August 29 , 2006
E-Update

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AMBUPAC Raffle for AAA Annual Meeting

Maximize Your Exposure by Becoming a Sponsor in Orlando!

ASM 2007 Session

AAA Annual Meeting and Convention in Orlando

2006 Medicare Reference Manual Updates Available

“Secrets of Successful EMS Leaders” by Mike Taigman and Stephen Dean Now Available on AAA-Link



 In order to better serve your needs as AAA members, we are changing things up a little bit! Starting this week, we will be sending not 1 but 2 E-Updates every week, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. This is an effort to make the information more easily accessible and easier to sort through. The new E-Updates will be split into two areas. Government Affairs-related materials will continue to arrive on Wednesdays, while conference, publication, and education-related information will arrive in your inbox on Tuesdays.



Please donate prizes for AMBUPAC Raffle!

Please help us raise money for our AMBUPAC by donating prizes that will be raffled off at our Annual Meeting in Orlando! By donating a prize, you are supporting AAA and your organization.

Past Generous Prizes have included:

  • Gift certificates to well-known restaurants
  • Apple iPods
  • Digital Cameras
  • DVD Players
  • Maine Lobsters
  • Show tickets and 2-night hotel stays
  • and MANY more!!!!

To donate, please fill out the attached form and fax it to Stacy Bromley at 703-610-9005. Please contact Stacy with any questions.

Maximize Your Exposure by Becoming a Sponsor in Orlando!

Sponsorship opportunities are available for the American Ambulance Associations Annual Convention and Tradeshow!

Sponsorship is a great way to increase your exposure at the Annual Convention and Tradeshow. Your company’s name and logo will be seen by AAA members in the onsite convention program and you will receive recognition on the AAA website and in the Ambulance Service Journal.

AAA is happy to accommodate any other sponsorship requests.  We can design a specific package based on your budget and visibility needs.

For more information please visit our website HERE.

ASM 2007 - SELLING OUT FAST

Space in the 2007 session of the Ambulance Service Manager (ASM) Program is rapidly selling out.  Register today to reserve your place!

2007 Ambulance Service Manager (ASM)
The ASM Program is sponsored by the American Ambulance Association (AAA) and is for aspiring, new, and experienced managers who wish to develop their leadership competencies and sharpen essential management skills.  The program provides a broad foundational curriculum matching cutting edge management theory with real-life practical applications.

The ASM Program is a certification course designed to immerse participants in an engaging learning cohort.  A small group of 40 participants moves together through two weeks of face-to-face instruction and experiential learning led by industry leading faculty bridged by several weeks of online discussion and group project work.

ASM Graduates will:

  • Develop 41 competencies essential to contemporary leaders managing sustainable EMS Organizations.
  • Build problem solving skills through real life case studies, group work, and an industry specific team research project.
  • Appreciate principles of system design, operational efficiency, and performance management.
  • Demystify the complexities of finance, budgeting, and the ever evolving reimbursement landscape.
  • Learn cutting edge practices and theories including appreciative inquiry, emotional intelligence, and other human relations innovations.
  • Engage industry leaders as they present current trends in EMS including system design, technology, best practices, and what the future holds.

Dates for the 2007 program are:

  • Online Session Begins: January 29, 2007
  • On-site Week 1: February 25-March 2, 2007
  • On-site Week 2: April 29 - May 4, 2007
Questions???  Contact Sharon Conroy at (816) 431-2600 or sconroy@emprize.net

Go to http://www.fitchassoc.com/Services/conferences.htm to download the brochure and registration materials.

Register for the Annual Meeting!

***View list of current exhibitors just posted online ***

AAA Annual Meeting & Convention in Orlando, Florida

October 2-6, 2006

Brochure is now posted online with schedule

New Session Added:
"The HR Code: Managing Employee Performance" Wednesday, October 4; 2-3pm, by Courtney Berg, Pridemark Paramedics

PLEASE NOTE:
Those interested in the golf outing should email eorourke@the-aaa.org -- this is a corrected email from the one in the brochure.

 
2006 Medicare Reference Manual Updates

ATTENTION:

$89 for all AAA Members

BUY A 2006 MEDICARE REFERENCE MANUAL UPDATE NOW

 

 

Secrets of Successful EMS Leaders

“What's Important to You?”

Presented By Mike Taigman and Stephen Dean

August 2006 lesson now available FREE on the AAA-LINK

The popular audio tape series “Secrets of Successful EMS Leaders” by Mike Taigman and Stephen Dean is being posted as a monthly series FREE of charge as a  member benefit on the AAA-LINK.   Each month a new module will be posted.  Listen to the series online or download to your MP3 Player.  The series is also being distributed to all AAA member companies who have set up private LINK systems with EMSED.COM.    You can access the AAA-LINK at:  http://key.emsed.com .  A userid and password are required.  For more information or to sign up for a FREE userid and password call EMSED.COM at 877-435-9309.


 

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