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What Do You Want to Learn About at ACE 2012?

The ACE 2012 Program Committee wants your input. Please take this one-question survey and let us know which topics you think should be featured at ACE 2012:

Take ACE 2012 Topic Survey

NPA Connects Students, Recent Graduates, and New Documentation Professionals

If you’re currently in school, have recently graduated from a medical transcription/clinical documentation program, or are just beginning your career in the clinical documentation sector, consider joining AHDI’s New Professionals Alliance. This alliance focuses on providing essential resources, networking, and career-building tools for up-and-coming professionals and those new to the field. Discussions via this members-only Google Group provide helpful hints, encouragement, a place to bounce questions and ideas around, and access to online events to help build your career as a documentation professional. To join, go to AHDI’s website at ahdionline.org, then to Get Connected, and click on Special Interest Alliances. Enter your email address in the box for “Subscribe to New Professionals Alliance.”

Social Media Specialists Wanted

Components, if you do not already have a social media specialist (SMS), now is the time to broaden your horizons and enhance your knowledge and use of social media/networking opportunities. The SMS provides support and training on the component level to both leaders and members. The SMS will be responsible for community engagement and will be the point of contact for questions relating to the component's social media channels, as well as all other sites/services utilized by the component for community outreach and engagement. SMS training is provided by members of AHDI's Outreach Workgroup for News & Networking (OWNN), meeting on a monthly basis. For more information, contact Kristin Wall , CMT, AHDI-F (kwall@ahdionline.org).

Call for Presentations—ACE 2012

The ACE 2012 Program Committee will be identifying speakers for the convention over the next several months. If you or someone you know would like to present at ACE 2012, please submit your presentation details via the online Call for Abstracts form. This is an electronic form. Simply fill in the information required and click submit. If your presentation is selected, you will be contacted by AHDI staff. Please submit all presentations by January 31, 2012.