I may have already said this, but social media—and, the Internet—have changed my life. My husband and I met online in 2000, and after that it became the doorway through which many blessings have entered. One of those blessings arrived this month...
Many conference organizers provide justification toolkits to help registrants gain the boss’s approval to attend. These often include back-of-the-envelope calculations on expenses, as well as anticipated professional development and business...
Incoming Financial & Insurance Conference Planners board member Joe Scully, senior director with John Hancock Financial Services in Boston, Mass., made an immediate impact on the board of directors when he referred to the senior-most planner...
I have been involved in strategic meetings management for 12 years now, and I have seen only a small handful of instances where organizations were willing to use the word “mandate” when describing their SMM programs. In fact, I have usually heard...
Studies have repeatedly shown that physicians who are educated about the latest medical advances make more informed treatment decisions, resulting in improved patient outcomes. For example, physicians who attended an industry-supported educationa...
By Deborah Augustus and Ann C. Lichti, CCMEP
During the recent Healthcare Financial Management Association meeting, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD, professor of clinical medicine at the University of California San Francisco, touched upon a key concept t...
One of the chief joys when traveling is visiting a world-class, historic city for the first time. That first time you set out to explore a metropolis is like the morning after a snowfall. The virgin snow stretches out as far as eye can see, just ...
Can the electronic request for proposal process between meeting planners and hoteliers be improved? The answer was a resounding “yes” from the participants at a session I led at last month’s Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Annual Co...
