Task Force 2011: CEJA, Misperceptions, REMS, and More
The AMA National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration conference explored the challenges of working together to improve patient care in today’s “gotcha” environment, along with hot topics like the controversial recent CEJA report and REMS....
GBTA Announces New Global Meetings Task Force
This traditionally business travel–oriented association takes a deep dive into meetings management...
IMEX Brings Its Hosted-Buyer Trade Show Model to the U.S.
With attendees and exhibitors delighting in the robust turnout, the first IMEX America got off to a busy start October 11 in Las Vegas. Our report from the floor...
New Online Directory of Virtual Events Suppliers
The Virtual Edge Institute has launched an online virtual events directory, cataloguing and profiling the services and solutions of more than 400 suppliers in 20 categories....
Carlson Marketing Becomes Aimia
Groupe Aeroplan, the loyalty management company based in Montréal, which owns meeting and incentive management giant Carlson Marketing, has rebranded as Aimia. ...
New Event Calculator Tool Measures Your Meeting's Impact
A powerful new calculator tool launched last week helps destination marketing organizations, or convention and visitor bureaus, prove the value of meetings and conventions to their local economies. ...
Social Media Is Not a One-Way Billboard
One of the buzzwords of 2011 is “community.” Everyone wants to build one, sustain it, and potentially profit from it. The question is, how do you build one around your event that is vibrant, active, and passionate? That’s one of the things we asked Justin Ramers, director of social media, and Eric Olson, general manager of events, with The Active Network, which offers online event management, marketing solutions, and registration software. ...
Bill Could Cut Visa Wait Times for Travelers to U.S.
A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, "Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act of 2011," wants to move three key reforms forward that are designed to open up the flow of approved visitors to the U.S....
Five Steps to a Great Supplier Relationship
When it comes to working with meeting suppliers, don’t let your online communications get in the way of your offline relationships. They’re still critical, says Cvent’s Lisa English. ...
New Meetings Technology Site Inspection Checklist
A new technology site inspection checklist, TechSpec, is available free from meetings technology specialists Jim Spellos, CMP, and Corbin Ball, CMP, CSP. ...
Commentary: The $16 Muffin—An Argument That Meetings Can’t Win
Last week's mini-storm over an auditor's report charging the U.S. Department of Justice with overspending at conferences during 2008 and 2009—including repeated references to a $16 muffin—showed how vulnerable our industry is to another backlash over costs....
Meeting Leaders Blast Proposal to Limit Federal Employees From Attending Events
Regulations proposed by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics would expand the Lobbyists Gift Ban, preventing federal government employees from attending most trade events and exhibitions where their attendance is paid for by lobbying organizations or lobbyists. ...
Political Fall-Out Continues from DOJ Conference Audit
Meeting spending is in the political crosshairs again. The Office of the Inspector General issued a report Tuesday, September 20, criticizing excessive conference spending by the Department of Justice in 2008 and 2009. ...
Countdown to IMEX America
IMEX Group is reporting that more than 2,000 hosted buyers are expected in Las Vegas for IMEX America October 11–13....
CMEChat 8/17: Content Expertise vs. Teaching Excellence
A recent Twitter chat among CME professionals explored the differences between those who can provide content and those who truly educate....
Alliance Developing National Disclosure System
The Alliance for CME is moving ahead with its plans to design and implement a system that would standardize the conflict-of-interest disclosure process for faculty....
Update: Rebuilding the Alliance for CME
The Alliance for Continuing Medical Education has been busy building a foundation for change in the nine months since it announced that it was broadening its scope beyond certified CME....
La Raza Ends Arizona Meetings Boycott
Unite Here Strikes at Six Hyatt Hotels
About 3,000 hotel workers in four cities—Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Honolulu—are in the midst of a strike against six Hyatt hotels. ...
Lighthouse Learning Receives Initial Accreditation
Medical education company Lighthouse Learning, which caused a splash in the press when it launched last fall due to a vow not to seek commercial support, has received a two-year initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. ...
Dental Group Leads HCEA’s List of the 50 Largest 2010 American Medical Meetings
According to the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association, dentists are gathering in record numbers these days: The largest U.S. medical meeting held in 2010 was the Greater New York Dental Meeting, which drew 58,135 attendees. ...
Strategy Shift at Site
Site’s 2012 president, Alejandro Verzoub, looks to broaden the industry’s perceptions of the organization, now in its fourth decade....
Green Meetings Workbook Saves You Time and Money
Planning greener meetings doesn’t have to be complicated and it certainly doesn’t have to be expensive. ...
Here Comes the Data: Results of Research on How Physicians Use Social Media
Results from research on physicians’ adoption and use of social media to share medical knowledge with other physicians....
Commentary: Curing the Hiccups at a Hybrid Meeting
When major hiccups emerged at the end of EventCamp Twin Cities 2011 (ECTC11) last week, organizers turned an almost comically bad moment into a learning opportunity. ...
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