2010 Nursing Advancement Professionals Meeting
March 19-20, 2010
Fairmont Hotel
Washington, DC
Program Agenda
Thursday, March 18
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Early Registration Roosevelt Foyer
6:30 p.m.
Early Arrivals Evening Get-Together Hotel Lobby
“Newbies” (first-time conference attendees) are paired with veterans for dinner on their own. All conference attendees are welcome to join.
Friday, March 19
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Registration and Light Continental Breakfast Ballroom I
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Tracy Wright, Director of PR and Alumni Affairs, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Guest Speaker: C. Fay Raines, PhD, Dean, University of Alabama Huntsville School of Nursing, President, American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Engaging Students: Cultivating Future Alums, Tomorrow’s Donors, and Today’s Storytellers
From the day students accept admission to a school of nursing, alumni relations, development, and marketing and communications officers create relationships that will last a lifetime. Four successful programs illustrate how schools link students with alumni, donors, and prospective students and faculty and excite those audiences about their schools.
Guest Speakers: Mark Alexander, Director of Development, East Carolina University Greenville, NC; Janet McCully, Director of Development, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN: Anne Aldridge Webb, Associate Director, Alumni Affairs and Annual Fund, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; and Lynn Schultz-Writsel, Director of Marketing and Communications, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
11:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Break
11:20 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. – boxed lunches in room
Engaging Alumni in the School's Mission for Advancement Success – Panel Discussion
Are you having trouble engaging your alumni in fundraising and understanding why it is important? Does your school have natural affinity groups, ie, the traditional undergraduate BSN program? Does your school have groups with no natural affinities towards the others? This panel will discuss the challenges of engaging alumni and hopefully provide some solutions to your particular situation.
Panel Presenters: Connie Kendall, BSN, MSNA, CRNA, Alumni Council President, Duke School of Nursing, Durham, NC; Terri Gaffney, RN, MPA, President Nursing Division, MCV Alumni Association of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; and Kristen M. Swanson, RN, PhD, FAAN, Dean, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC.
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
The Cs of Women’s Philanthropy: A Case Study in Engaging Alumni
Founders of the women’s philanthropy movement Martha Taylor and Sandra Shaw-Hardy compiled the six C’s of women’s giving – Create, Change, Commit, Connect, Collaborate and Celebrate -- in their 1995 book Reinventing Fundraising. Martha’s colleague at the UW Foundation, Coleen Southwell, will share how she has incorporated those C’s into her efforts to raise funds for a new school of nursing building at UW-Madison.
Speaker: Coleen Southwell, Director of Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Roundtable Discussions
- Mentoring Programs – Kelly Gotschalk, Assistant Director of Development, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
- Alumni Corps of Volunteers: Something for every alumni to feel valued– Laurel Mallon, Senior Director of Alumni Relations, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
- Social Networking: What's new this year? – Tracy Wright, Director of Public Relations and Alumni Affairs, University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, FL.
- Working with your dean – Sallie Ellinwood, Director of Development, Duke University, Durham, NC.
- Issues of Stand Alone Nursing Schools – Robin Hutchinson-Bell, Director of College Relations, Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Columbus, OH.
- Parent and family fundraising – Samantha Zipp, Director of Development, Health Affairs at University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA.
- Professional development and benchmarking our peer nursing schools for leadership – Norma Hawthorne, Director of Advancement and Executive Director, School of Nursing Foundation, Inc., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
- Positioning the school for excellence – marketing – admissions, etc. –Lynn Schultz-Writsel, Director of Marketing and Communications, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
- How schools have responded to reduced budgets – Whitney Howell, Associate Director of Public Relations and Communications, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Hospitality committee will present activities/tours available in the area.
3:45 p.m.
Donor, Media Visits and Networking with Colleagues
See descriptions of afternoon trips and visits included in the conference packet. Be sure to sign-up at the Registration table for the excursion of your choice.
6:30 p.m.
Optional Networking Dinners
See descriptions of selected restaurants included in the conference packet. Sign-up at the Registration table.
Saturday, March 20
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Light Continental Breakfast Ballroom I
Nursing Advancement Professionals Business Meeting
9:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
JOINT PROGRAM – Nursing Advancement Professionals and AACN Spring Meeting Attendees
If you are interested in:
- Discovering new sources of funding
- Engaging the community to encourage philanthropy
- Reaching beyond your alumni for private support
- Establishing nurse education as a priority for your institution
You won’t want to miss these workshops featuring nursing specific information.
Advancement Resources Workshops
Advancement Resources, the nation's leading provider of research-based development training, has developed a curriculum specific for academic nurse leaders and educators and is offering a special preview of their research, concepts and instructional design at two dynamic philanthropic workshops. These workshops explore the importance of healthcare philanthropy, concepts for identifying grateful patients and families to support nursing education, and how resource development provides opportunities to best prepare the next generation of nursing professionals. Each workshop features research-based content, interactive activities, and video clips of nurses, donors, and development professionals discussing and analyzing philanthropic experiences. It is highly recommended that deans and top nursing faculty attend both workshops with their assigned development professionals.
Advancement Resources Morning Workshop
9:15 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Session I
· Exploring myths about the economy and donors
General Information
Registration
The registration fee for the 2010 Nursing Advancement Professionals Meeting is $399. The deadline for early registration is February 26, 2010. The registration fee after February 26 is $469. E-mail messages confirming registration for this meeting will be sent to all participants.
Hotel Information
A block of rooms has been reserved at The Fairmont Washington, 2401 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037; (202) 429-2400 or 1 (800) 441-1414. The room rate is $235 single/double. The cutoff date for hotel reservations is February 16, 2010. To make reservations, please call the hotel directly and request the group rate for AACN. Reservations made after February 16 will be on a space and rate available basis only. Please make your reservations early as space fills quickly at the hotel.
Sign up for Fairmont President's Club. Members of the Fairmont President's Club can enjoy complimentary high speed internet access in your guest room and free health club access along with other benefits. To sign up for Fairmont President's club go to www.fairmont.com. When prompted for a "Hotel Invitation" select the Fairmont Washington, D.C. You will be issued an FPC number immediately. In order to take advantage of the complimentary services you must sign up for Fairmont President's Club prior to your arrival.
The following hotels are within walking distance of The Fairmont Washington and may have availability over the meeting dates:
Best Western Georgetown Hotel and Suites
1121 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
1800/762-3777
202/457-0565
www.bestwesternwashingtondc.com
Embassy Suites Washington
1250 22nd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
202/857-3388
www.embassysuites.com
Transportation
Reagan National Airport (DCA) is located approximately 15 minutes from The Fairmont Hotel and is metro accessible. The closest metro stop to the hotel is the GWU/Foggy Bottom stop on the Orange/Blue line, 3 blocks from The Fairmont. Dulles International Airport (IAD) is approximately 45 minutes from the hotel. Baltimore/Washington Airport (BWI) is approximately one hour from the hotel. Taxis are recommended from Reagan National (approximately $20 each way) and Dulles Airports (approximately $60 each way). Super Shuttle is available from BWI (approximately $37 each way), DCA (approximately $14 each way), and IAD (approximately $29 each way).
Continuing Education
Continuing Education contact hours will be provided by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to all conference participants at no additional cost. CE certificates will be provided in your conference packet.
Refund and Cancellation Policy
Registrations that are canceled up to one week before the meeting will be refunded minus a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations received with less than one week’s notice will be refunded minus a $150 administrative fee. There will be no refunds for no-shows.
AACN reserves the right to cancel this conference and any group activity that does not meet minimal group requirements. Non-refundable airline tickets are the responsibility of the registrant.
Additional Information
For more information contact AACN, One Dupont Circle, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 463-6930. If you require any special access in order to take part in this meeting, please contact Erica Turner at AACN or by e-mail at eturner@aacn.nche.edu. The Fairmont Washington Hotel is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
