Associations Helping Gulf Oil Spill Victims Overcome Tragedy

I found this awesome article describing how some nonprofits/associations are helping Gulf oil spill victims http://bit.ly/9M0g91. Read it and be inspired about how you can help that community!

Practice what you preach!

In our second quarter, 2010 webinar, we highlight the virtues of capturing your at-meeting content in a quality fashion which will optimize your ability to reuse it later. This is not rocket science, but it's amazing how many folks haven't even heard of "elemental capture!" Did you know that if you don't do this, you will spend 2, 3, ... 10x the cost later to convert your captured media to different formats as new devices arrive to the market (think of the recent launch of the iPad!).

In an effort to help build awareness of how to do capture "right" in the association market, you may find our webinar of value. Watch it here... and comment to this post to let us know what you think!

http://bit.ly/b9L1U1

New Meeting Features On the Horizon - Mobile Device Users, These Are For You!

As a meeting attendee in the 21st century, I'm sure you manage much of your life on the mobile device of your choice (PDA, Blackberry, iPhone, Android, iPad, Kindle, Nook ... the list goes on and on). Wouldn't it be convenient if the next meeting you attendee could accommodate some of these mobile features that you use daily and love?

Just think, at your next meeting you may be able to:

• Search a general meeting program on your mobile device vs. on a bulky paper program
• Manage your personal meeting itinerary when you want to and where you want to
• Search and access full abstract text
• Watch captured presentation audio, video and poster presentations
• Locate what presentations are near you in the next X hours
• Find other presentations by the same author
• Interact socially with fellow attendees

Do all this, AND MORE, on your mobile device. And with so many abstract management providers and meeting planners focusing on accommodating these capabilities, you just may be able to coast through the next meeting you attend, mobile device in hand!

Poll: which format do you prefer - watching presentational content with audio + video or reading abstracts + text? meetings asae pcma

Captured content can earn your association non-dues revenue. Signup now for our complimentary webinar! http://bit.ly/Q2webinarsignup

Q2, 2010 of The Advisor - Now Available!

It has taken a village, but the Q2, 2010 edition of The Advisor is now available!

You can view it on the OASIS Marketing site.

As always, thank you for your readership and interest.

OASIS Tip & Trick: Demographics Report

This quarter's issue has an OASIS tip that helps you with determining the geographical distribution of control records by activity type as they are created or submitted within OASIS. This is especially helpful for an open-call submission of abstracts, as this report offers a snap shot of where submissions are coming from as a submission deadline grows closer.

Follow these simple steps to generate this report:

1.Within the OASIS Admin site, select the Demographics menu option located within the Submission menu. Please note that this option can also be accessed through the Reports menu.

Note: If you are using the original OASIS Admin menus, this menu option will be located within the Reports menu.

2.On the Demographics page, select control status options and a display option to apply to your report. The “Complete” and “Displaying non-Zero Locations” options are selected by default. Although a control status option is not required to run your demographics report, a display option is required.

3.Once you have determined the options that you would like applied to your report, select the “Show Report” button.

The grid located below the control status options is the demographics report. Within this report, the control record distribution may change depending on which status option(s) and display option was selected. Please note that this report displays the control record distribution by both country and by U.S. state.