NTI-American Association of Critical Care Nurses Exhibiting

Another update from the exhibiting front! AALNC is currently exhibiting in Orlando, Florida-thanks to the Orlando chapter of AALNC. As I said last time we look for every opportunity to exhibit as cost effectively as possible. When a conference is located in the same area as willing volunteers, it is a win-win for all! In case you have never had the chance to participate in exhibiting it is not all glamour. We are talking non stop to all that come to our booth. It is tiring but, exhilarating to meet others and share information. NTI (AACN's conference name) is huge with an attendance that is 7,000+. This is an excellent group to interact with and we have the added benefit of seeing who else is exhibiting and if their is another partnership for AALNC around the corner. I just want to say thanks to Orlando for their time and efforts! Sharon

American Association for Justice Annual Conference-Exhibiting Details

AAJ will have their annual conference in Chicago July 28-31 of this year. AAJ is the national organization that supports and educates Plaintiff's lawyers. We are very excited to be exhibiting this year. Since the conference is in Chicago (as is our SmithBucklin HQ) we are able to exhibit at a decreased cost. Our goal is to exhibit and further the education of attorneys to our field of expertise. At these national conferences we also try to meet with key leaders and arrange contacts that might lead to further exposure for our organization. This has been very successful in the past few years with DRI (national defense organization) and TAANA (national nurse attorney organization). I will be attending AAJ and be present in the booth on a daily basis. You may ask how do we decide where we are going and how much we spend for each endeavor? In the past under Marianne Hallas's leadership and now with Julie Dickinson in the role as  treasurer we examine our yearly budget and the finance committee determines the amount available to us for exhibiting. Then we look at other factors such as location, dates, cost to fly, booth costs, hotel costs etc. When we have the ability to have HQ in the same city as the conference that definitely saves us money for travel, lodging and shipping our booth and products. We also look at new avenues to explore for business development. The SB staff and I will be showcasing AALNC and our products and services. We hope if any of you will be attending to please stop by Booth # 1009 and introduce yourself. Thank you for the continued opportunity to represent our organization. Sharon

May 2012 Updates

April and May have been busy for your Board. Our Willingness to Serve form streamlined our volunteer assignments-thanks to those who filled them out. Committees are meeting or are about to meet. Forum 2013 Committee is already reviewing feedback and planning. Thanks to Jeannie Autry for serving as Chair. Educational products and Webinar committees are going to be very busy this year with new offerings..... to be announced. We are still waiting to hear on our research proposal submitted a few months ago-it is a long process. We have already been discussing the 2013 budget and how we can inform and educate more people about legal nurse consulting. We have several exhibiting opportunities for AALNC forthcoming including: NNBA, AACN and AAJ just in the next few months. Our new Business development manager Kristen has been working hard with our executive director Kevin for several opportunities in local areas and nationwide. More information as the details are developed. Thank you to my Board for allowing me some time off for vacation and continuing on our strategic plans in my absence. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks Sharon