Seminars

“A speaker must believe in the value and interest of their subject.”

A Seminar is defined as a presentation or a key-note speech. It lasts approximately from 30 – 120 minutes, and fits into the agenda in the same way as a medical presentation.

The goals of a seminar are to:

Add variation to the agenda
Give the Doctors something different to walk away with
Add to the general value of the conference

Conference:	Microbiology \| 160 people \| 60 Minutes
Date:	April 2011, Promisten Croatia
Delegates:	Head nurses, hand hygiene specialists.
Focus:	The presentation was called “40 slides may be 35 too many”, and focussed on Information Overload, Body Language, Media Handling

Conference:	Psychotherapy \| 200 people \| 2 x 60 mins
Date:	March 2011, Sau Paulo, Brazil
Delegates:	Psychologists, Psychiatrists
Focus:	Titled “speaking skills for medical professionals, the presentation focussed on speaking to peers vs patient groups

Conference:	Dentistry \| 8 x 15 people over 1 day (rotating groups)
Date:	June 2011, Antalya, Turkey
Delegates:	Dentists
Focus:	Sponsored by a provider of dentistry equipment, the presentation was focussed on dentists doing presentations at schools