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June 2009
AMWA'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE—OCTOBER 22-24, 2009
Reason #3 to Attend the AMWA Annual Conference:
Dallas—Big,
Bold, and Budget-Friendly
Location, location, location! Geographically, Dallas
is centrally located in the US, with 2 airports and an
AMTRAK station. The Sheraton Dallas Hotel has a great rate of $139 for AMWA attendees and is close to everything!
Located in the heart of the city’s arts and financial district, it’s
connected to Plaza of the Americas,
a shopping complex with numerous eateries to fit every budget. Right by
the hotel is the DART Rail stop and the trolley that can take you
throughout the city for a nominal fee. A short walk will take you to the
Dallas Museum of Art, the Myerson
Symphony Center,
and many of Dallas’
most popular attractions and restaurants. There are also cowboys,
cowgirls, lively Western bars, authentic Texas barbeque, and plenty of places
to shop for your own cowboy hats and boots. The weather’s great, too!
What’s not to like? To view the entire list of the Top 10 Reasons to
attend AMWA’s annual conference, visit our Web site.
Tours
AMWA has lined up several exciting and unique tours designed
to showcase the city of Dallas and the
spirit of Texas.
Spend a day being dazzled by the history and architecture of the city
with the Dallas Dazzles City Tour;
a visit to the famous Sixth
Avenue Museum
is included. Put on your boots and hat and head West to Cowtown (Fort Worth) where you will explore
fascinating Western heritage museums, shops, and eateries and spend time
with a few longhorn steers during the well-known daily cattle drive.
Marvel at incredible world-famous art and experience the history of women
during An Afternoon Among the Arts.
Step out of the hotel and into beautiful gardens at the Dallas Arboretum, where the colors
of fall will be in full bloom. Plan to stay an extra night and join in on
the fun with the Sunday Brunch and
Sailing. Bring your sunscreen, camera, and appetite to enjoy the
extensive and delectable brunch prepared by Chef Brandt, and then set
sail for a relaxing 2-hour cruise aboard the Seawolf, a 40-by-25-foot
sailing catamaran built of beautiful Spanish cedar. There is something
for everyone at AMWA’s 69th Annual Conference, so take some time and plan
an outing to experience something new and different in the Big D! A complete
description of each tour and an order form are available on AMWA’s Web site.
Become
an AMWA Exhibitor or Sponsor
(or Both)
With an estimated attendance of 1,000 dedicated professionals who are
constantly seeking new information, ideas, products, and services, AMWA’s annual conference is the perfect place to connect
with the medical communication community. Visit AMWA’s
Web site for a PDF file of the 2009 Exhibitor/Sponsor
Prospectus.
Breakfast
Roundtables
The list
of breakfast roundtables has been posted on the AMWA Conference Web site. At the 2009 Annual
Conference, you can choose from 77 roundtable discussions! Join your
colleagues at these informal breakfast sessions to exchange ideas,
experiences, and insights about topics affecting your professional life.
Roundtable breakfasts are marvelous opportunities to meet other attendees
in a relaxed setting to talk about a particular subject. Roundtable
agendas will be posted as they are received.
Call
for Walking/Running Leaders at AMWA
Annual Conference
AMWA will once again offer
Walking/Running with AMWA at
this year's conference! Walkers and runners will gather at 6:00 each
morning of the conference to start their days with a 45-minute walk or
run. Would you like to lead the group of walkers or runners? This is a
great way to fit in some exercise during the conference and to network
with your colleagues. If you would like to be a leader, please contact Becky Phillips at AMWA
headquarters (becky@amwa.org).
THE
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S SECURE FLIGHT PROGRAM STARTED MAY
15, 2009
For any new airline reservation created after May 15, 2009, the
passenger's name MUST match his or her photo ID exactly, eg, if your driver's license
reads Jane Q. Smith, the name on the airline ticket must read Jane Q.
Smith. For more information please visit www.tsa.gov,
keyword: Secure Flight.
WE
WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
This month our survey question relates
to AMWA’s discounted reference materials. As AMWA continues to grow and lead the way in
medical communication, we want to hear your thoughts through these brief
surveys throughout the year. Please take a couple of minutes to give
us your input.
SURVEY
SAYS…!
Our May Survey asked questions about AMWA’s
2009 Annual Conference. Ninety-one percent of the respondents said they
would be traveling by airplane, and the remaining 9% said they would
carpool to the annual conference. Fifty-five percent said they were aware
that one can post carpool information (and requests for roommates) on the
AMWA Bulletin Board. Of the
survey respondents, 73% knew that all 3 of the persons listed, David Dary, Karen Woolley, PhD, and Annette Flanagin, RN, MA, will be speaking at the annual
conference.
USE
AMAZON LINKS FROM AMWA’S WEB
SITE
AMWA is an Amazon Associate. In
addition to the Amazon graphic link on the AMWA
home page, all the titles in the Resources for Medical
Communicators section are set up to use the Associate program.
Whether you write or edit books or buy them and want to patronize your
fellow AMWA members, AMWA has the Web page for you. The AMWA Authors & Editors
marketplace lets AMWA members
buy books listed by fellow members. This win-win goes even further,
because a small percentage of each sale is income for AMWA. So if you are buying something from
Amazon, click through AMWA’s Web site.
PENDING
CHANGES IN SCIENCE/CORE WORKSHOPS
Effective January 2012, workshops with
multiple classifications that include Science (SG/SBS/SDS/SDT) will only
be designated with the science classification and applicable to the
science fundamentals certificate. However, credit will be retained for
any workshops previously taken toward a core certificate.
CHAPTER
CONFERENCES/EVENTS
Plan to attend AMWA chapter
conferences. You can travel and get AMWA
certificate credits at the same time! The online chapter conference schedule
has details on all chapter conferences.
Come and
experience a day of networking and stimulating workshops at the Greater
Chicago Area Chapter AMWA
conference on Friday, July 31. For conference details and registration,
visit www.gcac-amwa.org.
AMWA’s Ohio Valley Chapter and Indiana Chapter are teaming up
this year to sponsor a joint chapter conference in Cincinnati on Saturday, August 8.
Please visit one of the chapter Web sites to view the brochure: www.ovc-amwa.org or www.hoosieramwa.org.
AMWA’s Michigan chapter
conference will be Friday, August 14 at the Dahlmann
Campus Inn in Ann Arbor,
MI. Contact Teresa Brtva at teresa.brtva@arbormed.net for
information.
OUT ON THE WEB
http://www.altsearchengines.com—keep
up with all the new search tools designed to find information on the Web
more effectively and efficiently
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/Current—published
every Friday on the Web and by e-mail, The Scout Report "provides a
fast, convenient way to stay informed of valuable resources on the
Internet."
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases—a
complete listing of all the databases and electronic resources available
from the US National Library of Medicine
Do you
have ideas for Out on the Web? Send your suggestions to amwa@amwa.org.
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