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• MONL Fall Conference & Annual Meeting

  • When
    24 Oct 2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    MSU Federal Credit Union Headquarters, 3777 West Rd, East Lansing, MI 48823

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  MONL Fall Conference & Annual Meeting

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

  MSU Federal Credit Union Headquarters, 3777 West 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.

  TENTATIVE AGENDA:

  7:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee Hour open

  8:00 – 8:15 a.m.  Welcome from MONL President Kelly Baird-Cox

  8:15 – 9:30 a.m. Keynote speaker: "12 Seconds Changed Everything”  – Why Your Story Matters

  9:30 – 10:30 a.m.  Nurses and Philanthropy Discussion with Beth Dochinger & Caty Johnson

  10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break

  10:45 – 11:30 a.m. Panel of Nursing Innovators:

  • Tricia Thomas, Grand Valley State University
  • Amy Brown, MHA
  • Stefanie Newman, Henry Ford Health
  • Gretchen Koeman, Corewell Health
  • Sarah Jennings, Office of Nursing Programs, MDHHS

  11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Advocacy updates: Laura Appel, Executive Vice President, Government Relations & Public Policy, Michigan Health & Hospital Association

  12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch

  1:15 – 1:45 p.m. MONL Business Meeting 

  1:45 – 3:00 p.m. Rapid Fire Presentations

  • Lindsey Brieschke, MHCs Free Interactive Career Exploration
  • Bethany Duyser, Impart Alliance Direct Care Worker Training Innovation
  • Liz Fluty, LARA Innovative Curriculum
  • Marilyn Lawrence, Innovation in Fatih Community Nursing

  3:00- 3:15 p.m. Membership Survey

  3:15 – 3:30 p.m. wrap up

  Pricing

  Student Rate – $75

  MONL Members – $165

  Future MONL Members – $175

  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.

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• 8 Essential Skills of a Healthy Team Webinar

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

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  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.

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