Shakespeare asks, “What’s in a name?” in the play Romeo and Juliet, the purpose of which is to focus our attention on what’s important. This month, Practical Significance explores what’s important for an ASA meeting or conference to be successful as co-hosts Donna and Ron welcome Julia Sharp, chair of the ASA Meetings Task Force, to the show. The ASA Board charged the task force with developing recommendations for ensuring those attending the ASA’s smaller meetings such as the Conference on Statistical Practice, Women in Statistics & Data Science, Symposium on ... The post Practical Significance | Episode 28: What’s in a Meeting (with Apologies to Shakespeare)? first appeared on Amstat News.