We have conducted live symposia from one half to three days in length, for audiences from 50 to 700 clinicians. The Annenberg Center has hosted symposia at its meeting facilities located on the Eisenhower Medical Center campus in Rancho Mirage California, and at meeting locations throughout the United States. The Annenberg Center houses a 485-seat auditorium; a large foyer and rotunda with a permanent art collection that is perfect for breaks, receptions and meals; on-site dining facilities with a kitchen; and four classrooms capable of seating from 40 to 125 participants that are suitable for breakout sessions or smaller symposia.

Visiting faculty programs combine two of the educational features that physicians like best - live local meetings and the opportunity to interact with nationally recognized experts. The Annenberg Center has much expertise in managing large scale visiting faculty programs. It has successfully managed large scale national Visiting Faculty programs, managing over 500 speakers, and scheduling and managing almost 700 meetings per program.

The Annenberg Center provides excellent speaker training and program monitoring to ensure a consistently delivered program message at each event. We monitor program evaluations closely and follow up with speakers and grantors when a particular speaker's program receives low marks. We have successfully managed speaker training meetings, bringing faculty and regional thought leaders together for program training and consensus building. We also have developed cost-effective, self-study retraining modules for program updates and recertification of speakers.

The Annenberg Center has had a successful history of developing and managing repeat Mentoring Programs for GI fellows, oncology fellows, and cardiology fellows. These programs are designed as educational weekends where Fellows receive clinical and research information and practical advice on career planning and practice management issues through interaction with recognized experts in their field of study. Small faculty to fellows ratios and reserved time for small group discussions ensure that these weekend programs are memorable both to the fellows and the participating faculty.