It’s Official: Alliance for CME Has New Name
PCMA and Reed Partner on IBTM Portfolio
The Professional Convention Management Association and U.K.–based Reed Travel Exhibitions have formed a strategic partnership in which PCMA will provide support for Reed’s IBTM exhibition portfolio starting in January 2012....
Diversified Acquires Pri-Med, Brings Back Former Leadership Team
Diversified Business Communications has acquired Pri-Med’s U.S. assets from M/C Holding Corp. and rehired Pri-Med's former management team....
Commentary: 4.74 Degrees of Separation—Good News or Bad?
Last week, Facebook came out with the news that the old six degrees of separation theory is obsolete for participants in the world’s largest social network. ...
MeetingMetrics Gives You Measurement You Can Take to the C-Suite
“Add meeting measurement to your skills and you become imminently more valuable,” says Ira Kerns, managing director, MeetingMetrics....
Green Meetings Standards Set to Publish
The Convention Industry Council has announced that eight of the nine sustainable meeting standards will be published before the end of the month....
Omni Dallas Opens With Star-Studded Ceremony
After two years of construction, the 1,001-room Omni Dallas Hotel officially opened on November 11 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the stars of the television show, “Dallas,” Larry Hagman and Linda Gray, doing the honors....
Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott Host Planners at Beautiful San Antonio Hill Country Resort
Less than two years old, the 1,002-room JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country resort brims with warm and beautiful design, including subtle Texas touches and comfortable spaces, for an overall effect of “unpretentious luxury.”...
Idaho Resort Renovates Meeting Space
Coeur d’Alene Resort has recently renovated its meeting space and added the new Hagadone Event Center at the resort's golf course....
Success Strategies for Digital Meetings
How pharmaceutical companies can gain expert feedback and foster collaboration in a digital venue....
6 Key Components of Great Virtual Meetings
How to create online events that excel...
The Disconnect
We like to complain about the 24/7 technology tether, but quickly change our tune when that tether breaks....
Re-engineering the Data Stream from Meetings to Medical Practices
Why we need to upgrade how information flows from medical conferences to physicians' practices....
Top 7 Issues in CME
At the American Medical Association’s National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference, held in Baltimore in September, Dave Davis, MD, FCFP, senior director, continuing education/performance improvement, Association of American Medical Colleges, outlined what he said were the seven biggest issues the CME needs to deal with, from the AAMC’s perspective....
FDA Releases REMS Blueprint
The Food and Drug Administration last week announced in the Federal Register that it has released its draft "Blueprint for Prescriber Continuing Education Program."...
CME Coalition Releases Voluntary Code of Conduct
The CME Coalition, which launched last June to provide a voice on Capitol Hill for those who believe continuing medical education can and does improve patient care, has released a voluntary Code of Conduct. ...
Cardinals Win! And So Does St Louis CVC’s Ratcliffe
She gets Arlington (Texas) Convention and Visitors Bureau head Jay Burress to proclaim his love for the St. Louis Cardinals....
Now on Stage: 5 Rising Entertainment Trends
The latest from our entertainment insider, Bill Hopkins...
Check Your Travel Policy: Are You Tracking Fees?
Tracking airline fees is a must, especially because it could pay off at the bargaining table. Airlines worldwide pulled in $32.5 billion in fees in 2011! No doubt your company contributed to that number in a big way. ...
Don't Add Games to Your Reward Programs—Add Game Science
For two executives at Maritz Loyalty & Motivation, “gamification" means taking elements of online gaming—those things that can be appealing, addicting, and rewarding—and applying them in a business setting to drive employee engagement....
Commentary: Family Crisis Points to Health Hazard for Meetings
Meetings depend on immunization and other public health measures in ways we scarcely notice until something goes wrong. ...
Satellite Symposium No Trivial Pursuit
The Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education found a new way to get people engaged at a breakfast meeting: An ophthalmologic version of a bar trivia game....
New AMEX Product to Simplify Foreign Currency Payments to Healthcare Providers
A new product from American Express Meetings & Events is designed to make it easier to make payments to healthcare providers using foreign currency. ...
Association Meeting Attendees Join Occupy Protesters
Hundreds of nurses attending the annual convention of the Massachusetts Nurses Association marched with Occupy Boston protesters on October 5....
Experient Expands Global Reach for Clients
Event management company Experient has expanded internationally with new offices and a new partnership, the firm announced....
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