Video technology is finding its place among virtual meeting tools, from Web meetings to teleconferencing to webcasting. And for good reason: Video lets participants see facial expressions, which convey much more than disembodied words ever could...

Show Me the Evidence AAFP CALLS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CME Responding to concerns expressed by the Federation of State Medical Boards about CME courses that teach alternative therapies, the American Academy of Family Physicians has proposed adding a...

Whether your group is 25 attendees or 2,500, it will get the personalized attention you demand. And whether attendees stay at one of the many newly opened luxury resort/casinos or one of the city's classics, they'll have an experience...

NOTABLE MEETINGS For the first time ever at an international headache meeting, there was a joint public/scientific session uniting care providers and researchers with the people affected by headache. At the joint session, part of Headache World...

With advances in technology, high-quality telemedicine is now more affordable and popular than ever. Here are tips for planning an exciting and effective event...

For many direct marketers, formats are the fun part. Bob Stone, direct marketing guru and author of Successful Direct Marketing Methods, advises that your format have a character appropriate to the target audience. Here are a few direct-to-doctors...

It's gospel that adults want to be actively involved in their own learning. The problem is identifying activities that actively engage learners. This column describe a method I've used with audiences ranging in size up to 350, a method that has...

JUST LOOK at the figures: In 1980 only 60 hotels in the United States offered spa programs . During the 1980s, that figure doubled. By 1999, more than 400 hotels had some form of on-site spa facility, according to Spa Finders, a company...

The meetings industry continues to "e-volve," taking advantage of the quicker response time, reduced paperwork, and lower costs of e-commerce, e-mail, and industry Web sites. Now Congress is joining the e-trend by enacting a new law, The...

"One would be hard-pressed to find any group that is openly wined, dined, and seduced more than are physicians." That's the assertion made by Mark H. Schaffer, executive director, CME, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark...