"I am energized, excited, and eager to return to my organization to implement what I've learned." - 2008 conference participant
Check out the educational program and register now for the Association for Community Health Improvement's sixth national conference.
We're building the educational, networking, and social events program now, with an agenda focused on four topic tracks. These Web pages are being updated regularly as the program takes shape. Browse the links above and visit again soon!
When: March 11-13, 2009
Where: Los Angeles, Calif.
Conference Hotel: Wilshire Grand Hotel
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What to Expect
Attendees will learn and interact with peers in a variety of settings, including:
- Three energizing KEYNOTE SESSIONS on pressing community health and health care issues, one for each day of the conference
- Practical and relevant BREAKOUT SESSIONS across four topic tracks
- Skill-building, pre-conference INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS
- Plenty of structured and open time for peer consultation, networking, and problem-solving
- Social events to help build a national community
Conference Value
Participate in this conference and you will:
- Bring home practical strategies and tactics you can use
- Build bridges with peers in health care, public health, healthy communities, and philanthropy
- Engage and grow in sessions where everyone is a participant
- Gain skills and insights with national experts and capable peers
- Exchange ideas and experiences to help you develop new perspectives and approaches
This conference stands apart in its commitment to equip you with the knowledge, tools, relationships, and inspiration to take action. In a 6-month follow-up survey of participants in ACHI's March 2008 conference:
- 44 percent reported modifying their health improvement strategies due to their conference experience
- 40 percent modified an existing program as a result of what they learned
- 55 percent formed or strengthened local partnerships
- 40 percent have stayed in touch with new professional peers they met at the meeting
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