At my facility we are planning to bring in 2 OT's for a 2 day conference.
I am in charge of pulling all this together (my hospital has never done a
conference before).  I know I need to market the conference to a
multidisciplinary team.  My issue is between advertising, speaker fees,
room and food this is going to cost around $10,000.  I'm looking for anyone
who has put on a conference before that can lend some insight into my
burning question...  To have the money to pull off this much needed
educational experience I need to have 50+ participants.  How do you know
until you go throught the expense of advertising if you will be able to pay
for the conference?  Plus so many places require non-refundable deposits
and a specific date to be set to hold a conference room.  Does anyone know
of any grants for such things?  (I did find a NIH grant and may be able to
get money from the hospital foundation).  Does anyone know of good ways to
advertise conferences, and or try to do a pre-screening to estimate
participation?  Your help is appreciated.
Mandy Frost, MS, RD, IBCLC (who for the record got my hours to sit for the
exam through a BF internship...fantastic and feels really lucky to be a non-
RN, IBCLC working on an LDRP unit + out pts.)

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