scientific society management 2017

A well featured Society Website will draw members and other stakeholders together to solve their scientific problems, network with peers internationally and disseminate knowledge about the field.

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v VirtualManagementOfficeforNon-ProfitMedical&ScientificSocietiesØ TransformingaSociety’sWebsiteintoaresponsive,hardworkingSocietyOfficeØ WorkingwithagileteamsofexpertsfromCaliforniatoGermanyandeverywhereinbetween

v Scientific&MedicalConferenceManagementØ Inspiring new ideas, innovation and discoveryØ Budgeting, safeguarding the Society from risk & increasing scope and participation

Joan Oefner, Owner,Entrepreneur,AssociationExecutive&SocietyWebDesignerManagingScientific&MedicalSocietiessince1992v Joan has BA degree in Psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder (1982).

v 10 Year Background in Hotel Management & Conference Sales & Services prior to Association Management.

v Founded Rhema Association Management in 1992 in San Francisco, specifically for Scientific & Medical Societies.

v Moved to Germany in 2005 and have been pushing the boundaries of Virtual Society Management ever since.

Background & Qualifications

ObtainedCertifiedAssociationExecutive(CAE)credentialsin1998,AmericanSocietyofAssociationExecutives.

Full-Service Association Management Experience:

International Cytokine & Interferon Society www.cytokinesociety.org

Internation Society for Developmental Psychobiology www.isdp.org

Past Association Clients:

Society for Molecular Imaging, (2002 – 2006) now www.wmis.org

CASSS (1996 – 2001) California Separation Science Society www.casss.org

North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI), (1993-2005) www.nasci.org

San Francisco Neurological Society (2002 –2005) www.sfneurological.org

Southwest Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (1993 – 2000) www.swc-snmmi.org

v TookoverthesocietyfromFASEBinDecember2016asManagingDirectorwithaVirtualOfficeinNewJerseyandRegensburg,Germany.

v ReducedAdministrativeexpenses,increasedmembercommunications,securedvenuesfor2018,2019and2020annualmeetings,redesignedthewebsite&newonlinemembershipsystem.

v IncreasedsocialmediaparticipationandintegratedFacebook,Twitter,LinkedInandFlickrwiththenewwebsite.

CreatedabrandedCareerSiteontheSociety’sWebsite,alljobsaresharedviasocialmedia,increasingviews

PosterSessionfromtheAnnualMeetinginKanazawainOctober,2017

RedesignedthewebsiteinWordPresswithautomaticasharingofPoststothe

Society’sSocialMedia

International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS)

v BeganastheManagingDirectorinDecember2017

v RedesignedtheWebsiteinWordPressandtransitioningtheonlinemembershipsystemtowww.X-CD.com wtihanexpectedcomletiondatebeforetheendof2017.

v IntegratedthealreadyactiveFacebook,Twitter,LinkedInpageswiththeWebsiteandsetupaFlickrsitefortheannualmeetingphotos.

v Lookingforwardtoworkingwiththisdynamicsocietywhichpriortizestheinterestsofthestudents,postdocsandearlycareermembers.

TheNewWebsitewww.isdp.org

International Society for Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP)

www.cancermetastasis.org

Congress Management& Website

v BecametheSociety’sfirstExecutiveDirectorin2002,twoyearsafteritsfoundinguntiloneyearaftermovingtoGermany(throughDecember2006).

v OrganizedtheSociety’s2nd through5th AnnualMeetingsfrom2003- 2006astheygrewyearonyearfrom650to1,250participants.(SanFrancisco;St.Louis;Cologne,Germany;BigIsland,Hawaii).

v All of this was accomplished with two Virtual Offices, one in the San Francisco area that subsequently moved to Germany, and one in Texas. Staffing started at .5 FTE and expanded to 1.5 FTE by 2004 .

v Usedonlineassociationmanagementsystem(123signup.com)andonlineabstractmanagement(abstractsonline.com),aswellasQuickbooks onlineversion.

First5PresidentsoftheSMI,whomwewerehonoredtohaveworkedfor.

GeneralSessionoftheSMIAnnualMeetinginCologne,Germany,1072

participants.

Over75YoungInvestigatorswereawardedtravelgrantsattheHawaiimeetingin2006ontheBigIsland.

