| As we enter the busy holiday season, we are excited to start preparing for 2025. Raleigh/Durham folks, we hope to see you at our holiday party on Dec 5. The call for proposals for our 2025 Chapter Conference is now open, due Jan 17. We also have a few slots opening on our Board of Directors, could one be filled by you? Let us know by Dec 10! Read on below for these updates, plus results of our member survey, news from AMWA New Orleans, special chapter projects, and an upcoming NCRAF event! |
| AMWA Carolinas Holiday Parties |
Register now for our free Raleigh/Durham area Holiday party! We look forward to seeing you and enjoying some drinks and appetizers. Date: Thursday, December 5, 2024 Time: 6:30 pmLocation: Page Road Grill, 5416 Page Rd, Durham, NC Registration link Thank you to Molly Rodriguez, our Event Coordinator, for planning this lovely event. Would you like to host a holiday party for our membership in your local area? Please let us know. |
| 2025 Chapter Conference Call for Proposals and Save the Date |
| AMWA Carolinas wants YOU to share your expertise and ideas at the 2025 Carolinas Chapter Conference (May 16, 2025, at the Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC)! This is an excellent opportunity to help share your knowledge with medical communicators and to engage in a challenging & fun professional development activity! Click here by January 17, 2025 to submit a proposal for an educational session or a lunchtime roundtable. Consider these popular topics for either beginner or more advanced levels: Nonregulatory medical writing (eg, continuing medical education (CME), patient education, grants, manuscripts, scientific writing) Regulatory writing (eg, Orphan Drug, pharmacokinetics, lean authoring) Soft skills (eg, conflict management, influencing teams, leadership) General writing & editing skills (eg, grammar) Technology trends & efficiencies (eg, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity) Editing (eg, tips from editors to writers, how to edit your own work) Freelancing (insurance, pricing, lead generation marketing, etc) Breaking into medical writing (writing assessments, introductory topics) For more information and to submit your proposal, visit: Call for Proposals |
| Seeking Board Volunteers! |
| The following positions are opening on our Board of Directors for 2025: Secretary (Executive Committee Role) Social Media Coordinator Member Liaison If you are interested in filling any of these roles, please complete our Volunteer Interest Form by Dec 10. If you have filled the form in the past but did not indicate an interest in the specific role that is available, feel free to submit the form again. |
| 2024 Member Survey Results |
| Thanks to all who completed our 2024 member survey! We really appreciate you taking the time to give us helpful feedback on your conference experience and many great ideas for future conferences and educational events. The results were reviewed in detail by the AMWA Carolinas Board, and you can view a summary here: Survey Results Slides |
| AMWA Carolinas 5-year Service Awards |
AMWA Carolinas has a new award to recognize volunteers who have completed 5 years of service to the chapter. We will be presenting these awards at our upcoming events. In New Orleans, President-elect Jaya Samaranayake (right) was able to present 5-year Service Awards to (from left) Kim Jochman, Simone Otto, Jennifer Bridgers, and Jenni Pickett. Thank you for your dedicated service to our chapter! Thanks also to our historian Maria Cardenas for compiling volunteer records to make this effort possible. Thank you Leslie DeCraene for this photo! |
| Chapter Dinner #AMWA2024 |
Thank you to the 27 colleagues who joined us for the Chapter Dinner at Mulate’s in New Orleans. We enjoyed casual networking, a delicious buffet, and making some new friends. Huge thanks to President-elect Jaya Samaranayake for planning this fantastic event for us! |
| Article Interviews |
| AMWA Carolinas has a student volunteer interested in writing an article about the different types of medical writing for the chapter website. The article would be based on interviews, and we are looking for chapter members experienced in scientific publications, health communication, continuing education for professionals, or promotional writing. If you are open to being interviewed for the article, please complete the form below to find out more information. The student will follow up with you with more details and you can decide if you would like to participate. Article Interview Interest Form |
| AMWA/NCRAF Sept Event Report-Out |
| A report out from our September hybrid event “How to Make the Hiring Process Work for You” is now available on our website. NCRAF AMWA Event Report Thank you to our author Laura Sommerville, our reviewer Nhu Nguyen, and our panelists for this resource. |
| Chapter History Project |
AMWA Carolinas has launched an initiative to capture, digitize, and share our chapter history. We have a volunteer historian, Maria Cardenas, looking for the history of our Board, important milestones, and conference history. If you have chapter files, photos, or memories to share, please fill out our Chapter History Intake Form |
| NCRAF November Event |
NCRAF Round Table Dinner Event Location: Apella RT, by Alexandria, 12 Davis Drive, Durham NC Date and time: Thursday, November 14, 2024, 5:30 – 8:30 pm Register at ncraf.org. |
