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Ms. B’s Book Club: Planning for Medical Meetings

SmartMeetings

This Month’s Reads: Planning for Medical Meetings Every industry has its own cultural norms and professional values that are expected to be reflected at a company’s event. B’s Book Club: Creating Experiences How to Plan Medical Meetings and Events —co-authored by Meetings & Incentives Worldwide, Inc. (M&IW)

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Serious About Business Innovation? So Is Orlando.

PCMA Convene

Orlando has long been associated with magic, but that’s not the “tomorrowland” quality that has made it a Top 10 “American City of the Future,” ( fDi Magazine ). This “living lab” is a major reason why Orlando now hosts 40 percent of HCEA’s top 50 largest medical meetings. UCF Medical Facility at Lake Nona. 1 in the U.S.

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Not-Your-Average Medical Conferences

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As health care and technology converges, how can medical meetings stay relevant? Organized by the Aspen Institute’s Medicine and Society Program, the event offers continuing medical education credits for physicians and nurses. Some of the most influential — and one newcomer to watch — include: TEDMED , Nov.

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How — and Why — You Should Include Patients at Medical Meetings

PCMA Convene

Instead they were in the level of involvement by patients, who told their personal stories on stage and around the table during meals and who took part in brainstorming health-care solutions and in presenting new technologies, she wrote in a blog post after the event. A Paradigm Shift’. Kernisan’s wish is more and more likely to be granted.

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How Much Should You Spend on Marketing Your Meeting?

PCMA Convene

They value experiences like food and beverage, speakers/entertainment, and learning environments with good audiovisual. Leadership often thinks the answer to their attendance problems is to earmark even more spend for attendance marketing. Spend in this category doesn’t contribute to the value proposition for attendees.

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4 Medical Conferences That Put Innovation First

PCMA Convene

Let these four events show you. ORGANIZER The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), which uses the conference as part of its strategic-planning cycle. “The ON THE PROGRAM The Breakthrough Collaborative runs a half day, with a keynote, a handful of featured speakers, and a panel. 2017 Breakthrough Thinking Conference.

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When Conferences Lie

PCMA Convene

Be a speaker. But it’s also how fake and predatory events reach out to students, academics, and professionals across a swath of industries. There’s just one problem: Cassidy says those events are fictional. These dodgy meetings are a real danger to our industry’s hard-won reputation.”. (Cover Illustration by Ollanski).