SHSMD Connections 2024

SHSMD Connections Annual Conference

 

Join us October 13-15 in Denver, CO, for nation's leading conference for health care strategy and market development professionals.

The most timely and reliable health care strategy and market development programming happens at SHSMD's Connections Conference. The field comes together to share their findings, challenges and best practices with the shared goal of advancing health care. Strategists from every stage of their careers can benefit from sessions and networking at the SHSMD Connections 2024!

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What to Expect

Enjoy a plethora of benefits at SHSMD Connections such as:

  • NETWORKING. Connect and collaborate with peers, senior leaders, industry experts, and people who can help you achieve your goals.
  • INSIGHTS. Engage in timely and innovative sessions from leading field experts that give you actionable take-aways for your organization.
  • SOLUTIONS. Access game-changing technology, products and services that can maximize efficiency and results at your organization by visiting the Exhibitor Hall.
  • INSPIRATION. Discover innovative new ideas, best practices, and more to inspire you back at your organization.
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SHSMD Connections Conference

Buzzworthy Session Tracks

Learn directly from leaders in the field about the following hot topics:

  • Marketing & Digital Engagement: Emerging technologies (AI, ChatGPT, Virtual Reality, other) , Content Marketing, Campaign Automation and more
  • Communications & Public Relations: Crisis/Disaster Strategies, Employee Engagement, Community Outreach, Media Relations and more
  • Strategic Planning & Business Development: Managing and Growing Workforce, Building Strategic and Beneficial Partnerships, Maximizing DEI through Intentional Initiatives and more
  • Innovation & Cross-Disciplinary Solutions: Emerging Health Care Trends, New Care Delivery Methods, Health Policy, Advocacy, Regulations and more
  • Career & Leadership Development: Professional Development and Advancement, Building Workforce Pipelines, Mentorship and more

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National Experts as Keynote Speakers

 

 

 

"Unleash the Innovator Within"

Diana Kander

A New York Times best-selling author and innovation consultant, Diana Kander has spent her career challenging assumptions and asking big questions. A serial entrepreneur who entered the United States as a refugee at the age of 8, she has launched and sold millions of dollars’ worth of products and services. Her first book, "All In Startup," has been used by over 100 universities and countless large organizations to help their employees and students think more like entrepreneurs. Her second book, "The Curiosity Muscle" walks readers through a methodology to keep curiosity alive and thriving inside of an organization, ultimately, future-proofing the business.

Based on "The Curiosity Muscle," this keynote helps members of health care organizations who don't have innovation in their job description to embrace and identity as an innovator. Diana will share the key skills and habits that make innovation easier and a lot more fun. And she'll empower attendees to harness the power of curiosity to unlock new possibilities and to drive professional growth and organizational efficiencies drive business growth. Attendees will leave this keynote identifying as innovators and seeking opportunities to use their new skills.

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"Thriving Against The Odds: Using Super-Charged Engagement to Navigate the Path to Rural Hospital Sustainability"

Dr. David Schreiner

David Schreiner, President and CEO of Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital, is a passionate advocate for rural hospitals, having spent most of his life in small towns and working within small communities. He will share insights from his new book “Be the Best Part of Their Day: Supercharging Communication with Values-Driven Leadership,” gathered from three decades of experience as an industry-leading healthcare system CEO. Schreiner’s insights and strategies in the book guide leaders toward building an organizational culture of caring and high performance.

His goal is to help leaders discover the secret to making their communications transparent, honest, compassionate, and inspiring. He will share how communication done well invokes organizational change and reaches the people who matter most.