It's not just a program guide, it's a marketing tool. That was one of the clever features that grabbed the panel of editors about this year's winner of MM's Top Guides Contest, the guide produced by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ...

Individuals and organizations have plans well under way for celebrating the approaching millennium. Since you can be sure that most plans will involve alcohol, now seems like a good time to remind meeting planners about their organizations'...

With at least 170 meeting planning software products on the market, offering help with everything from pre-meeting budgeting to post-meeting analysis, how do you choose the best product for your company? I suggest four steps...

MEDICAL NOTES Have you been asked to find speakers who can talk about best practices at health management organizations (HMOs)? Wouldn't it make sense to look for them at the HMOs with the best practices? UltraLink, a Costa Mesa, Calif.-based...

Terri Rojas, CMP, and Ruth M. Glynn, CMP, have formed BostonBased, a meeting and special events management company focusing on medical associations and pharmaceutical companies. Both women formerly served at PRRI, a Boston-based association...

Sure, the growing influx of international attendees causes housing headaches. But you can make the process (almost) painless with proactive strategies ...

Both continuing professional education and health care providers should look to the future. To succeed in the 21st century you must appreciate that the traditional model of conducting business is shifting, and you must shift with it. Organizations...

Freedom of Speech COURT MUZZLES FDA The FDA has lost again--and pharmaceutical companies now have more wiggle room to promote off-label uses of drugs and medical devices. In a recent decision, U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth denied the...

Ed Simeone, CMP, is Meeting Professionals International's 1999-2000 chairman of the board. In September, after more than 20 years of experience in corporate event management (most recently at EMC Corporation, a computerized storage manufacturer in...

To reverse the growing trend of ethics violations, CME providers and industry representatives need to stop pointing fingers--and collaborate on solutions...