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EW SHOW DAILY 28 ASOA News Today Saturday, April 18, 2015 by Vanessa Caceres EyeWorld Contributing Writer • Authentic Team Leadership – Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs and Situational Leadership • The Big 10: The Most Important Metrics Your Practice Should Be Tracking • Results and Analysis of the 2015 ASOA EHR Customer Satisfaction Survey • To Buy or Not to Buy: Crossroads of Laser Cataract Surgery • Communication Differences Between Men and Women • Introduction to LASOA and Best of ASOA (presented in Spanish) • Laser Cataract Surgery Boot Camp – Increase Leads, Schedule and Convert More Patients • How Building Your Brand Image Creates Greater Company Recall • Website Optimization EW T he newly formed Latin American Society of Oph- thalmic Administrators (LASOA) is co-sponsoring a selection of ASOA courses. These courses have the LASOA logo next to the title in the program. "An Introduction to LASOA" and the "Best of ASOA" will be pre- sented in Spanish on Monday from 3:00–5:00 p.m. in room 30E of the San Diego Convention Center. Here is a list of the courses co-sponsored by the LASOA. Consult the annual meeting website or the Final Program for times, dates, and locations of these courses: • Megatrends: Ophthalmic Practice Management 2015 to 2020 • Ophthalmic Practices— Responding to Megatrends • Improving Patient Flow • Conflict Resolution • Buy-In and Pay-Out Arrangements for Ophthalmic Practices • Diagnosing Your Practice's Financial Status • The Administrator's Role in Strategic Planning: Effective Preparation and Implementation • What's "Normal" for New Associ- ate Employment Contract? New Latin American administrator group co-sponsors some ASOA sessions by Vanessa Caceres EyeWorld Contributing Writer audit response. See the finalized schedule for the roundtables outside the Networking Lounge. The ASOA Networking Lounge is located in room 28 of the San Diego Convention Center. It will be open today from 12:30–5:00 p.m., Sunday and Monday from 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to noon. EW D iscover new practice management insights and network with colleagues at ASOA's Networking Lounge. ASOA's Networking Lounge will give ophthalmic administrators the chance to mingle with and learn from fellow administrators. They can also get practice management pearls, ask questions of consultants during Consultants on Call, scan the career board, brainstorm with colleagues, grab some refreshments, and more. The Networking Lounge, spon- sored by Abbott Medical Optics (Ab- bott Park, Ill.), will open 30 minutes before daily programming and will close 30 minutes after programming ends. The lounge will feature a career board, ribbon wall, certification cen- ter, volunteer corner, light refresh- ments, a start-up host, giveaways, and business card drawings. Consultants on Call, to be held in the Networking Lounge, gives attendees a chance to ask leading consultants in the field questions about business efficiency. A schedule for Consultants on Call is posted outside of the Networking Lounge. Open brainstorming sessions called roundtables will take place in the Networking Lounge on a variety of topics, including audit issues, buy-ins and pay-outs, Certi- fied Ophthalmic Executive (COE) designation, Certified Patient Service Specialist designation, coding, facil- ity design, integrating femtosecond laser, new ASOA members, new mar- keting technologies/social media, and regulatory compliance (HIPPA) Make the most of your meeting at ASOA's Networking Lounge Now live at www.EWrePlay.org