In last month’s DPM newsletter, we provided a poll to gain a stronger understanding of the opinions of certain meeting aspects. Instead of trying to explain, I’ll simply copy/paste below and provide the results.
GOOD NEWS! WE HAD OVER 1,000 DPMS PARTICIPATE IN THE POLL!
BAD NEWS…
I was hoping for some landslide wins for one choice over the other that would help our profession recognize where we can make some changes based on these needs. Cue the sad music.
Unfortunately nearly every question resulted in a split decision….
I recently read an article from MEETINGSNET.com that provided some pretty interesting insight about how health care providers feel about conferences, both in-person and online.
Below are their statements and I am curious to know,
DO YOU AGREE?
Take a moment to read each statement and provide a quick response as to whether you are in agreement with those that were interviewed for MEETINGSNET.
“Most of us never want to travel on Monday or Friday, so midweek events with travel time accounted for on both sides are best.”
55% AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT ABOVE
45% DO NOT AGREE
“The length of a virtual session is important to keeping HCPs both engaged in the moment and willing to participate in future events. A two-hour session is about the max.”
52% AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT ABOVE
48% DO NOT AGREE
“Keep virtual events within preferable times of day for HCPs (health care providers) scattered around North America; maybe you split the meeting into two sessions, with physicians from only two time zones in each session.”
49% AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT ABOVE
51% DO NOT AGREE
“I’ve seen a lot of 9-to-10 p.m. virtual programs work well. The HCPs have their family-dinner time and settle the kids in, and then they can focus.”
53% AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT ABOVE
47% DO NOT AGREE
Thoughts? Questions? Email Me!
Sarah Breymeier: beheard@podiatrymeetings.com