Crazy things happen when the CMEpalooza Company Spotlight turns on.

People lose their train of thought, reduced to bumbling idiots (or in Derek’s case, more of a bumbling idiot). They tell you about things they wouldn’t dare tell anyone at a cocktail party (“Um, what’s a CME?”). You just don’t know.

Now that we’ve piqued your interest, come join us at noon today for our inaugural company spotlight when we throw the team from Educational Measures under the microscope to learn about ways they are using their technologies to improve the delivery of CME in a variety of settings.

Just swing on over to the LIVE tab on the website to watch the live broadcast. As with our typical CMEpalooza sessions, you’ll be able to ask questions of our panelists during the broadcast and be dazzled with our fancy wardrobes.

Put down your grog of ale for a moment and listen up lads and lassies!

It’s taken a little bit longer than we had hoped, but Derek and I are thrilled to finally be able to present to everyone our CMEpalooza Fall agenda. We took into account feedback we had received from past Palooza participants and tried hard to come up with an interesting mix of topics and faculty. Needless to say, we are tickled with what we’ve been able to put together.

Here is what you’ll find on Wednesday, October 21:

• Six 1-hour panel sessions, with 1 more open lunchtime slot for a second Gold sponsor to join Genentech (if you are interested in becoming that second Gold sponsor, the details on how to do so are here)
• Lots of fresh faces to CMEpalooza. While there are a couple folks who will be back for a second or third time around, we’ve mostly tried to bring in new people with a new perspective on the world of CME. We’ve even got an international contingent (if you consider Canada to be international)
• Several new formats, including the inaugural CMEpalooza Pecha Kucha (what’s a Pecha Kucha, you ask? An exotic tropical fruit, perhaps?)
• Sessions aimed at folks who work in various settings, including hospitals and hospital systems, member associations, and more.

We’ll be checking in regularly over the next few months with updates on each session, video interviews, learner polls, and other cool things. In the meantime, we’re taking a nap.

I’m not lying — it is coming soon. We’ve got our top interns working on it as I type. Look — here’s one proofreading Scott’s work.

On the other hand, the guy we hired to work with all our faculty has been slacking off lately. Here he is supposedly following-up with everyone involved in our CME Pecha Kucha.

I mean, Miller Chill? Gross. He could have at least gone with a microbrew.

Anyway, we hope to have the agenda up on the website within the next week or two. We’re just finalizing a few things and then we should be good to make it all public. In the meantime, don’t forget about our first CMEpalooza Company Spotlight coming up next week on Wednesday, June 24 from noon-12:30 p.m. ET with Educational Measures in the spotlight. Scott will be leading the proceedings, but I’ve seen the agenda and it should be an interesting conversation, especially for those of you interested in the use of technology in education. Join us!