November 7, 2006
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LAST CHANCE -- Submit Year-end Company Highlights for the Journal
Articles/Advertisements for the next Ambulance Service Journal
Needed
AAA Golf Shirts Now on Sale
Please Submit a Member Priorities Survey by November 10th
Quality in EMS Audioconference: December 6
External Membership Decals Available
ASM 2007 Session
“Secrets of Successful EMS Leaders” by Mike Taigman and Stephen Dean Now Available on AAA-Link
Year-end Highlights? Company Milestones?
Share them!
The AAA would like to include your news in our year-end Ambulance Service Journal. Did something special happen this year? Would you like to honor an outstanding member of your team who won a special award? Any anecdotes, awards, or tributes are welcome to be submitted.
Please send any anecdotes to Stacy Bromley Cheetham at sbromley@the-aaa.org
Advertisements/Articles for Next Ambulance Service Journal
Last Call for articles or advertisements for the next ASJ. Please submit your ideas to Stacy Bromley Cheetham at 703-610-0247 or by email at sbromley@the-aaa.org
Submissions requested by November 10, 2006 for a December printing.
We really need articles for this last issue of 2006. Please submit articles of interest and make it a great Journal!
Complete this Survey and Win an Ipod Nano
This survey is intended to help AAA focus on priorities which are important to our members and to help us determine our agenda for the upcoming months. Please help us help you by clicking the link below.
We're offering an iPod Nano as incentive....complete the survey by November 10th and be entered to win!
AAA Golf Shirts Now On Sale !
Navy Blue short sleeve shirts with AAA logo
$23.50 each
Sizes XL -- 3XL
Order yours today, contact Erin at eorourke@the-aaa.org
Quality in EMS Audioconference
Wednesday, December 6
11am EST
PRESENTER:
David M. Williams, MS
Mr. Williams is a Senior Associate with the international EMS/public safety consulting firm, Fitch & Associates(www.fitchassoc.com). Dave coordinates the AAA's Ambulance Service Manager Program and is the author of the JEMS 200-City and Salary and Workplace Surveys.
As an industry, we have thrown the concept of quality around for decades. Many trade journals tackle the topic and every conference offers presentations with descriptions citing examples to prove that it's working. Too often it's the same basic ideas repackaged. Currently, quality efforts in EMS have yet to make a lasting impression and few exciting new benchmarks for success exist. This thought-provoking audioconference explores this quality problem and examines obstacles that we unknowingly place in our path to success. Learn proactive steps that you as an EMS leader can make to avoid these "EMS quality" mistakes. Register now
Need External Vehicle Decals
Due to a large response we received inquiring about the need for external vehicle decals, we have placed an order for 2007 membership decals which can be placed on the outside of your tinted windows. We will also still offer the internal cling decals for those without tinted windows. Once you have submitted your 2007 dues payments, please contact us if you require external decals and we will send some out to you.
Contact Stacy Bromley Cheetham at sbromley@the-aaa.org
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
Go to http://www.fitchassoc.com/Services/conferences.htm to download the brochure and registration materials.
Secrets of Successful EMS Leaders“What's Important to You?”
Presented By Mike Taigman and Stephen Dean
Newest 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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