Medical society’s design experiences everyday. Rather than experiences, however, they’re often referred to by other names: annual conferences, non-dues revenue generating products, membership packages, onboarding processes and the like. Join veteran experiential designer, Mallory Gott, MA, CAE, for a hands-on exploration of how to apply experiential design, the art of defining the dream state of any experience and then designing it, can not only infuse new energy into your society’s portfolio of offerings but also inject simplicity, ease and fun back into bringing your society’s mission to life.
This session will give an overview of recent and anticipated federal health policy initiatives in both Congress and the Administration, covering issues such as Medicare physician payment, surprise billing, insurance coverage, and public health. Policymaker priorities, election politics, and stakeholder perspectives will be covered, as well as the views and advocacy strategies being pursued by medical organizations.
This sure-to-be popular session brings together two leading professionals in the association community – one of the top association attorneys who does extensive work in connection with CEO employment contracts and one of the top executive recruiters who has led hundreds of association CEO searches – to discuss new trends and challenges in association executive employment agreements. Hiring a new CEO is one of the most significant undertakings in the life cycle of an association, with far-reaching consequences for both the organization and the CEO. There are numerous strategies and tactics that can be employed by both sides to create advantages for each other. This session will focus both on the employment contract itself – key terms and provisions, options, and considerations – and on the hiring process, with an eye toward helping CEOs and aspiring CEOs understand how to most successfully navigate these complex, nuanced issues for their maximum advantage and benefit.
Associations provide education, advocacy and other “published” member benefits, but with loneliness reaching epidemic numbers in recent years the real opportunity to be a valuable asset to members is through the community and connectivity an association can create. Associations are perfectly situated to reduce the spread of toxic loneliness, and teach individuals how to be part of and contribute to a thriving community! Twenty-eight percent of young employees are frequently or constantly feeling burned out at work, a 7 percent increase over older generations. More specifically, seven in 10 Millennials experience at least some burnout at work. More than 90 percent of Generation Z prefer to have a human element to their teams, either working solely with innovative co-workers or with co-workers and new technologies.