Dianne P. Matthews
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820 Skeet Club Road	 [Send email to request phone number] 80-0535, home
High Point, NC  27265	 [Send email to request phone number] 84-1998, mobile


OBJECTIVE:  Meeting/Event Planner

Specializing in corporate events and pharmaceutical educational sessions, I
endeavor to partner with a firm to provide high quality event planning and
meeting coordination expertise. Drawing from 10+ years of industry experience, my
goal is to produce successful events for the client.


PROFILE:  

•	Excellent people skills
•	Attention to detail
•	Excellent organizational skills
•	Project management	


ACHIEVEMENTS:  

•	Full service management of 200-400 dinner meetings for various clients
ensuring successful meetings, some of which were being certified for continuing
medical education credit
•	Full service management of 30-40 specialized medical meetings which involved
more than one presenter
•	Onsite management for clients who have coordinated logistics for meetings and
reporting on all aspects in post meeting evaluations

 
	
	EMPLOYMENT:

July 2004-Present			Independent Contractor
DP MEETING PLANNING – High Point, NC
Responsibilities include coordinating logistics for meetings, providing on-site
management and completing post-meeting evaluations

November 2004-August 2006		Meeting Planner
S&R COMMUNICATIONS GROUP – Durham, NC
Responsibilities included recruiting speakers, booking meeting venues, onsite
management and paying speakers’ honoraria
		
	February 2004 – October 2004		Continuing Medical Education Coordinator
	DUKE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION – Durham, NC
	Responsibilities included oversight and review of client requests for
continuing medical education (CME) credit, screening proposals for approval,
auditing documentation for compliance and providing certificates/transcripts for
learners

	November 2000 – January 2004		Continuing Medical Education Coordinator
	ABCOMM, INC.  – Champaign, IL
	Responsibilities included setting up medical education programs for doctors and
pharmacists to potentially earn continuing medical education (CME) credits. 
Provided speakers for programs, arranged flight itineraries, on-site management,
paid speakers’ honoraria and reimbursed them for travel expenses.  Coordinated
programs at venues all over the country, direct paid catering, provided
audio/visual equipment, kept detailed records throughout the planning process and
reconciled program budgets
 
	October 1998 – October 2000		Executive Assistant to the Director
	NEWMAN FOUNDATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS – Champaign, IL
	
	Responsibilities included maintaining of director’s calendar and master
calendar for the foundation, scheduling business and personal appointments,
taking minutes in meetings, handling confidential correspondence, making travel
arrangements via the Internet for the director


EDUCATION:

PARKLAND COLLEGE – Champaign, IL
Computer Science: Web Design and Management (Certification)

	
	KNOWLEDGE:

•	ACCME Essentials and Standards for Commercial Support 
 of Continuing Medical Education
•	ACPE Criteria for Quality
•	Medical Terminology