Two and a half weeks before the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's fall conference in Puerto Rico, a hurricane hit, doing massive damage to the area and the hotel. Needless to say, the meeting was canceled...

Robert J. (Bob) Donovan is vice president, meetings and travel services, for the American Hospital Association, based in Chicago. He's been with the AHA for 32 years, and has been associated with the meeting and convention division since 1983...

If the U.S. catches cold, the whole world of medical education gets sick,” proclaimed Martin E. Cearnal, president and CEO, Physicians World Communications Group, Secaucus, N.J., as he kicked off the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Global Alliance for...

“I'm going to be more aware of how physicians learn, use vignettes in needs assessments, advertise activities in the learner's language, and document my needs-assessment process better.” ...

Lots of groups talk about making their meetings more interactive, but the Veterinary Hospital Managers Association in Albany, N.Y., has actually done it. At the VHMA annual management retreat, there are no professional speakers and no lectures...

According to the Accreditation Council for CME's 2000 Annual Report, (www.accme.org)the CME industry is a $1 billion plus industry. Expenses went from about $920 million in 1999 to one billion — nearly a nine percent increase. Income went from $1...

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“I was doing cartwheels — I was so happy,” says Gretchen Keefer, director of program development, Medical Education Collaborative. “We were able to do it right.” ...

The New England site file in the June issue listed incorrect information for the World Trade Center Boston. The correct phone number is (617) 385-5000 or (877) SEAPORT; the Web site is www.wtcb.com. The Seaport Hotel, adjacent to the World Trade...

The major meeting industry organizations are also beginning to provide online content for distance learning applications...