Tag: poster session

How I would Organize a Meeting of a CoP

As I discussed in “A CoP is Collaborative Learning, not Lecture,” it is past time to stop treating professionals as college kids (it is also past time to stop teaching college kids that way, but another subject). Lectures have their place. There is undoubtedly a high need for information transfer events (but even these can be better structured), and there will always be a need for GAMP5 workshops, training courses, and webinars on a specific topic.

But that is not the place of a community of practice.

I’ve written in the past some ways I prefer to structure professional engagements, such as poster sessions and an unconference. I have demonstrated some ways I think we can do this better. So, let’s turn our attention to what a better GAMP5 community of practice session could look like

We aim to connect, communicate, share, collaborate, and dialogue. So, what would a six-hour event look like?

Noon to 1:00—Networking and poster session. We have a lot of introverts in this industry, so help folks connect by doing it in a structured way. Posters are excellent as they can serve as a springboard for conversation. All the presentations that started about ISPE and GAMP5, what the GAMP5 plans are for the next two years, and current regulatory trends are posters.

1:00-2:00—Think-Pair-Share: There will be three rounds of 15 minutes each, each with a different topic. Each participant will have an 11×17 piece of paper to take notes of the other person’s thoughts. Post.

2:00 to 2:30: Review thoughts, brainstorm a theme, and propose.

2:30 to 2:45: N/5 voting for top themes

2:30 to 3:30 – Mock audit, fishbowl style. Deep dive on a particular issue, audit style.

3:30 to 4:30 -Unconference-style breakouts of the themes. Each working group comes out with a hand-drawn poster (or more based on how productive the group is)

4:30 to 5:00 – Present ideas

5:00 to 6:00 – Network, discuss ideas. Add to them.

Hit the bar/restaurant.

Publish the results, and continue to work on the online forum.

ASQ FD&C Boston Poster Session – 13Jun2023

The next ASQ Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Division Boston area poster session will the 13th of June from 3-5 pm, hosted graciously by Veeva Systems. The plan is to co-host this event with the Boston section.

The theme for this session is “A challenge in your QMS you found a solution to (and how)” so start working on your posters. Let us know your plans here.

As a reminder, we will be hosting a May session with the Princeton Section. Looking for poster ideas!

May 23rd Poster Session Planning

ASQ Poster Session

In 2023 I start my leadership cycle through the Food, Drug and Cosmetic division, starting as chair-elect. This means time to do some content creation! Here’s the first thing I have planned.

The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Division will be hosting a poster share on February 28th from 3-5 pm in Boston, with a cocktail hour afterwards (5-6). The event is being sponsored by Veeva Systems and will be free (big shout out to Veeva!)

We are looking for individuals and companies to share a poster on the theme of “What are you proud of in your eQMS? What about your implementation or continued use stands out and that you want to share?”

If interested in presenting a poster, please complete this form.

We ask that all posters be completed by the 22nd of February so we can get them printed.

We will record the poster presentation and make them available through my.ASQ after the event. Poster presenters must sign a standard ASQ waiver (we will make it available before the event).

An event sign-up will come out in January.

The event is open to all. While I’m thinking the focus will be heavily focused to FD&C and medical device members, other quality professionals will get value.

So please present a poster! I am very excited about this sort of sharing of ideas. I want to keep experimenting with alternative ways to share information and network, and I think the old poster session is something that has renewed utility in this day-and-age. Sort of a speed conference. Easier to create a poster and can be a compact event.