Undergoing a survey for Accreditation Council for CME accreditation can be a daunting task. Just ask Wanda Johnson, CMP, senior director, meetings and education with The Endocrine Society. A 14-year CME veteran, Johnson is working on her third re...

The International Association of Hispanic Meeting Planners has unveiled plans to develop a new designation, the Certified Diversity Meeting Professional...

WE HAVE BECOME accustomed to waiting. We wait for public transportation, wait in endless lines of traffic, wait to see physicians and other professionals, and wait at checkout counters. At times, even our most sophisticated electronic systems make...

Carmen Jones was recently hired to serve as education director for Abilities Expo; she also is president of the Solutions Marketing Group, a consulting firm that helps companies market programs to the disability industry. Medical Meetings asked...

Rosemont's only M&D award winner, the Sofitel Chicago O'Hare provides the charm of French hospitality and style, state-of-the-art meeting facilities including T1 connectivity, and a directive to make personalized service a high priority...

The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club is Southwest Florida's only meeting destination with beach, golf, tennis, and spa in one location. The resort recently completed an elaborate Clubhouse and Spa, the centerpiece of a total of 34,000 square...

THE BAD NEWS for medical societies is that long-standing general (not event-specific) support seems to be on the decline in the current regulatory environment. The good news is that pharmaceutical companies are shifting their attention to CME...

At its November meeting, the Accreditation Council for CME did not approve the latest version of the revised Standards for Commercial Support. The initial draft for the revised Standards was released in January 2003; the new version was based on...

According to a national survey of 800 primary care physicians conducted by Pri-Med Institute, Boston, almost three-quarters of physicians who participated said that commercial support of CME by pharmaceutical companies is a good thing. Just 8...

THE OXFORD ENGLISH Dictionary says vision is “the ability to conceive what might be attempted or achieved.” In his book, Leading Change, John Kotter refers to vision as “…a picture of the future with some explicit commentary on why people should...