Information for Speakers

We always are looking for good speakers and presentations.

Please let us know if you are interested in presenting at one of our conferences.

We would appreciate receiving the following information if you have not already sent it to us:

  • Title of your presentation or workshop
  • An abstract, description, outline, summary, or paper of your presentation. This need not be lengthy—shorter is better.
  • A curriculum vitae

I would be happy to discuss your proposal with you. If you would like to do this, please call us at 1 800 348 8441.

Our usual policy for our Santa Fe, Hawaii and other conferences in the states, is to waive the registration fee for the speaker and an accompanying person. The costs of transportation, lodging, meals, etc. are the responsibility of the speaker. For the International Conferences, the speaker receives a $1000 discount on the land cost of the trip. The accompanying person does not receive this discount. We occasionally make other arrangements for special workshops.

Note to all speakers and prospective speakers:
Thank you for your interest and willingness to be a speaker for Creativity and Madness. Because we receive so many negative comments whenever anyone reads his or her paper, we require that you not read your paper. Please speak from a few notes, or from a few lines on your PowerPoint or Keynote slides to jog your memory. Taking a paper with you to the lectern is reassuring and may calm anxiety, but from personal experience I know that if you have the paper there, you will read from it. What you gain in precision of expression is greatly overshadowed by the loss of contact with the audience. No matter how well a paper is read the result is always the same. We hear directly and read from the questionnaires many often vehemently expressed complaints, e.g. “I could sit at home and read a paper.”  “The speaker lost me after the second sentence that he read to us.” Etc. PLEASE, No reading! If we can assist in any way to help you present without reading please let us know. We are eager to help with this.

Adding video and/or audio clips to a powerpoint usually enhances a presentation. If you want to do this and need help with this or any other aspect of your presentation, please let us know. We have the equipment and experience to make this happen, and are eager to help in any way we can.

If you have audio-visual components for your presentation we ask that you use Powerpoint or Keynote rather than 35 mm slides or overhead projectors.

We require that our speakers not read their papers—but present from memory or from notes.

Speakers need to disclose the following information:
Do you have any financial or research relationships with any entity that provides financial support to The American Institute of Medical Education?

Do you receive any financial or other support from any entity that relates to the material you are presenting?

Answering “Yes” to either of the above does not disqualify you from speaking at any of our conferences as long as there is no conflict of interest. We need to know this information and inform our participants, ACCME, APA,  and other accrediting organizations of the relationships.

We appreciate your inquiry and are always looking for good speakers. We look forward to hearing from you, and hopefully to working together. If you have any questions or wish to discuss a possible presentation, please contact us at 1 800 348 8441 or .ten.1328751267tta@d1328751267emia1328751267