{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast","title":"E58 Karen Norris On Conferences","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3563,"description":"We are absolutely delighted to have Karen Norris (@freckleface23 on twitter) join us on the podcast today. Karen Norris is the conference manager at the Canadian Association of General Surgeons and manages the Canadian Surgery Forum, the largest annual meeting for Canadian general surgeons. In this episode we talk about what the future holds for conferences in a COVID world, including how organizations can optimize their virtual conferences and what hybrid conferences might look like. \nLinks:\n1.\tThe Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/319055/the-art-of-gathering-by-priya-parker/\n2.\tMeetings Mean Business Canada Advocacy Video: https://vimeo.com/367271986\n3.\t Meetings Mean Business webpage: https://www.meetingsmeanbusiness.ca/\n4.\tTraumaCon: https://traumacon.org/\n5.\tMike Morrison (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mikemorrison?lang=en\n6.\tArticle I referenced about one conference using unique networking opportunities: https://www.bizbash.com/production-strategy/virtual-events/article/21202973/how-american-film-markets-virtual-conference-created-spontaneous-networking-opportunities \n7.\tThe Canadian Association of General Surgeons: https://cags-accg.ca/\n8.\tThe Canadian Surgery Forum: https://www.canadiansurgeryforum.com/\nBio:\nKaren Norris has a degree in Political Science and Sociology from Queens University, a diploma in Event Management from Algonquin College and in 2015 she achieved her Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation from the Events Industry Council.\nShe is the Conference Manager at the Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS) and manages the Canadian Surgery Forum which is the largest surgical meeting in Canada attracting 1000+ delegates annually. Before her position with CAGS, she had coordinated conferences for the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada and the Coaching Association of Canada.\nShe has sat on numerous boards and committees with Meeting Professionals International...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/oyvpQFDz9LsIXBWiTQnBaf-TEq_0jeSP2KI52Z2VDVg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kZTNh/MWI2MDcwZTcwMGVk/ZjIxM2M4N2VjMWFj/NTdlNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}