The Michigan Organization for Nursing Leadership hosts events for the profession as a whole, as well as members-only events. If you'd like to attend a members-only event listed below, click here to join MONL today!

Upcoming Events

    • 21 Aug 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    Register

    Join MONL President Kelly Baird-Cox to learn more about MONL's priorities and how to get involved.

    This event is FREE and only open to members!

    Date: Thursday, August 21
    Time: 12-1 p.m.

    This is a virtual event and you will receive the Zoom link upon registration. 

    • 17 Sep 2025
    • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    • MHA Capitol Advocacy Center, 110 W. Michigan Ave., Suite 1200, Lansing, MI 48933
    Register

    MONL & ANA-MI Advocacy Day

    Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

    MHA Capitol Advocacy Center, 110 W. Michigan Ave., Suite 1200, Lansing, MI 48933

    Join MONL and ANA-MI at our fall Advocacy Day in Lansing! Members will have the opportunity to have one-on-one meetings with lawmakers and engage with legislative leadership about crucial legislative priorities like workplace violence, Medicaid, workforce development and more. Contact hours will be provided (more information coming soon).

    MONL Members – $50

    Future MONL Members – $75

    If you have any questions, please email office@monl.org.

    Registration closes on August 8, 2025.

    NOTE: Tell your organization's government relations department you will be meeting with your elected state lawmakers during MONL Advocacy Day to discuss workplace violence, Medicaid cuts and workforce development. Ask them for any statistics from your organization on these issues.

    Continuing Education Credit: This educational offering is jointly provided by ANA-Michigan (ANA-MI) and the Michigan Organization of Nurse Leaders (MONL). The individual activity offers participants 4.50 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development credit. ANA-MI is the provider of contact hours for this activity.

    Requirements for Successful Completion: Participants must attend the entire event and complete the online activity evaluation at the completion of the event. A link to the evaluation will be provided at the event.

    American Nurses Association-Michigan is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

    The current agenda for Advocacy Day is as follows:

    8:15a - 8:30a: Registration and Continental Breakfast

    8:30a - 9:00a: Welcome, Introductions, Health Legislative Actions this Session and Priorities

    9:00a - 9:30a: Approaching Legislators and their Offices (talk through key points to engage legislator or office staff on subject)

    9:30a – 10:00a: Activities from the Senate Health Policy Committee

    10:00a- 10:30a: Activities from the House Health Policy Committee

    10:30a-12:00p: Morning appointments with legislators and their staff (meeting in offices with legislators and their staff on priorities of MONL/ANA-MI, you will not be alone doing this)

    12:00p - 1:00p: Lunch with legislators; Sponsors of higher consequences for violence against Healthcare workers

    1:00p – 2:00p: Afternoon appointments with legislators and their staff

    2:00p – 2:30p: End of day wrap-up & “thank you” notes.

    • 24 Oct 2025
    • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • MSU Federal Credit Union Headquarters, 3899 Coolidge Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48823
    Register

    MONL Fall Conference & Annual Meeting

    Friday, October 24, 2025, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

    MSU Federal Credit Union Headquarters, 3899 Coolidge Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48823

    Join MONL for a powerful day of networking, learning, and leadership development at the 2025 Fall Conference and Annual Meeting.

    This signature event brings together Michigan's nurse leaders from across the state for meaningful connection, dynamic education sessions, and strategic conversations shaping the future of nursing leadership. Attendees will gain fresh insights on pressing health care issues, strengthen their leadership toolkit, and leave inspired to lead with purpose in every setting—from the bedside to the boardroom.

    Whether you're a seasoned executive or an emerging nurse leader, this is your opportunity to engage with peers, grow your professional network, and be part of the collective voice driving nursing forward in Michigan.

    Pricing

    **Early Bird Registration is through September 24, 2025, after that all conference registration fees increase by $25.

    MONL Members – $140

    Future MONL Members – $150

    New MONL Member Discount Package – $260
    *$150 conference registration & $110 reduced one-year MONL membership



    If you have any questions, please email office@monl.org.

    • 5 Nov 2025
    • 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    Register

    Studies show that cultivating and sustaining a high performing and cohesive team begins with a healthy work culture. Especially now. Recent research confirms that burnout and turnover are caused from toxic and negative work cultures.

    For over a decade, the Healthy Workforce Institute has been working with healthcare leaders and their teams to create a healthy work culture by first, addressing bullying and incivility. Over time, we’ve noticed patterns of behaviors and skills common in departments that didn’t need our help because they had already built a healthy team. On the contrary, in departments that were struggling, these skills were missing.

    The evidence is clear. Leaders need to be as competent in establishing a healthy work culture as they are managing the administrative aspects of their job.

    In this interactive virtual retreat with Renee Thompson, leaders learn 8 essential skills required to hardwire so they retain and grow a high-performing and cohesive team. Each essential skill includes practical strategies for the leader to develop (self) and strategies to develop their team.

