Local chapter update: New additions to the ACDIS Local Chapter Leadership Toolkit

CDI Strategies - Volume 12, Issue 38

If your chapter is planning an event, trying to reach new potential members, or get off the ground for the first time, the ACDIS Local Chapter Leadership Toolkit is the best place to look for resources.

The Toolkit includes resources for chapters at every stage of growth. As a sampling, here’s a few things that have recently been added to the resource list for your chapter efforts:

While there’s a number of great resources to help you grow and maintain your chapter, chapter leaders are encouraged to reach out to Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis.org) for additional help as needed.

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Varnavas and Archibald.

September:

  • The California ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, September 5, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Emily Emmons (emily.l.emmons@kp.org).
  • The Florida ACDIS chapter meets on Saturday, September 8, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rao Musunuru Conference Center at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in Hudson. Click here to download the agenda. For information, contact Edna Betances-Harold (betane@shands.ufl.edu).
  • The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, September 12, 12-6:30 p.m., at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest. For information, contact Jenny Prescia (jprescia@nm.org).
  • The Hawaii ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, September 12, via webinar. For information, contact Shun No Chan (shunno.chan@hawaiipacifichealth.org).
  • The New Orleans ACDIS chapter meets on Thursday, September 13, 4-5 p.m., at Semolina’s Restaurant in Clearview. For information, contact Judith Dowling (Judith.dowling@ochsner.org).
  • The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets on Friday, September 14, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Towson. Please note that the registration for this event has closed. Click here to download the save-the-date flyer. For information, contact Candace Blankenship (evalani3@msn.com).
  • The Suffolk County Long Island ACDIS chapter meets Friday, September 14, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (scacdis@gmail.com).
  • The Kansas City Missouri ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, September 19, 2-4 p.m., at North Kansas City Hospital in Kansas City. For information, contact Angelica Naylor (Angelica.Naylor@nkch.org).
  • The Oklahoma ACDIS chapter meets Friday, September 21, 1-3 p.m., at INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, in the Bennett Room, in Oklahoma City. Click here to download the save-the-date. For information, contact Amanda Just (amanda.just@integrisok.com).
  • The Virginia ACDIS chapter meets on Saturday, September 22, at Chippenham Hospital, Krauss Conference Room (second floor), in Richmond. More details to follow. Please RSVP by September 18. For information, contact Shelly McBrayer (shelly.mcbrayer@chesapeakeregional.com).
  • The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, September 26, 1-2 p.m. via conference call. For information, contact Jera Van Damme (jera.vandamme@essentiahealth.org).
  • The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter meets on Friday, September 28, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Trios Women's and Children's Hospital in Kennewick. Click here to download the save-the-date. For information, contact the leadership team (evergreenacdis@gmail.com).

October:

Save-the-date:

  • The Suffolk County Long Island ACDIS chapter meets Monday, December 3, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (scacdis@gmail.com).
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