CME Planning Services - Reviews of Our Work
The following testimonials were taken from follow-up surveys submitted by some of the many clients CME Planning Services has served in recent years. Please feel free to contact us for more details about the range of services provided for each event.
Maximum Access Presentation and Reception
UW-Colleges/ UW-Extension Chancellor David Wilson's
The Pyle Center, Madison WI
February 7, 2007
400 Participants
"I cannot thank each of you enough for all your professional expertise and help in making yesterday's event such a resounding success. Our original goal was to have a simple, but elegant affair and we achieved that.
"Personally, the best part of it all was working with you three. My only regret about the passing of this event is that I will not be working so closely with all of you.
"You, and all the staff who worked behind the scenes with you, can really be proud. Please pass on my appreciation to the many people at the Pyle Center who worked behind the scenes to make this such a perfect program."
Teri Venker
Executive Director, University Relations
UW-Extension and UW Colleges
Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership Conference
The Pyle Center, Madison WI
October 26 - 27, 2006
125 Participants
"You are amazing and I want to make sure that your supervisor knows it. I told Louise when she picked me up that I wanted to steal you away and have you run my life! Every little detail was taken care of beautifully, down to last-minute requests. The conference was a success, and much of its success is because of your thoughtful and careful planning and attention to the myriad of details."
Professor Sandra I. Cheldelin, Key Note Speaker
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
George Mason University
Mercury as a Global Pollutant
Monona Terrace, Madison WI
August, 6 - 11, 2006
800 Participants
"We were very pleased with the conference planning services staff. They were knowledgeable, professional, efficient, and abundantly patient. They thought of things we never would have and ensured that every last detail was carried out to our satisfaction. In the end, our conference was successful beyond our wildest dreams, and we're grateful to the conference planning services staff for their role in that success."
Nancy Hurley, Logistics Chairperson
Mercury as a Global Pollutant Conference
Evansville, WI 53536
Southern Graphics Conference
The Pyle Center, UW Student Union, and other sites in Madison, WI
April 5 - 10, 2006
2,400 Participants
"We broke all former annual conference attendance records and were successful in every aspect in what turned out to be a landmark event for our community of international artists, faculty, and students. I can honestly say that none of this would have been possible without the assistance of the Extension Conference Planning group. It was a pleasure working with such a highly skilled and professional organization."
Michael Connors, Associate ProfessorDigital Printmaking
University of Wisconsin-Madison Art Department
EcoHealth ONE Conference
The Pyle Center, Madison WI
October 7 - 10, 2006
250 Participants
"You deserve extra credit and recognition for your exemplary service and attention. Thank you again for your assistance in making the EcoHealth ONE event, and PSR's participation in it, such a success and a pleasure. Please forward this message to your boss as I believe that your job performance deserves credit."
Alfred Meyer, Past Executive Director
Physicians for Social Responsibility - Wisconsin
"Thanks for all your work on the conference. It was wonderfully managed and top quality throughout."
Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr.P.H., Director
National Center for Environmental Health /Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"I'm just writing to thank you for inviting me to participate in EcoHealth ONE. I enjoyed the meeting immensely and really learned a lot. I honestly believe it was the most well-organized academic conference I've ever been to, so I also want to congratulate you, the co-organizers, and your staff on a job well done!"
Eric Carter, Professor of Geography and Anthropology
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
International Congress on Biotechnology in the Pulp and Paper Industry
June, 2007
"When faced with the prospect of organizing an international congress for the first time in my life, I really had no idea about where to start. Fortunately a colleague told me about the conference planning staff at the University of Wisconsin-Extension. From the very start of the process, I knew that professionals were at work. They ran budgets, made reservations, gave advice, worked out schedules, menus, transportation, and registration - and minded to all the details that make tasks of this sort so difficult. Our organizing committee was free to concentrate on the scientific program. In the end - it all worked beautifully. The meeting was a resounding success and virtually everyone I spoke to commented on how well organized it all was. I can heartily recommend the University of Wisconsin-Extension Conference, Meeting, and Event Planning Staff."
Thomas Jeffries
Professor
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Gaylord Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies
Outreach Scholarship Conference 2007
October 7-9, 2007
Planning a national conference can be a daunting undertaking. The conference chair has to juggle an enormous range of details from coordinating the work of local and national committees, to managing people, personalities and politics, to overseeing the wealth of details associated with the actual conference and hotel facilities. One cannot appreciate the enormity of the workload unless one has been in the line of fire.
Fortunately for me, I was able to work with the University of Wisconsin-Extension Conference, Meeting and Event Planning Services (CME) team. They were amazing. They participated fully in conference planning committees sharing with us their wealth of expertise in negotiating with hotels and the conference facility, establishing productive timelines for critical decisions, creating seamless audio-visual procedures and providing positive support for me as conference chair. There was nothing that we asked of them that they didn't do and in fact, excelled at everything.
As conference chair, you worry about details, details, details. The CME staff were not only dependable and reliable; they anticipated every issue and question that could possibly arise. They provided us with a wealth of choices making sure that we had sufficient and accurate information on which to base decisions.
The 2007 Outreach Scholarship was a resounding success. People said it worked like a well oiled machine. One partner said it was the best conference ever! None of it would have been possible without the outstanding contributions of the CME staff. From registration through event planning and on-site coordination, their attention to detail and dedication to excellence was the bedrock on which we overlaid a marvelous array of speakers and conference sessions.
If I ever chair another national event, I will insist on working with the Extension Conference Center staff, confident that I would be working with the best.
Mary Grant
Co-Chairperson of the Outreach Scholarship Conference 2007
Associate Dean
Outreach and E-Learning
University of Wisconsin-Extension