{"id":45974,"date":"2014-11-16T11:50:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T16:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/?post_type=voices&p=45974"},"modified":"2014-11-16T11:50:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T16:50:21","slug":"ryans-rules-for-aha14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/2014\/11\/16\/ryans-rules-for-aha14\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan\u2019s Rules for #AHA14"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Ryan<\/a> provides some helpful hints for managing your experience at the AHA 2014 cardiology conference. For more cardiology-related tips and tricks, you can follow him @drjohnjryan<\/a>. For more of our AHA.14 coverage of late-breaking clinical trials, interviews with the authors of the most important research, and member perspectives on the most interesting presentations at the meeting, check out our\u00a0AHA.14 Headquarters<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Always have your talk on a jump drive.<\/li>\n
  2. Always have a phone charger\u2014if you leave it in the hotel room, you’ll regret it!<\/li>\n
  3. Dress casually\u2014no, scratch that! Wear a suit! Definitely wear a suit, unless you’re prepared to stand out!<\/li>\n
  4. Early career folks should go to the early career sessions & reception.<\/li>\n
  5. Go to the Opening Session and Presidential Address\u2014it is always pretty inspiring.<\/li>\n
  6. Go to your friends’ talks\u2014they appreciate the support.<\/li>\n
  7. Go to the poster sessions\u2014that is where the magic is.<\/li>\n
  8. Don\u2019t go to your Chief\u2019s talk- you hear them speak enough at home #no_disrepect #new_frontiers.<\/li>\n
  9. Go into a random room that you know nothing about\u2014you will learn the most there.<\/li>\n
  10. Say hello to people you used to work with. It\u2019s always worthwhile.<\/li>\n
  11. If you see your cardiovascular hero standing by themselves, introduce yourself.<\/li>\n
  12. Review your slides in the Speaker Ready Room before you talk.<\/li>\n
  13. Tell those back at work & at home what you learned and saw at AHA.<\/li>\n
  14. There\u2019s more to Chicago than #AHA14. Go check it out.<\/li>\n
  15. Exercise for 30 minutes every day while at AHA\u2014it is an AHA recommendation after all.<\/li>\n
  16. Go to your councils dinner\u2014if you don\u2019t have a ticket, just ask the council chair to pay #networking_is_why<\/li>\n
  17. Find the room where you are giving your talk an hour before you are to give the talk\u2014you don\u2019t want to be struggling to find S401bcd<\/i><\/b> 5 minutes before your talk.<\/li>\n
  18. Take off your lanyard\/nametag when you go out in the evening.<\/li>\n
  19. Don\u2019t lose your lanyard\/nametag when you go out in the evening.<\/li>\n
  20. \u201cHave fun, enjoy yourself\u2014it\u2019s a great time\u201d. I stole that from Tom Ryan, AHA prez 84-86. #no_relation #greatest_AHA_president<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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