How to Evolve Healthcare Conferences in the 21st Century – #HITsm Chat Topic

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 4/13 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Steve Sisko (@shimcode) on the topic of “How to Evolve Healthcare Conferences in the 21st Century”. The general purpose of a conference is to bring people together in one place where they can discover and share information, insight and ideas on a specific theme. And then, hopefully, leave the event with energy and focus. Our brains can only take in a limited number of stimuli at any given time. With 1000’s and even 10’s of 1000’s of attendees – and 100’s or as many as 1,000 exhibitors at some events – today’s conference attendee can easily end up leaving a conference exhausted and overwhelmed. But what really makes a good conference? Is it the content itself? The people who present the content? The location and venue of the conference? The atmosphere of the conference? The social events and opportunities for networking? Or something else? Like with everything in life, different individuals have different needs and wants. And with advancements in presentation, collaboration and communication technologies, there are new options for enhancing and extending the conference experience. With an ever-increasing number of conferences, forums and events throughout the year, conference organizers MUST evolve if they want their events to remain relevant. The purpose of this tweetchat is to shar...
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