american prosthodontic society strategic plan 2006-2011 10/19/06. the aps plan includes important...

American Prosthodontic Society

Strategic Plan

2006-2011

10/19/06. The APS plan includes important additions provided during the summer 2006 Executive Committee meeting. Implementation plans are now being developed to build momentum and make progress during the months of November 2006 – January 2007. Initiatives need to be well into the pilot stage with early results available by the 2007 annual meeting.

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APS Planning Process

• In the Spring of 2005, the APS Executive Committee undertook a five year strategy planning process. During the months leading up to the February 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting several planning steps took place.– Conference calls were conducted with APS members to identify points of

satisfaction and expectation of APS in order to effectively target a society wide survey

– A survey to determine overall member satisfaction with and expectations of APS was conducted.

– A Strategy Planning Team of (#) APS members met to review the data collected about member satisfaction and expectations of APS. These members developed the five year plan on February 22, 2006 – the day before the 2006 APS Annual Scientific Meeting.

– This overview is a summary of their Thinking and Planning.


APS Thinking and Planning Template

Mission

STRATEGIC GOALS

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

ACTION PLANS

IMPLEMENTATION

STAKEHOLDERS NEEDS

Active Member (Practicing Dentist -General/Specialist)

•Associate Member (Cert. Dental Technician)

•Graduate Student

Member

•Affiliate Member

• Standing Committees

•Appointed Committees

•APS Foundation

• What is our purpose?

•Critical Thrusts•Priority Areas(usually 5 year timeframe)

•Achievable Results•Measurable(usually 1 year timeframe)

•What do we need to do to achieve those results?•Who? When? How?

•Do it.•Accountability


APS Purpose

• The mission of the American Prosthodontic Society is:

– To promote the advancement of the discipline of prosthodontics by integrating the generalist, specialist and the dental laboratory technician in a manner that will continuously seek improvement of patient treatment. We will accomplish this through education and research.

Mission


• APS Five Year Strategy (2006-2011)– Vision

• Making significant improvements in the Health and Well Being of our Dental Patients

• Priority Area #1 –– APS Member Professional Development (Jim Hudson)

• Priority Area #2 –– Dental Technology Advocacy (Todd Fridrich, Robert Kreyer)

• Priority Area #3 –– APS Membership Growth (Ann Marie Leal)

• Priority Area #4 –– APS Financial Viability (Bob Schneider)

APS Five Year Plan STRATEGIC GOALS


APS Member Professional Development

• Grow and improve APS Study Clubs with a focus on Prosthodontic and dental technology literature, issues and trends.

• Develop guidelines and an evaluation process for non-accredited Prosthodontic continuing education courses in the US and abroad.

– Lead : Jim Hudson

– Recommended Team: John Ball, Steve Sadowsky, Baldwin Marchack, Terry Lindquest

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE



• Grow and improve APS Study Clubs with a focus on Prosthodontic and dental technology literature, issues and trends.

ACTION PLANS

Action Responsibility Due Date

Make initial contact with team members and provide summary of discussion points of 7/7/06 conference with other team leaders and Dennis Stiles.

Review the concept of creating a virtual APS Study Club. Go to http://www.webex.com/overview/web-conferencing-overview.html

Consider a segment called ask the expert online. Harold’s suggestion Harold to elaborate

Move to field test an APS CU effort on WebEx (or another hosting service) to field test the concept with a few members of the planning work team.

Communicate with Bob and Ann Marie so they are aware of the potential of this capability and can consider how this development capability might be of help to them in their part of the strategic plan.

Explore additional options available to us through the JPD super web hosting site.Baldwin Fall 2006

http://www.webex.com/overview/web-conferencing-overview.html



• Develop guidelines and an evaluation process for non-accredited Prosthodontic continuing education courses in the US and abroad.

ACTION PLANS



Assign one or two team members the task of developing a generic evaluation guideline for non-accredited CE courses. Check with other professional associations to collect key resources and information that can be used to create the APS guideline.

Terry

Consider expanding the APS website to include a link to a professional course offering list where APS members could post a simple course evaluation and commentary related to the CE course they may take.

Evaluate/Formulate hands on courses/workshops for the membership. Advise the committee members of the action items and seek their advice. Consider this for the 2008 meeting. Speak with Carlo Ercoli, 2008 program chair.

2008


Dental Technology Advocacy

• Develop a scholarship program for future dental technicians that targets high school graduates entering the field.

• Build relationships and consult with dental laboratory technical schools.

• Revise APS membership criteria (Bylaws) to afford Certified Dental Technicians an “Active Member” status.

• Lead – Todd Fridrich, Robert Kreyer

• Recommended Team – Carlo Ercoli, Dennis Stiles, Robert Riggs, Lee Jameson

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE



• Develop a scholarship program for future dental technicians that targets high school graduates entering the field.

