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July 2008
AMWA Update
ANNUAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION
July 21, 11:00 AM Eastern Time
Mark your calendars and set your alarm
to register for AMWA’s 68th Annual Conference! Registration will open
both online and through an easy-to-print form on AMWA’s
Web site. You can also download the registration
brochure from the online form to assist you during the process.
Included in your registration fee are 39 open sessions, 2 receptions,
breakfast with the exhibitors, refreshments and snacks in the hospitality
area, Creative Readings, and Walking and Running With AMWA. In addition, the new AMWA Pavilion will feature free blood pressure
checks, BMI tests, and more as an added healthy bonus for AMWA attendees. Also new this year will be the
complimentary cybercafé, so keeping in touch with your office or home
will be easy. Staying refreshed in sessions will be effortless since all
attendees will receive a collapsible, BPA-free water bottle; water
coolers to fill those bottles will be placed throughout the hotel. This
year’s conference is bigger, better, greener, and healthier than ever
before so don’t delay, make plans to attend today!
You’ll Need a Room
Hotel reservations at the Galt House
Hotel & Suites will also open at 11:00 AM on July 21. Information and
a link for making your hotel reservation will be available on our Web
site. Please identify yourself as an AMWA
conference attendee to receive the special conference rate. AMWA conference rates are a low $119 for the Rivue Tower and $135 for the Suites Tower.
Most rooms have 2 double beds. The suites also have sleeper sofas, making
it easy to double- or triple-up with friends or colleagues!
Please Help Us to Help You!
Registrations are processed in the order
in which they are received. If you register online and receive an e-mail
confirming that your registration was received, please do not call or
e-mail headquarters to double-check. Responding to such inquiries delays
the processing of the hundreds of annual conference registrations
received at headquarters during the first week of registration. Your help
and consideration are greatly appreciated.
Discover Louisville
and the Commonwealth of Kentucky
AMWA has lined up several
unique tours designed to showcase the rich heritage and tradition of Louisville and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The deadline for reserving your space with the tour company is September
24. We highly recommend that you make your reservations in advance
because the tour company requires that a minimum number of tickets be
sold for a tour to be run.
What’s in It for Me?
Are you a long-time AMWA member? Have you completed the
requirements for a core or advanced certificate? Do you think the annual
conference holds nothing new for you? Think again! As the medical
communication profession continues to move forward, AMWA’s annual conference is moving right along with it by
delivering even more quality education and networking opportunities to
attendees. Check out AMWA’s Web site and see “What’s at AMWA’s 68th Annual Conference for you!”
Call for Conference Coaches
Help welcome first-time conference attendees
at AMWA’s 2008 Annual Conference by becoming a conference
coach!
Creative Readings
Calling all writers! Are you a medical communicator
who also happens to be a poet, playwright, short story writer, or
humorist? Would you like to share your work with fellow AMWA attendees in an appreciative and relaxed
setting? Then make plans to participate in the popular Creative
Readings event at the conference. Let your “other writer” side be
known and make plans to join in!
Recipients of the AMWA
Conference Student Scholarship Sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company
Kelly McCoy, a student at Emory University,
and Karen Schliep, a student from the University of Utah, are this year’s recipients
of the conference scholarship. Both will receive a full registration to AMWA’s 68th Annual Conference, along with fees for 3
workshops and travel expenses. Congratulations to Kelly and Karen!
MD
CONSULT: NEW AMWA MEMBER
BENEFIT
In response to suggestions from members,
AMWA is pleased to offer MD
Consult as a new membership benefit in a 1-year pilot program. MD Consult
is a premier subscription-based service offering a collection of
full-text journals and health and medical texts online. Access MD
Consult under Membership on the AMWA
Web site menu.
CHAPTER
CONFERENCES
Plan to attend AMWA
chapter conferences. You can travel and get certificate credits at the
same time! The online
conference schedule has details on all AMWA
chapter conferences.
AMWA MEMBER NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY WINNERS ANNOUNCED
AMWA is pleased to announce the 4 winners of the Member Needs
Assessment Survey drawing. The names of the participants were entered into
a drawing, and the winners’ names were drawn at AMWA
HQ on June 25, 2008.
·
Elizabeth Endres—Northwest Chapter
·
Charles
Meyer—Empire State-Metro New
York Chapter
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William
“Chip” Stark—Pacific Southwest Chapter
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Stef Stendardo—New England
Chapter
Congratulations to the winners and
thanks to all who participated
OUT ON THE WEB
From the Editorial Freelancers Association Web site (http://www.the-efa.org/index.html):
http://www.the-efa.org/res/rates.html—list
of common rates for editorial services
http://www.the-efa.org/res/code_2.html—information
on setting fees
http://www.the-efa.org/res/code_3.html—guidelines
for project terms
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