Inevitably in the halls of the annual Alliance conference (which occured last week in Atlanta), Derek and I are approached by people who say something along the lines of the following:
“I have a great idea for a CMEpalooza session (and then they’ll tell us said idea). I think it would really be something you’ll like.”
And so we tell them, “That’s great. We’d be happy to consider your idea for inclusion in our Spring agenda. I can’t promise anything, but please go ahead and submit your idea through our abstract submission portal. Just be sure it gets submitted by Monday. That’s when the abstracts are due.”
“OH MY GOD. MONDAY! ARE YOU SURE?”
(Silently in my head: “Yes, I am sure. We have noted the submission deadline on every blog post we have written regarding our submission process.”)
Out loud after some internal filtering: “We don’t really ask for a lot beyond what you just told me. Even if you have a ‘mostly complete’ idea for a session, go ahead and submit it. We often get submissions with ‘Additional panelists will be invited upon idea approval’ or something like that. While it’s preferable to have a full team in place and a complete idea for your session, we are OK during the proposal stage with ‘mostly complete.’ We want to get as many good ideas to choose from as possible.”
So, as you dig out from yet another snowstorm (well, as long as you live in the Northeast corridor), take a break and remember to submit your session for CMEpalooza Spring. When we say the deadline for submissions is 5 pm ET today, we really do mean it. Our hope is to select sessions and contact the winners (and losers) within a few days to begin putting together our educational schedule for Wednesday, April 22 (which is when our Spring event is occuring).
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