www.ceotodaymagazine.com 44 THE CEO INTERVIEW Dr. Carolyn B. Rudd one or more of the following client objectives: elucidate substantive policy; transfer new knowledge, technologies, and best practices; engage in deliberative and constructive dialogue; forge collaborative frameworks; craft research, methodological, and/or programmatic paradigms; facilitate research synthesis and dissemination; and impart technical assistance and training. We incorporate the latest in meeting technology, such as online registration, development of file-shared networks for high-quality meeting programs, creative and interactive websites for promoting meetings, videoconferences, webinars/WebEx meetings, and meeting documentation or proceedings for publication and/or dissemination on the Web. CRP has provided meeting logistics solutions to an array of Federal agencies that have advanced their mission-critical priorities, policy goals, and strategic imperatives. These clients include SAMHSA, the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the CDC, and the US departments of Interior, Justice, Labor, Transportation, and Education. Meetings implemented for SAMHSA addressed mission-critical priorities in a broad spectrum of policy areas, such as the behavioural health of returning veterans, substance abuse prevention, underage drinking, cooccurring substance use and mental disorders, behavioural health andHIV/ AIDS prevention, health disparities, and methamphetamine prevention. For HRSA, CRP planned and managed a series of regional workshops over five years that trained state and local maternal and child health professionals on data analysis skills for analytical and reporting purposes. Since 2003, CRP has provided meeting logistics solutions to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the US Department of Education. Our work with NCES has centred around the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, generally referred to as “The Nation’s Report Card.” As the principal technical support contractor to the NAEP program, CRP’s meeting logistics support services assist the agency in meeting its mission-critical goals in response to major trends, such as the emergence of “high stakes assessments,” rapid advances in assessment technologies, and a changing assessment data infrastructure. During our two-decade NCES/NAEP partnership, CRP has coordinated scores of NCES/NAEP meetings advancing their priority areas, including quality assurance, validity studies, principals’ leadership, high school transcript studies, assessment development, education technology, and equity. Our management of virtual, in-person, and hybrid meetings have enhanced NAEP’s continued and recognised status as the “gold standard” of student assessments. The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the business model for meetings and other events, with agencies and other organisations relying more on virtual approaches. During the pandemic, CRP pivoted to provide logistical support to NCES via an expanded level of virtual meetings. We offer clients experience in navigating virtual technologies and working with platforms (Teams and Cisco WebEx). We provide creative and innovative approaches, including an unlimited number of video andwebcam streams, customisable meeting layouts and templates, and the use of multiple in-meeting pods for notes, chatting,
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