2021_04_AMI_Apr21

D AY I N T H E L I F E

I WOULD BE OK IF BUFFETS NEVER CAME BACK. . .

Rebecca Murphy, director of meetings at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Intervention tells AMI how a chance happening on a college course pulled her into the event planning world, her views on the buffet, andwhy you should treat vendors as an extension of your own staff.

I N T E R V I E W : H O L LY PAT R I C K

moving files and notes for the day to the top of my desk, and moving files and notes that I will not be using out of sight. Then I check emails to see if any fires need to be put out. My day also includes a lot of meetings. I’m trying to master getting work done between them. I’m getting better, but I have not mastered it! How has COVID‐19 affected SCAI’s events and what you do? We had to pivot rather quickly in 2020 from a face‐to‐face meeting to a virtual conference. I think we had two months to put together our virtual conference. That was very challenging, but it was successful! I have become something of a Zoom meeting pro! One of the speakers during one of our virtual conferences asked me to talk to his planning team! What’s themost rewarding thing about your job? There are two things that I find

What’s your current role and how did you get there? I am the director of meetings for The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). My professional journey was interesting; this is my second career. About 20 years ago, I was in a different field. I was going through a divorce and decided to take classes at a local community college and thought ‘meeting planning 101’ sounds fun; I will give it a try! I have not looked back. I graduated with Hospitality and Tourism Management honours from the University of Massachusetts, Isenberg School of Business. What does a typical day in your role look like? I am very fortunate that every day is different in terms of task lists. I try to start the day by preparing my desk for the day. That entails checking the ‘To Do’ list that I created the night before,

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