2025 Progress toward ANA-NY Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives
- Advocate for the public and nursing profession in NYS
- Increase visibility of ANA-NY and promote its role as the voice of NYS nurses
- ED and lobbyists participate in the ANA Lobbyists Meeting
- Maintain our certification and biannual reporting to NYS Commission on Ethics in Lobbying in Government
- Annual Advocacy Day with Legislation Committee, Political Action Committee, and Board members in attendance – 22 participants attended 24 meetings
- Grassroots advocacy campaign during Nurses’ Week – 475 messages sent by 196 members with 110 personalized
- Board Bill approved by Senate
- Provide current information on ANA-NY Legislative Priorities in newsletters, on website, and to stakeholders
- See periodicals, website, and weekly emails
- Empower Legislation Committee to identify positions on pending legislation
- See Legislation Committee report
- Charge President and Executive Director to issue position statements in collaboration with Lobbyist
- Signed letters of support
- Federal
— ICAN
— Medicaid funding - State
— Immunization Information System - Memorandum of Support for Healthy Workplace bill
- Signed letter in opposition to cigar lounges
- Seek out and promote innovative services and benefits that support member needs
- Structure programming, including the annual conference, with opportunities for developing and maintaining connections
- See Engagement Committee report
- See Annual Conference agenda
- Identify value-added membership benefits
- Resumed and upgraded publication of print news magazine
- Promoting member benefits through monthly features on social media and email platforms
- Resumed publication of JANANY after brief disruption
- Named new Editor-in-Chief for JANANY
- Abstracts accepted for 2025 Annual conference
- Podium – 15
- Poster – 27
- Escape Room – 4
- Encourage member engagement
- Staff training in membership engagement strategies
- Opened member store for ANA-NY branded items
- Established new Young Professionals SIG
- Created points program reflecting levels of member engagement
- Develop engaging member onboarding program to energize and intrigue new members
- Created trickle email for onboarding new members
- Working collaboratively with ANA for unified onboarding messaging
- Increase use of technology to engage and inform younger members
- Conference application
- General ANA-NY application launched
- Linkedin Live sessions with President
- Collaborate with professional nursing associations at all levels
- Enhance and promote Organizational Affiliate opportunities
- Created trickle email series highlighting OA benefits
- Find opportunities to lead professional issues through advocacy, white papers, and collaborations
- Collaborating with ANA-California for LGBT Health Equity study
- ED and lobbyists attend NYSED Board for Nursing meetings
- ED working with NYONL and VT/NY Magnet Consortium to plan a joint event
- White papers on Maternal Mortality and Health Care Worker Mental Health Post-COVID
- Encourage member participation in ANA
- Member selected for ANAI (7 submissions for 1 slot)
- Seven members attended ANA Membership Assembly
- ED attended Executive Enterprise Conference
- ED and President attended Leadership Summit
- Increase visibility of association through expanded exhibiting opportunities
- NYONL – White Plains
- NYSAASC – Saratoga Springs
- NYSANA – Long Island
- WNY/Finger Lakes Research Day – Buffalo
- NYLN – Buffalo
- NPA Region 3 – Syracuse
- ENA – Saratoga Springs
- NYS Public Health – Ithaca
- AWHONN – Tarrytown
- NACLI – Long Island
- NSANYS – Long Island
- NYASN – Albany
- PNAWNY – Niagara Falls
- RN Certification Day at Highland Hospital – Rochester
- Provide timely and accurate information and education to all stakeholders
- Seek out speakers o n a variety of topics to provide comprehensive educational opportunities
- Health Equity Task Force received grant from ANA for programming
- See Engagement Committee report
- See Annual Conference agenda
- Promote speakers’ bureau to showcase our own members as expert speakers
- Over 300 entries
- Seek out and promote existing educational opportunities offered by ANA and other organizations
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