Cleveland Medical Mart - Exhibitor Announced

We'd like to thank Cleveland Medical Mart for their support and commitment to AAMSE and the 2012 Annual Conference.

Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center is a world-class education and conference center designed to host continuing medical education, training programs and conventions supported by Cleveland's world renowned healthcare leadership. The facility will boast 230,000 square feet of exhibition space and 90,000 square feet of meeting space, including a grand ballroom overlooking Lake Erie. The attached 235,000 square foot Medical Mart will provide a platform for showcasing medical innovation and technology from the industry's leading manufacturers.

Higher Logic - Exhibitor Announced

We'd like to thank Higher Logic for their support and commitment to AAMSE and the 2012 Annual Conference.

Higher Logic™ provides professional social media and mobile applications for associations, non-profits and member-based organizations worldwide that are seeking to create conversation, share knowledge and build community. Our premier offering, The Connected Community™ software suite, empowers members to share best practices - anytime, anywhere. Higher Logic delivers solutions to increase member retention and generate non-dues revenue.

I.C. System - Exhibitor Announced

We'd like to thank I.C. System for their continued support and commitment to AAMSE and the 2012 Annual Conference.

I.C. System has provided Intelligent Collections since 1938. Currently, 500 societies and associations recommend our ethical, effective services to their members. We are the member-services agency and the medical collection experts: thousands of physician/clinic clients; strict compliance programs; certified, skilled medical collectors; and much more. Please contact out Association Relations team at 800-279-6520 or AssociationTeam@icsystem.com.

Avectra - Exhibitor Announced

We'd like to thank Avectra for their continued support and commitment to AAMSE and the 2012 Annual Conference.

For the last 17 years, Avectra has translated our customers' needs into market leading membership management solutions, allowing organizations to engage both internal and external audiences in more sophisticated and relevant relationships to promote advocacy, community and action while driving business value. Visit www.avectra.com for more information.

ACGI Software - Exhibitor Announced

We'd like to thank ACGI Software for their support and commitment to AAMSE and the 2012 Annual Conference.

ACGI Software® is the trusted leader in Web-based association management software for medical societies. Engage your members, empower your staff, and gain insight with Association Anywhere®. Access over 40 apps for managing membership, events, certification, and subscriptions, all integrated with your website and back office systems. Association Anywhere’s productivity features simplify communication and automates workflows. Achieve more with ACGI Software.

Matthew May - Featured Speaker

Meet Matt
 
You can call me Matt. I'm a blogger for the American Express OPEN Forum Ideas Hub which I reprint here. I've written three books, with the fourth, The Laws of Subtraction, coming out in a few months. I run a small creativity coaching agency called Edit Innovation (formerly Shibumi Creative Works).

I spent 8 years as an independent advisor to the U.S. corporate headquarters of Toyota. It changed my outlook on work and life. I learned how to learn and solve problems. I learned to "think lean". I learned the power of less. I took those lessons on the road to other organizations. Now I write, speak and coach others on creativity, innovation and design strategy. 

Why Subtraction?

Lao Tzu said: "To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, subtract things every day."

When you remove just the right thing in just the right way, something good happens. That's my go-to philosophy, and this blog is dedicated to sharing it along with all the amazing things that amazing people are doing to improve the world by waging "war on more" through subtracting from our collective experience anything obviously excessive, wasteful, complicated, unnatural, hazardous, hard to use or ugly. Or better yet, refraining from adding those things in the first place!

Matthew E. May, MBA will be presenting session 302: Laws of Subtraction: 7 Rules for Getting More and Using Less and the 2012 AAMSE Annual Conference in Los Angeles.

Hays Affinity - Exhibitor Announced

We'd like to thank Hays Affinity for their support and commitment to AAMSE and the 2012 Annual Conference.

Hays Affinity delivers comprehensive and cost-effective association headquarters and member insurance products. In addition to member insurance products such as life, disability, property and casualty we provide protection through custom proprietary products - Professional Liability, Boardroom Plus™ and Event Commitment Insurance®. Hays has consistently been ranked a top-20 national insurance broker. For more information contact Shari Pataky at 202-263-4050 or spataky@hayscompanies.com.