Local chapter update: Local chapter leadership toolkit revision underway

During a recent ACDIS Chapter Advisory Board (CAB) meeting, volunteers discussed various ways to improve its “Leadership Toolkit” to make it easier for those leading chapters and networking groups to avail themselves of the collective advice of leaders who’ve gone before.

The current Toolkit includes tips for getting a chapter started, organizing meetings per an annual calendar, collecting membership demographic data, meeting icebreakers, bylaw best practices, dues collection, and so much more. ACDIS also often includes excerpts from the Toolkit here in CDI Strategies. Over the coming months, however, the CAB will re-examine the materials, update as necessary and create a comprehensive PDF for the volunteer local chapter and network community to download, highlight, and adapt for their needs.

The CAB also seeks input from the local chapter community. If you spot something out of date, have a successful process in place, or wish something was available that you haven’t been able to track down, let us know. Simply email ACDIS Associate Editorial Director Melissa Varnavas at mvarnavas@acdis.org.

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

July:

• The Colorado ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, July 25, 3:30 p.m. For information, contact Rachel Mack (rachel@iodinesoftware.com).

August:

• The Arizona ACDIS chapter meets jointly with the Arizona component of AHIMA on Saturday, August 3, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Honor Health in Scottsdale. Click here to download the agenda. Click here for more information about the event. Click here to register for the event. For information, contact M.E. VanGelder (mvangelder@honorhealth.com).
• The Florida ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, August 3, in beautiful Cocoa Beach, at Health First’s Cape Canaveral Hospital. For information, contact Edna Betances-Harold, (betane@shands.ufl.edu).
• The CDI Educator ACDIS networking group meets Thursday, August 8, 2-3 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Coral Fernandez (coral.fernandez@bhsi.com).
• The New Orleans ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, August 8, 4-5 p.m., at Semolina’s at Clearview. For information, contact Judi Dowling (judith.dowling@ochsner.org).
• The North Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Friday, August 16, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem. For information and to register, click here.
• The Kentucky/Southern Indiana ACDIS chapters meets Friday, August 16, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Wildwood Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Click here to download the save-the-date flyer. For information, contact Susan Snyder (ssnyder@bhsi.com).
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, August 28, 1-2 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Jera Van Damme (jera.vandamme@essentiahealth.org).

Save-the-date:

• The Chapter Advisory Board invites chapter leaders and members to join them for a panel discussion on Thursday, September 12, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to register.
• The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, September 19, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (georgia.acdis@gmail.com).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, September 20, for an all-day event at St. Joseph’s Medical center in Towson. For information, contact Deborah McClain (dmcclain2@fmh.org).
• The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Friday, September 20, 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., at Ivy Tech Culinary and Conference Center in Indianapolis for their fall conference. Click here to download the event agenda. Click here to download the registration form. For information, contact Angela Green (agreen915@gmail.com).
• The Indiana ACDIS chapter is planning a fall conference on September 20, in Indianapolis. For information, contact Angela Green (agreen915@gmail.com).
• The Michigan ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, October 5, at McLaren Hospitality House in Flint. Click here to download the save-the-date. For information, contact Susan Fantin (susan.fantin@comcast.net).
• Missouri’s three ACDIS chapters meet Saturday, October 19, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., for the fourth annual Show Me State Conference at Boone Hospital in Columbia. Click here to download the save-the-date. For information, contact Karen Elmore (kelmore@bjc.org).
• The Oregon ACDIS chapter holds a joint meeting with OrHIMA Friday, October 25, at Linn Co. Fairgrounds Albany. For information, contact Bonita Quinn (bgquinn@stcharleshealthcare.org).
• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 25, at Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue. More details to follow. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).
• The California ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 25, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the University of California, Davis. Click here to download the save-the-date flyer. For information, contact Rani Stoddard (stoddardrv@henrymayo.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 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.