The COVID-19 pandemic has not only thrown a huge monkey wrench into associations’ planned in-person meetings and conferences, but has also thrown a big curve ball into association governance. From canceled membership meetings to virtual board meetings to online elections to an inability to meet governance requirements imposed by law, bylaws or policy, associations are struggling to find answers to a host of pressing governance questions. As you navigate these issues for your own association, where do you find these answers, what are practical, workable solutions to these significant challenges, and what will constitute compliance with the law and your own governing documents?
To master the art of leadership then is to work at becoming a master of how human energy systems and exchange work, and thus, how to shape, align, and focus them on change. Our human systems appear to operate within a set of universal laws, the same universal laws that appear to govern energy exchange throughout the universe. Our systems vacillate and transform from chaos to order, and order to chaos, leaving change in their wake. Why? This session will be a fun and engaging journey exploring several key universal laws and their application to human system dynamics and leadership
What opportunities do the various employment paradigms present? Who are these third parties that increasingly employ physicians? How can medical societies partner with these networks to better engage physicians and serve physician needs? Panel participants will discuss how their businesses recruit, retain and drive physician leadership in their organization as well as what value propositions associations can offer that meet their unique business needs.
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.
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.