Local chapter update: Thoughts from the Chapter Advisory Board

The Chapter Advisory Board meets virtually nearly every month to discuss concerns of local chapter volunteers and to share their thoughts about how ACDIS can help improve the experiences of those volunteers and the members they serve. Over the past year, they’ve worked diligently on a number of initiatives and during a few sessions have expressed some thoughts about the benefits of involvement. Here’s some of what they had to say:

• “Those serving a local chapter leadership role need to be open to new ideas and engage others creatively to help them grow and become a future leader.”
• “It’s important for volunteer leaders to really engage, one-on-one, with chapter members so they feel connected to the larger group. Doing this can also help the leadership team identify members’ strengths and pull those with specific talents into the fold to help out the chapter.”
• “By volunteering on the local level with my chapter I realized that I can make a difference for my profession despite being a worker-bee within my organization.”
• “If you have a passion for what you do, you need to share it. By doing so you not only lift yourself up but others as well.”

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 Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis.org).   

November:

• The Tennessee ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 8, 8:30 a.m., at Parkridge Medical Center in Chattanooga. For information, contact Kristie Perry (kristie.perry@erlanger.org).
• The Arkansas ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 8, 1-4 p.m., at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin Room, in Hot Springs. For information, contact Tuesday Trumble (Tuesday.trumble@coniferhealth.com).
• The Central New York ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 15, 1-4 p.m., at St. Joseph's Health Hospital in Syracuse. Click here to download the event flyer. For information, contact Dawn Burr (dawnburr@crouse.org).
• The Puerto Rico ACDIS local chapter meets Friday, November 15, 1:30-4 p.m., along with the Healthcare Quality Association of Puerto Rico at Hospital Auxilio Mutuo in San Juan. For information, contact Carmen Ibarrondo (carmen.ibarrondo@yahoo.com).
• The California ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, November 20, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Rani Stoddard (stoddardrv@henrymayo.com).
• The Arizona ACDIS chapter and the CDI Educators networking group meet Friday, November 22, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to download the event flyer. For information, contact Jamie Rygiel (JRygiel@yrmc.org).
• The North Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Friday, November 22, 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., for their fall conference at Atrium Health in Charlotte. Click here to read the full agenda. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (ncacdis@gmail.com).

Save-the-date:

• The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 4, 2-3 p.m. central, via webinar. For information, contact Angelica Naylor (angelica.naylor@outlook.com).
• The Chapter Advisory Board invites chapter leaders and members to join them for a panel discussion on Thursday, December 12, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to register.