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How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers

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If you don’t have a clear purpose from your organization, why you’re doing this event, you can never prove value,” says Finnell. Her approach to get all departments in her medical association executive team on the same page is to use an event business model framework. A Framework for Collaboration. “If

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People on the Move

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Maddie DaMario has joined the organization as director, Chicago area sales office. She is responsible for selling Atlanta as a destination for trade shows and group meetings, with a focus on attracting customers from the Midwest market. He also will represent ACVB at trade shows.

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The Anti-Diet Movement on Display at an Event for Dieticians

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At a symposium session, Cohn shared the results of a survey General Mills funded on food shaming — “defined as ‘making people feel bad about what they eat.’” The research showed that “food shaming led to lower self-esteem and eating disorders and made people more likely to avoid the cereal aisle in grocery stores.”

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4 Ideas to Improve Conference Exhibits

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Expo Halls “The waste is a real issue when it comes to traditional trade shows. Many of our customers realize that cost shifting, inflated attendance numbers, and supplier exclusives get in the way of the true partnership they wish to have with show organizers. Here we share their ideas that focus on exhibits.

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ARVO Conference in Seattle Opened Eyes to Lingering International Travel Challenges

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Long wait times and inflationary pressure linger at in-person-only medical meeting The arrival in Seattle of 11,631 attendees for the 2024 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology ( ARVO ) conference in May was the culmination of a logistical struggle to return to bringing the world of eye doctors together at 2019 levels.