Local chapter update: Newsletters can help connect your membership

November 4, 2021
CDI Strategies - Volume 15, Issue 49

Newsletters are a great way to keep your local chapter members up-to-date with everything going on, as well as connecting them to each other and to happenings in the larger ACDIS community.

For example, the latest Georgia ACDIS chapter newsletter included a reminder to members about the ACDIS Scholarship application period, as well as a call for recipe submissions. Reminding members of the Scholarship program and larger ACDIS events shows your support for your membership and helps them grow their own careers within CDI.

The Georgia chapter continued the 2021 CDI Week project of compiling a recipe book, and is still looking for submissions from members. This can create a great sense of community, and when the book is distributed allows the local chapter members to get to know each other better.

Does your local chapter use a newsletter to help connect and inform its members? What sort of information are you sharing within that newsletter? Let us know!

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.

November:

  • The Illinois ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, November 4, 12-1 p.m., via webinar on the topic of severe protein calorie malnutrition from a denial’s perspective. For information, contact Dottie Fanning (dorothy.fanning@aah.org).
  • The Arizona ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 5, 12-1:15 p.m., via webinar. The topic is CDI and physician education presented by Fran Jurcak. For information, contact Sydni Johnson (sydni.johnson@bannerhealth.com).
  • The Kentucky and Indiana ACDIS chapters meet Wednesday, November 10, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., via webinar for a hybrid regional conference. Click here to register. For information, contact Lisa Fuller (lisa.fuller@bhsi.com).
  • The Central Pennsylvania ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 12, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Courtney Spangler (cspangler@gbmc.org).
  • The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, November 17, 1-2 p.m. For information, contact Jera Van Damme (jera.vandamme@essentiahealth.org).

December:

  • The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 1, 2-3:30 p.m. For information, contact Debra Canova (Debra.Canova@tmcmed.org).
  • The Pediatric Networking Group (APDIS) meets Thursday, December 2, 3-4:40 p.m. The speaker is Julian Everett from Orlando Health. For information, contact Amy Bush (bush-amy@cooperhealth.edu).
  • The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Friday, December 3, 12 p.m. For information, contact Deb McClain (debmcclain@comcast.net).
  • The Texas ACDIS chapter meets Friday, December 10, 1-3:30 p.m., via webinar, for the first annual Texas ACDIS Leadership Summit. For information, contact the general Texas ACDIS chapter email (txacdis@gmail.com).
  • The North Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Friday, December 10, for an onsite/virtual hybrid event. The event will take place at the University Hilton Garden Inn in Durham, North Carolina. For information, contact Pam Hughes (gatrchic35@gmail.com).

2022

February:

The California ACDIS chapter meets Friday, February 4, for their annual conference. For information, contact Pamela Stence (pamela.stence@sharp.com).