Atlanta Networking Event

Curious about medical writing careers? Perhaps you’re finishing up your PhD or postdoc and want to transition out of the laboratory, or maybe you are considering a career change. The AMWA Southeast Chapter invites everyone to attend our Medical Writing Career Panel. Learn from our speakers about the wide variety of options available to you within the medical writing field: publications, regulatory and continuing medical education to name just a few! The speakers will share their advice for breaking in to these different fields and what the work is like. Afterwards you’ll have the opportunity to network with the speakers and your fellow medical writers. This event is free to attend, and food will be provided.

Speakers:
Ashley Bohn PhD MS RVT – E Squared Communications
Monica Fernandez PhD – MedErgy
Jennifer Register MBA RAC – Regulatory Consulting Associates

Date:
Thursday, November 14th 2019

Location:
Hudson Grille Brookhaven, 4046 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA 30319

Schedule:
6:00 – 6.30 pm – Registration and Networking
6.30 – 7.30 pm – Career Panel
7:30 – 9:00 pm – Networking

Speed Networking in Atlanta

Get a chance to talk with your fellow AMWA members in a night of speed networking. The event will be held on Wednesday, Feb 27th at the Chamblee Library from 6 – 7:30 pm. This is a dry event. Light snacks and beverages will be provided.

RSVP here http://evite.me/Gdrs9Bsy8M

Networking in Atlanta August 15, 2018

Please join AMWA-SE for a networking social in Atlanta, GA on Wednesday, August 15th from 7 to 9 pm.

We will be meeting in Marlow’s Tavern – Emory Point. The garage across the street offers 3 hours of free parking.

Appetizers will be provided and each person can have an individual tab for food and drink.

Everyone is welcome – from seasoned professionals to those who are just starting out! We hope to see you there!

Networking and Happy Hour in Atlanta

Following the educational presentation, please join us for networking and happy hour at Fado Irish Pub. All are invited and appetizers will be provided.

RSVP preferred. Please RSVP by March 16 here

Educational Presentation in Atlanta

Come hear about “How to Start a Freelance Medical Writing Business” with your fellow medical communicators at the Buckhead Public Library. Networking and happy hour to follow at Fado Irish Pub (networking to start at 7:15).

RSVP preferred. Please RSVP by March 16 here.

Educational Event in Atlanta March 2018

An AMWA-Southeast event was held on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at the Buckhead Public Library and Fado Irish Pub in Atlanta, GA.

For the educational portion of the event, Stephen MacDonald, PhD, MBA gave a presentation on freelance medical writing entitled “Starting Out, and Even After: Feasibility, Considerations, and That Constant Evaluation.”

Following the presentation and Q&A, attendees were invited to continue networking at Fado.

A total of 15 members and 4 non-members attended the event. Several attendees remarked that they had a great time and are looking forward to the next chapter meeting in Atlanta.

Networking in Atlanta

Please join AMWA-SE for a Happy Hour networking event in Atlanta, GA on Thursday, November 9th from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Plenty of free parking is available and each person can have an individual tab for food and drink.

Please RSVP by Monday, November 6th by clicking on this Evite link.

Members and non-members are welcome. We hope to see you there!

Roundtable Discussion in Atlanta – September 2017

On September 27,  17 attendees (6 current AMWA members, 11 prospective members) met at the Georgia Public Library in Sandy Springs. Several of the attendees were graduate students who are interested in medical writing as a career.

The group had engaging discussions on several topics, including:

  • Tips for medical writing success
  • Benefits of AMWA membership
  • Building a freelance medical writing business
  • Necessity of certification
  • Ways to engage and network with Atlanta-based medical writers

The attendees generally had positive feedback about the meeting and are looking forward to having more meetings and social events. In fact, several of them agreed to work on planning an event for early November.