UNC will have a booth at the show, and information about the book will be available there. Stop by and introduce yourself to Monecia Thomas, the new director of the Management Academy (and also the director of the Emerging Leaders in Public Health program).
I would love to hear about how you are using the book, how you are using business planning principles in your public health work, what innovative new ideas you're working on developing and getting funded-- and what sort of interesting stuff you learned in Sacramento!
--Steve Orton
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I am pleased that I was able to attend the NACCHO-ASTHO Conference this year. One of the main reasons for attending the conference was to be able to network with the public health decision-makers from across the country. I was able to hear the keynote address by Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and hear in her own words why we need partnerships in order for public health to thrive. I was also able to hear from others about the role of public health in creating “the Healthiest Nation in a Healthier World”. My favorite was a presentation from Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during the session “What do Consumers Expect and Can Public Health Meet Those Expectations?” The session included a short ‘infomercial’ for lack of a better term about the status of health. It was very powerful, yet simple. It was inspirational and made me want to immediately improve my own health status. I wish I could describe it to you or better yet, I wish it was posted for you to see if for yourself.
As an added bonus, I was able to meet with recent Management Academy alumni. One individual was a former North Carolina state health department staff member and worked on the project: North Carolina Worksite Wellness and the other was from last year’s Waukesha County, Wisconsin team for Accufit. Both discussed the valuable skills that they gained from the 9-month program and they were very excited to purchase the book, Public Health Business Planning because it is focused entirely on our industry, instead of a general business planning guide that does not take into account the overarching goal of addressing a community need.
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