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Streamline Your Abstract Management
7 Ways to Streamline Your Abstract Management

Let’s talk about Amara.  Amara is managing an abstracts conference, but she’s up to her ears in inefficiency. Between manual record-keeping in Excel spreadsheets and the scribbled-on scans of printed […]

Conference Agenda
How to Sort Conference Abstracts Into a Conference Agenda

Okay, so the last abstract for your conference has finally been reviewed. Submissions have all been scored, an email blast notifying accepted presenters has just plunked into their inboxes, and […]

successfully call for abstracts
Planning a Successful Call for Abstracts

There’s a lot to juggle while planning your association’s upcoming abstracts conference or annual meeting. The last thing you want is for your call for abstracts to gum up the […]

Abstract Judgement Process
7 Tips for Speeding Up the Abstract Judgement Process

Abstract judgement is frequently the most time consuming and data-intensive stage of the abstract management process.  Traditionally, this process involves: Piles of PDFs, Word documents, and Excel spreadsheets  A crossfire […]

The Power of Templates: Annual Abstract Collection Made Easy

Building out a whole new abstract collection form on your website for every annual meeting can feel a lot like ‘reinventing the wheel.’ It reminds me of potato farming. Hear […]