ACTION PLANS



Explore NADL Scholarships and Collaborate with NGS on their initiatives. Continue to participate in the Pros Forum Meetings held in the fall.

Robert Kreyer

Bob Scneider

Contact a few dental technician professional programs where scholarship contributions would be most welcome and have the greatest leverage for APS.

Elizabeth Curran

Work with these target institutions to identify the core components of their course offering which could be separately funded by a scholarship.

Lee Jameson

Dennis Stiles

Contact APS members who will know of corporate sponsors who would have an interest in sponsoring (fellowships) dental technicians. Discuss how to approach these sponsors with the APS Executive Committee. Make initial contacts and work to get scholarship funding underway.

Robert Riggs

Carlo Ercoli

Stay abreast of the work that ADEA has underway to create a standard curriculum for professional certification of dental technicians and lend the support of APS.

Elizabeth Curran

Establish an APS email newsletter to all DT programs.

Create an APS Power Point presentation on Fixed and Removable prosthetic technical procedures to be used by educators. A call for slides could be issued by the APS to member educators.

Robert Riggs

Dennis Stiles



• Revise APS membership criteria (Bylaws) to afford Certified Dental Technicians an “Active Member” status.

ACTION PLANS


Underway. Identify any additional actions that are needed to complete this step. Contact Denis Stiles for input.

Write an article in the autumn/fall issue of APS Newsletter regarding dental technologists and their member status.

Robert Kreyer

Once the member status is changed to full active membership then this should be widely publicized to grow technologist membership


APS Membership Growth

• Develop a mentoring program for graduate and undergraduate level dental students and continue to offer opportunities for student membership in APS

• Aggressively pursue a marketing and recruiting program for: – Graduating dental students (GPs and students in Prosthodontic

graduate programs)

– General dentists who are dedicated to excellence in the discipline of Prosthodontic (ie. LD Pankey, Spear and Dawson)

• Expand APS membership by initiating a grassroots outreach membership campaign – “Recommend a Member” both in the US and abroad.

• Lead – Ann Marie Leal• Recommend Team – Greg Tulachka, Lee Jameson, Antonio Bello,

Sal Esposito

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE



• Develop a mentoring program for graduate and undergraduate level dental students and continue to offer opportunities for student membership in APS

ACTION PLANS



Determine the target (protégées) for a mentoring program. In specific, identify the number of mentors (APS members) to be trained and assigned to a mentorship effort.

Research existing materials and literature on Mentoring Programs and develop an APS Mentorship Program for testing in 2007.

Connect with Jim Hudson on the WebEx capability to see how mentoring may be enriched by the work he is doing on Study Clubs.

Launch a pilot program by the end of 2006. Be prepared to review approach at the 2007 national meeting.

Continue to contact the Pros Scholars and establish a mentor program with the students and new graduates. They will be the class of 2007. Email contact on a regular basis.

Bill Harkins and John Jones



• Aggressively pursue a marketing and recruiting program for: – Graduating dental students (GPs and students in Prosthodontic

graduate programs)

– General dentists who are dedicated to excellence in the discipline of Prosthodontic (ie. LD Pankey, Spear, Seattle Study clubs and Dawson Institute)

ACTION PLANS



Organized and conduct focus group discussions with students from a few institutions and with general dentists to determine their specific needs and expectations from a professional organization. Identify what it will take to attract and retain graduating dental students and new dentists to APS.

Pilot recruiting programs at 3-5 target locations and report findings at the annual conference in 2007.

Mentoring program to target the APS Pros Scholars. Need to contact Bill Harkins and John Jones.

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• Expand APS membership by initiating a grassroots outreach membership campaign – “Recommend a Member” both in the US and abroad.

ACTION PLANS



Quickly communicate the need for additional “new” and “returning” members to all APS members.

Identify the real benefits to the dental professional and develop collateral that can be used by APS members to identify and approach their “Recommended member”.

Design a recognition program for members who recruit new members and create an incentive program for the most new members sponsored. ( one free night at the hotel)

Get materials into the hands of APS members by (date) so that recruit efforts can take place now in anticipation of the creation of on-line study clubs and the annual meting in early 2007.


APS Financial Viability

• Take steps to grow revenues and contain expenses in order to achieve an 18 month operating capital cushion by March 2007.

• Lead – Bob Schneider

• Recommended Team – Harold Preiskel, Sal Esposito, Lee Jameson

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE


APS Financial Viability

• Take steps to grow revenues and contain expenses in order to achieve an 18 month operating capital cushion by March 2007.

ACTION PLANS


Grow our Corporate sponsorship to 50,000 per year. Define and refine guidelines for the Corporate sponsors. Establish a three year term for the CS chair and stagger committee members.

Jim Hudson/ Executive committee

Establish a 300,000 operational fund. At the end of 5 years

Reevaluate our Guest fee program.

Explore non-dues revenue opportunities. Consider a silent auction at our meeting.

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