While there are many in-house organizations throughout the country that have a very good reputation for being fair in contract negotiations with their clients, we often hear questions regarding charges and fees to use outside vendors, or have supervising staff in place to oversee any outside production, load-in, etc. Many times, these stipulations and fees are being disclosed to meeting planners after a contract has been signed.
Each spring, 400+ marketing executives from around the country attend the Monetate Summit in Philadelphia to learn the latest methods and e-marketing technologies for interacting, engaging and reaching customers. Presenters include a lineup of premier industry thought-leaders and the summit is designed for peer interaction and sharing of best practices to elevate marketing to new heights.
Most of us have likely been on more than one webinar where we quickly find ourselves multi-tasking and tuning out the webinar. By the time the webinar is over, we may have answered a lot of email messages, but we did not retain one single fact or take-away from the webinar
The Investigator meeting is a 2-1/2 day meeting in Paris, France that hosts 125 attendees plus event management. The purpose of the Investigator meeting is to provide researchers and the leadership team the guidelines needed to enter their product into phase 3 clinical trials. The meeting provided the attendees an opportunity to test the product on cadavers to ensure their implementation procedures are within the regulatory guidelines.
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About 500 members attend the bi-annual ECOG-ACRIN Group Meetings to discuss the results of cancer related clinical trials toward the growth and development of patient treatment and scientific advancements.
We’ve all been there … seated in the audience, listening to a speaker and wondering how the speaker arrived on-stage so unprepared.
Have you ever been to a meeting where the microphones cut out or you had intermittent interference causing the keynote speaker to lose the attention of the guests? This is a common presentation nightmare for the meeting stakeholder, planner and attendees.
Did you know that on average, conference attendees only recall 10% of what they learn? Talk about no return on investment - what are the chances that these attendees will keep spending the money to come back year after year if they aren't absorbing the information?
Did they hear what I said? Is this thing on?