods of effective instruction, best teaching practices, or APICS certification program administrative tasks, such as changes to the CPIM and CIRM content rather than the body of knowledge
  
• Non-APICS exams (e.g., Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) )
  
• Managing a booth at a conference
  
• Reading or listening to audiotapes of resource management-related, business, or any other books.
  
• Prerequisites and basic requirements for business classes, e.g., Science, History and Math.
  
• Web sites and their contents are not accepted as "published works"
  
• Public speaking class
  
• Work experience