When you’ve been doing something for a while — beekeeping, beer making, basket weaving, something else that starts with the letter B — you can sometimes take things for granted. “Surely, everybody knows the four things that beehives need to flourish! Why would I waste time telling anyone about that!”
(In case you are interested, those four things apparently are sun [or afternoon shade], access to fresh water, protection from the wind, and privacy. I am neither a beekeeper nor particularly interested in bees, but that’s what the Google tells me.)
You may have heard that we are celebrating our 10th anniversary at CMEpalooza here in 2024, which may not sound like a really long time in the grand scheme of things, but it’s not nothing either. So yes, there probably are some things that Derek and I took the time to explain in the early days of CMEpalooza that we simply assume everyone knows by now. And you know what they say about people who assume…
So this one is for you, the CMEpalooza newbie.
How do I get updated information about CMEpalooza? I don’t think I’ve ever gotten an email from you, and I don’t feel like going to your website every morning to see if you have posted something witty.
It’s true that we don’t have any sort of mailing list that we’ve painstakingly accumulated over the years to jam your inbox with useless information. So unless you want the latest CMEpalooza updates, you won’t hear from us. But let’s assume you want to know every time there is a new blog post that has come out. All you need to do is scroll down to the bottom of our homepage and click the “Follow” button. There, you will join the 967 other lucky folks who get that periodic morning ping to get their day started (note from Derek: Yes, you read that correctly. Almost a thousand people intentionally follow the CMEpalooza blog and voluntarily receive our blog posts in their inbox. It’s crazy. I try not to think about that too much whenever I am writing a new post.) You could also choose to follow our LinkedIn page — we typically will post something to notify people when a new blog entry is available there as well.
I saw you published your CMEpalooza Spring agenda last week. Looks great, though I’ll ignore the fact that half of the sessions have some “TBA” fields. I desperately want to tune in on Wednesday, April 24. Is there anything I need to do? Someone I need to pay?
It’s true that there isn’t much in this world that is free. There was a guy outside my house this weekend who was trying to charge me a dime to “breath the air.” I bargained him down to a nickel. Shrewd, I know. But CMEpalooza indeed is one of those rare freebies that requires almost nothing (and $0) from our audience, thus proving accurate the old axiom that the best things in life are free. On the day of our live events, you don’t have to register and you don’t have to pay anything. You simply go to our Live page and click on the link to the session you want to view. They aren’t there yet, but they will be. Patience, please.
But April 24 is my wedding anniversary and my spouse will kill me if I plan anything that doesn’t entirely revolve around them.
You sound just like my wife (she’s the best, even though she never reads our blog and will never see that I just complimented her). You don’t have to have a good excuse to miss our live broadcasts. Life happens. The good news is that you can watch all of our sessions from CMEpalooza in our Archives. It’s pretty much updated as soon as each live session wraps up.
I’m bored, but I’m on the clock so I need to do something that is related to my job. You got anything for me?
Of course. We’re happy to help. For starters, you can mosey on over to our Archives, where you can watch any session since our meager beginnings. Yes, yes, I know, I used to have hair. That’s what a “Decade of Derek” does to you.
If you want to check out what some other CME-related organizations are up to these days, you can peruse our current Sponsor listings. It’s basically a who’s who of everybody who is anybody in our industry. If you are bored at work, maybe you are also looking for a job. Can’t hurt to see what sorts of options may be out there for you. We won’t even take a finders fee.
Wait, you guys have sponsors? That’s cool.
Isn’t it though? Yes, there are currently 29 organizations who have sponsored CMEpalooza in 2024. It’s a lot of medical education companies, but there are some other folks sprinkled in there as well. Maybe you even want to talk to your boss about becoming a CMEpalooza sponsor (note from Derek: Smooth, Scott. Very smooth.) We accept new sponsors all the way up to our live broadcast days. Just point your boss to our Sponsor Prospectus where we have lots of lots of cool opportunities available. That’s sure to help your upcoming performance review, so go for it!
One of my co-workers said something about how we can win money through certain events you guys have. She’s kidding, right? (But I am behind on my rent)
Nope, not kidding. We’ll have a special event for our sponsors sometime in early April along with the CMEpalooza STEPtacular Challenge, sponsored by Talem Health. You can win money through both of those events. There may be other fun opportunities that pop up, too. Just tell your landlord to be patient.
Is there any way you can reference something from like, within the last 30 years in your blog? You do realize that I have never watched Happy Days or Hoosiers, I don’t know who Dr. J is, and I wasn’t alive to watch the Berlin Wall fall. For the love of Olivia Rodrigo, please make it stop.
Sorry, this one you’ll have to live with.
Ugh, fine. At least it gives me something to talk to my grandparents about.
Low blow.
Sorry not sorry. Anything else you forgot to mention?
Hmm, blog subscription, no registration, free to watch, April 24, archives, sponsors, the ’80s were the best. I think that covers it. You are now a CMEpalooza veteran. Congratulations.
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