Local chapter update: Consider incentives to find speakers for upcoming meetings

February 10, 2022
CDI Strategies - Volume 16, Issue 6

If you’re struggling to find speakers for upcoming local chapter meetings, consider looking within your own membership and offering incentives to those willing to speak.

The Kansas City, Missouri ACDIS chapter offered a previously purchased 2022 ACDIS Pocket Guide to someone who reached out to the leadership wanting to speak at upcoming meetings. Sometimes the extra incentive is a great way to give folks the extra nudge they need to step outside of their comfort zone and present.

You could offer an ACDIS membership, or other ACDIS products for incentives. You could also collect funds to pool together and offer an Amazon or other gift card to someone willing to speak.

If you’re looking for a recent list of your local chapter roster in order to reach out to members about opportunities to speak, reach out to ACDIS Editor Carolyn Riel (criel@acdis.org).

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. Visit your local chapter’s webpage on the ACDIS site for additional information about upcoming meetings. To join a chapter if you haven’t already or to update your chapter contact information/affiliation, click here.

February:

  • The CDI Educators networking group meets Friday, February 11, 1 p.m., via webinar. The topic is sepsis. For information, contact Coral Fernandez (Coral.Fernandez@BHSI.COM).
  • The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, February 17, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. The topic is PSI/HACs. For information, contact Dottie Fanning (Dorothy.fanning@aah.org).
  • The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, February 23, for “Back to the Laboratory! Assessing Lab Values for CDI Outcomes” presented by Verona Lodholz, director of CDI with Accuity, based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. For information, contact Angie Balius (angela.balius@parknicollet.com)
  • The California ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, February 24, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Pamela Stence (pamela.stence@sharp.com).
  • The Westchester/Hudson Valley ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, February 24, 1-2:30 p.m., via webinar. The topic is clinical ladders. For information contact Kerry Seekircher (kseekircher@northwell.edu)
  • The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 25, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Courtney Spangler (cspangler@gbmc.org).

March:

  • The Oregon ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, March 2, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., via webinar for their spring conference. For information, contact Cindy Fessler (cfessler@lhs.org).

April:

  • The Kansas City, Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, April 13, 2-3:30 p.m., via webinar. For more information, contact Debra Canova (debra.canova@tmcmed.org).
  • The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, April 22, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Courtney Spangler (cspangler@gbmc.org).

August:

  • The Kansas City, Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, August 10, 2-3:30 p.m., via webinar. For more information, contact Debra Canova (debra.canova@tmcmed.org).

November:

  • The Kansas City, Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, November 9, 2-3:30 p.m., via webinar. For more information, contact Debra Canova (debra.canova@tmcmed.org).