Today's guest post is by Kristin Arnold, the “Panel Improvement Evangelist.” “Rapid-fire panel discussion” sounds sexier than a boring panel discussion, doesn’t it? After all, we live in the land of TED and short talks, so rapid-fire panels mu...

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education President and CEO Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc: CME can do "CME can do “more to promote performance and quality improvement, collegiality, and public health.” Accreditatio...

Does your company have certain meetings that don’t quite fit under your strategic meetings management program? Maybe they are too small or, for any number of reasons, just easier to leave on their own. Well, you may want to take a closer look at ...

Meeting Professionals International is launching the MPI-MD online membership community and supporting advisory council to strengthen its suite of resources for those who plan meetings for medical/healthcare organizations. The new community is “a...

Jean-Michel Petit was a venture capitalist vacationing with his son in Peru when they left their high-end hotel one day and spent the night with a local family, sharing lunch, dinner, and breakfast with them. At the end of the trip, Petit thought...

Does this sound familiar? After the inevitable delays and mechanical difficulties involved in business travel, your tummy is rumbling and the only choice you have for lunch is fast food or the vending machine. You decide the peanut-butter cup...