Society for Molecular Imaging

v HiredasNASCI’sfirstExecutiveDirectorin1993.By2004theNASCIannual meetinghadtripledinsizeto450internationalparticipants,100posterpresentationsandenthusiasticsupportfromindustrywithalivelyexhibitareaandsponsored“hands-on”workshops.

v Thefollowingyearthemeetinggrewto550participantsasJoanhelpedtheExecutiveCommitteesearchforanewassociationmanagementcompanybeforemovingtoGermany.

v TheAmericanCollegeofRadiologyiscurrentlymanagingthesociety.Joancontinuedtoassisttheeditor-in-chiefofthesociety’sjournal,theInternationalJournalofCardiovascularImaging,supportingtheeditorialboardandreviewersthroughSpringer’sEditorialManager systemthrough2012.

PhotofromNASCIStrategicPlanningSessionin2004inWashington,DC(Joanisfarright)

v Designing and maintaining responsive websites utilizing WordPress.v Responsive, custom branded and well featured, yet flexible and practically self

updating.v Advanced technology incorporated constantly, the end of stale websites.

Designing Websites in WordPressCMS

Please browse the following examples of websites we've designed in WordPress:

Web Design Examples:

Ø www.cytokinesociety.org AsManagingDirector,myfirstprioritywastoredesignthewebsitewhichwaspreviouslynotresponsiveandwasdifficulttofind.Seealsowww.boston.cytokinesociety.org

Ø www.isdp.org TookoverthemanagementofISDPandredesignedthewebsitetoincorporateanintegratedonlinemembership,meeting&abstractsystem(www.x-cd.com)

Ø www.2018.tularemia.org ConferenceManagementwebsiteØ www.cancermetastasis.org CongressManagementcenteredaroundahardworking

websitewhichsupportstheOrganizingCommittee’seffortsinprogramplanning,industrysupport,abstractmanagement,registration,socialmedia&promotion

Ø www.cellstressresponses.org (includesanonlineassociationmanagementsystem)Ø www.oldtown.cellstressresponses.org (inlcudedonlineabstractsandregistration)Ø wwwcongress.cellstressresponses.org (includedonlineabstractsandregistration)Ø www.down-syndrom-regensburg.org (ProbonoGermanwebsitetosupportthelocal

DownSyndromecommunity)

v Course Manager for Advanced Molecular Imaging and its Clinical Translation www.advancedmolecularimaging.org.

v In this second itineration of the course, attendance almost tripled by partnering with the World Molecular Imaging Society and also seeking endorsement by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

Advanced Molecular Imaging and its Clinical Translation Course

"The San Francisco SMI meeting seems like only yesterday, but through the years since that meeting you have helped all of us build a solid foundation for the SMI that will last well into the future. It has been your energy, insights, experience and tremendous attitude that have turned this society into a well-tuned, professionally run organization, and built its annual meeting into an internationally renowned platform for reporting on the most important advances in molecular imaging. You should be very proud knowing that you have contributed greatly to this emerging field, and we are all indebted to you for helping us build a vibrant organization that serves the imaging community so well. You have helped convert a vision into a reality, and even though you have left the SMI in the very capable hands of Charles and his team, we will miss you very much.” Chris Contag, PhD, Past-President of SMI.

"Mrs. Joan Oefner is one of the brightest Executive directors I have worked with. Her passion for the job at hand and profound knowledge of the business, makes her an asset for anybody, who wants to grow an organization or business. Excellent personality and outstanding character is recognized by everybody who had or will have the pleasure to collaborate with her. I therefore can only highly recommend her organizational skills and her exceptional leadership qualities.” Norbert Wilke, MD, FACC, FSCCT, FESC, Nürnberg, Germany, Program Chair for the 2004 and 2005 Annual Meetings of NASCI.

"Rhema took over management of all functions of the California Separation Science Society in 1996. Our situation was dire. Under Joan’s leadership, Rhema took over and saved the society from almost certain bankruptcy. Joan’s outgoing personality, wisdom and drive all combined to make the turn-around exciting and fun. Plus, we kept her two best employees when she relocated to Regensburg. They are with us still. I recommend Rhema and Joan for any society that needs competent, energetic management with a respectful soft touch and big smile. She will not let you down.” Robert Stevenson, PhD, Editor, American Laboratory & Treasurer of CASSS.

What Do Our Clients Say?

vJustgivemeacallorsendmeanemailandwecandiscusstheneedsofyourscientificormedicalsociety.

vTherewillbenoobligation,andI’mhappytosharemyexperiencesworkingwithdedicatedboardmembers,societypresidents,programchairsandcommitteemembersfromavarietyofscientificandmedicalfields.

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