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Lessons from the Front: Covid-era Med Meetings

Smart Meetings

Those stressful last-minute gyrations were just one of the issues addressed in Smart Meetings ’ latest webinar, “ Vital Lessons from Covid-era Medical Meetings ,” led by Kara Ferguson, meeting planner for American Society of Anesthesiologists , and Katie Bohrer, CEO of event design company Onwardly. Katie Bohrer. “I’m

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‘Hybrid Events Are Here to Stay’

Convene by PCMA

What Reed, chief event strategy officer, American Society of Hematology (ASH), loved most about this time, he told participants in an online PCMA Community Conversation for medical meeting planners earlier this year, is probably what other planners have hated: “We needed to operate when there was really no roadmap to us,” Reed said. “I

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How to Choose Event Technology, Should Cost be the Main Factor?

Endless Events

Brandt explains, “when you’re dealing with registration services that are free or audience engagement platforms that are free or mobile apps that are free, you have to ask yourself, “How do they make their money?” ” But what happens when your event goes from being 300 attendees to being 10,000 attendees?

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Turning a Supertanker in a Storm

MeetingsNet

Knight: We had to make a very quick shift in February and March with our in-person portfolio; the two events we moved online in April and May had more attendees than what we expected in person, which was promising. MeetingsNet: The AAFP annual meeting is scheduled for October in Chicago, and you generally get about 5,000 attendees.

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The IMEX America 2022 Recap

Endless Events

Or, ‘We’re going to market toward medical meetings.’ Erbium is a registration platform that you can use to create a basic website and fill out registration forms for your event.”. Two, other than getting data passively, registration is one time you have someone so focused that they will give you so much data.

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‘The Hugs Felt More Genuine’ at This In-Person Health-Care Meeting

Convene by PCMA

While COVID forced the event online in 2020 , and it was well received by attendees, the organization — which represents more than 38,000 emergency physicians, emergency medicine residents, and medical students — was strongly in favor of returning to a face-to-face event. Next: ACEP22 Scientific Assembly, Oct. 1-4, San Francisco.

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Tablets And Events: Why It’s Time For You To Ditch The Binder!

Endless Events

I mean, I was surprised how much I’ve enjoyed having a stylus, having a pen on these devices” How Tablets Impact Your Attendee Experience. “There’s a really good use case for attendees to have tablets as well”, says Brandt. ” You Can Literally Run An Event From Your Tablet.

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