    Upon completion of this presentation, participants will:

    1. Summarize healthy workforce strategies to cultivate a high-performing, respectful, and cohesive team.
    2. Select and implement one of the 8 essential skills of a healthy team within the first month.
    3. Formulate a long-term plan to embed culture as a priority to cultivate a healthy workforce.

    Essential Skills:

    1. Self-Awareness
    2. Honest and Respectful Communication
    3. Energy Management
    4. Reject Bullying and Incivility
    5. Continuous Improvement (gap and gain)
    6. Relationship Building (lateral agility)
    7. Ongoing Feedback (radical candor)
    8. Meaningful Recognition (kindness)

    Date: November 5, 2025

    Time: 1-3:30 p.m.

    You will receive the Zoom link upon registration.

Past Events

16 May 2025 Advocacy 101 Webinar
13 May 2025 Gift for Nurses Week: Coffee Chat with Renee Thompson
28 Apr 2025 MHA Safety & Quality Symposium
23 Apr 2025 Cultivating a Healthy Workforce by Addressing Bullying & Incivility: Practical Strategies for Healthcare Leaders
21 Mar 2025 March Coffee & Conversation
27 Feb 2025 February MONL Inform
15 Nov 2024 2024 MONL Summit
22 May 2024 MONL Advocacy Day
5 Mar 2024 A Cut Above: 11th Annual Critical Care Conference
8 Feb 2024 Nurse Leadership from the Inside Out – February 8
25 Jan 2024 Nurse Leadership from the Inside Out – January 25
11 Jan 2024 Nurse Leadership from the Inside Out
15 Dec 2023 MONL 2023 Annual Meeting
2 Nov 2023 Road Trip to Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
28 Sep 2023 Road Trip to Trinity Health Oakland
20 Sep 2023 AONL Virtual Advocacy Day
13 Sep 2023 MHA Hospitals for Patient Access Advocacy Day
1 Jun 2023 Road Trip to Trinity Health Ann Arbor
20 Mar 2023 The Future of Nursing: Advocacy & Health Policy
2 Mar 2023 Road Trip to Sparrow
28 Feb 2023 10th Annual SICU Conference
19 Jan 2023 2023 Leadership Conference for Nurses
18 Nov 2022 CNO Healthcare Hot Topics: Executive Perspective
26 Sep 2022 Leadership Survival Bootcamp
9 Sep 2022 2022 MONL Virtual Advocacy Day
6 Jun 2022 The Leadership Survival Bootcamp
14 Jan 2022 MONL Virtual Conference & Membership Meeting
23 Sep 2021 Mentor-Mentee Webinar Series: Clinical Leadership in Alternate Settings
27 Aug 2021 Mentor-Mentee Webinar Series: Professional Pivoting in Nursing
30 Jul 2021 Mentor-Mentee Webinar Series: CNO Track
25 Jun 2021 Implications of Nurses with Addictions: Saving the Professional License Webinar
14 Jun 2021 The Role of the Board of Nursing Webinar
12 May 2021 2021 MONL Advocacy Day
23 Apr 2021 Lunch & Learn: Legislative Updates in Michigan
2 Apr 2021 MONL Post-Conference Deep Dive with Dr. Dan Weberg
19 Mar 2021 MONL Virtual Conference & Membership Meeting 2.0
26 Feb 2021 Human Trafficking Webinar: Leadership at the Bedside
21 Oct 2020 MONL Webinar Series: Lessons in Leadership with Dr. Tricia Thomas
8 Oct 2020 MONL Virtual Hot Topic Happy Hour: Workplace Violence
30 Sep 2020 2020 MONL Advocacy Day
14 Sep 2020 Lunch & Learn: How A Bill Becomes A Law
26 Aug 2020 MONL Webinar Series: Lessons in Leadership with Amy Brown
20 May 2020 Webinar: Helping Nurses Deal with COVID-19 Stress & Trauma
30 Apr 2020 MONL Virtual Hot Topic Happy Hour
23 Apr 2020 Special Screening of The American Nurse
2 Apr 2020 MONL District 1 Spring Event
18 Feb 2020 MONL Virtual Hot Topic Happy Hour
22 Nov 2019 2019 MONL Annual Conference & Business Meeting
29 Oct 2019 MONL Virtual Hot Topics Happy Hour
20 Jun 2019 MONL Virtual Hot Topics Happy Hour
29 May 2019 Webinar Series: Interstate Nursing Practice: The Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
15 May 2019 2019 MONL Advocacy Day
16 Nov 2018 MONL Annual Conference & Business Meeting
2 Oct 2018 Webinar Series: Academic Practice Partnerships
27 Aug 2018 Webinar Series: Michigan's Opioid Legislation | Implications for Healthcare Providers
16 Apr 2018 2018 MONL Advocacy Day
1 Dec 2017 Think Tank & Annual Meeting

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