ABCD Retreat

The ABCD Retreat Day will be held at the Hotel Crescent Court. The Crescent Court serves as the centerpiece of the Crescent Complex, a landmark, mixed-use development that includes the prestigious Crescent Office Towers and The Shops and Galleries of The Crescent. 

Buses will depart the Marriott Quorum at approximately 8:00 am on Saturday and return around 5:00 pm.

The Retreat Day will begin with a leisurely continental breakfast where attendees can renew old acquaintances and catch up on personal and business happenings. The morning session, held in Salons A & B, will be devoted to an analysis of the current status of the Association and the biomedical communications field in general. Guided by several ABCD Directors, we will examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to our association and to the profession.

Lunch will be served in the Pool Suite of the Executive Conference Room. Time will be allotted for brief visit to the Shops and Galleries of the Crescent and for participation in our annual Group Photo in the Gallery Courtyard http://www.crescentcourt.com/ccshop.htm.

The afternoon session will feature a number of Cracker

Barrel sessions focusing on such topics as 1) the annual meeting, 2) ABCD Pricing Survey, 3) ABCD Membership Survey, 3) JBC participation, and 4) special concerns of biocommunications units.

The ABCD Retreat Day is open to ABCD members only and a separate registration fee of $80 is required. Buses will return you to the Marriott is plenty of time to participate in the Wide Open Spaces opening reception.

ABCD RETREAT

2001 Annual Meeting

Crescent Court Hotel

June 23, 2001

I. Bus leaves Marriot Quorom Hotel for Crescent Court

·        Pick-up at 8:00 am Main Lobby of Quorom

·        Arrive 8:30 am at Crescent Court

II. Breakfast  [8:30 am – 9:30 am]

III.  Update on Biocommunication Center Status [9:30 am – 10:30 am] 

Moderator: Logan Ludwig

·     Each member provides brief overview of latest developments at his/her shop. Time for discuss of any particular issues that come up during discussion

IV. Review of Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats, Opportunities  (SWOT) to ABCD and Biocommunications Profession [10:30 am – Noon]

Moderators:  Jackson Townsend & Logan Ludwig

·     What does ABCD have to offer?

·     How can we improve what we offer?

·     What is our assessment of the current status of biocommunications?

·     What do we think the future will be for biocommunications?

       LUNCH at Poolside Terrace [Noon –1:30 pm]

·        Group photo in Courtyard

VI.  Membership Survey [1:30 pm – 2:30 pm]

Moderators:  Ray Lund, Joe Smith, Kathleen Gebhart

·        Is it relevant today?

·        Should it be Electronic?

·        How or should the questions be modified?

VII.  Pricing Survey [2:30 pm – 3:15 pm]

Moderator:  Tom Hurtgen

·        How do we add value?

·        Should it be combined with Membership Survey?

·        Should completion be required for membership?

VIII.  Annual Meeting Format [3:15 pm – 4:15 pm]

 Moderator:  Charles Lenosky

·      Format: With other associations? One day or more? Time of year? Programming?

IX.Wrap Up [4:15 pm- 4:30 pm]

·        Return to Quorum