The Communications Committee is responsible for ensuring valuable and engaging content for communications to NESHCo members and promoting the organization to prospective members. Specifically, the Communications Committee produces the monthly newsletter, maintains the NESHCo Blog, manages the organization’s social media channels including the NESHCo Community Forum, produces the annual observances calendar, and develops new creative projects. The goal of the committee is to provide thought leadership on design and content to enhance the member experience. The work of this committee involves regular collaboration with the other NESHCo Committees, specifically the Conference Marketing and Webinar Committees. The committee works closely with NESHCo staff on the execution of the marketing strategy.
The Conference Committee is responsible for the planning of the Annual Spring Conference, NESHCo's premier annual event, held each Spring. A much-anticipated networking event kicks-off the conference, followed by two days that offer exhibition for vendors, educational sessions, networking, and more. The Annual Conference also hosts the Lamplighter Awards Gala, an evening to celebrate the Lamplighter Award winners and the accomplished work across New England. The Conference Committee plans and organizes the entire event in close coordination with the NESHCo staff and other NESHCo Committees.
The committee should strive to create a welcoming and inclusive environment that fosters collaboration, networking, and learning. The committee’s goal should be to deliver a successful conference that leaves attendees feeling inspired, engaged, and motivated.
Co-Chairs:
Elizabeth Rogers, Jupiter Grove
Lauren Tait, Thundermist Health
The Lamplighter Committee is responsible for the planning and execution of the Annual NESHCo Lamplighter Awards, held each Spring in conjunction with the Spring Conference. The Lamplighter Awards recognize the work produced throughout New England in the timeframe ending in January of the award year and covering the 15 months prior. The Call for Entries each year begins the Monday of the first full week of December and closes one week after the first Sunday in February. The Lamplighter Awards also pays tribute to the Best in New England winner, the Owen J. McNamara Excellence in Writing winner, and the Evans F. Houghton recipient. The Lamplighter Committee is a subcommittee of the Conference Committee.
The Conference Marketing Committee is responsible for developing a comprehensive marketing plan to promote the annual conference and Lamplighter Awards to potential participants, attendees, sponsors, and exhibitors. This includes, but is not limited to, developing promotion materials such as brochures, social media campaigns, and email campaigns. The committee should strive to create engaging material that connects with the NESHCo audience. The Conference Marketing Committee is a subcommittee of the Conference Committee and supports the Communications Committee. The committee works closely with NESHCo staff on the execution of the marketing strategy.
The Conference Sponsorship Committee is responsible for the development of the sponsorship program to support the conference activities, events, and initiatives. The Sponsorship Committee’s goal is to deliver a successful sponsorship program that generates revenue and support for the conference while providing value and benefits to sponsors and exhibitors.
The Evans Houghton Committee is responsible for reviewing all nominations for the Evans F. Houghton Award and contacting new inductees. The Evans Houghton Award recognizes significant contributions to the field of healthcare public relations, marketing, and communications. There are four general categories for which nominees can be considered for the Evans Houghton Award: activism within NESHCo, contributions to the healthcare communications field, mentorship of others within the healthcare communications field, and challenging oneself and others to improve the field and excel professionally. This Committee examines each nominee based on these categories and works closely with the Board of Directors in its decisions. A recipient is only selected when the criteria has been met.
The Membership Committee is a standing committee of the Board. The committee is comprised of the State Directors and the Directors-at-Large. The primary responsibility of the Membership Committee is to increase and enhance the member of NESHCo by attracting new members and retaining current members. The committee is tasked with assisting lapsed members with the renewal process, welcoming new members, recruiting new members, and assisting prospective members with joining the organization. The committee’s goal is to create successful strategies to grow membership and maintain the level of membership necessary to ensure the fiscal stability of the organization.
The Webinar Committee is responsible for procuring 6-8 webinars each year that educate, engage, and inform the NESHCo audience. The committee should identify and invite webinar speakers across a variety of topics of interest and relevance to NESHCo members. To engage high-caliber speakers for the webinars, the Committee should schedule events sufficiently far in advance. The committee may produce “hot topic” webinars that are added as bonus content to the regularly scheduled series. The committee will collaborate with other committees to produce content specific to NESHCo and NESHCo programming.
Much of NESHCo's continued success is due to the dedication of our committee volunteers. We are grateful for the expertise and enthusiasm NESHCo volunteers bring as they create quality programs for our community.
Joining a NESHCo committee is a great opportunity for members to further develop leadership skills in the field of healthcare public relations, marketing, and communications, and help to strengthen NESHCo in the process.
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