Forum Planning Committee
The Forum Planning Committee (FPC) provides an exciting opportunity for affiliates to represent the goals, interests, and needs of the Affiliate Network in the design and implementation of key activities to ensure that the Forum engages and supports affiliates. This year the National Center looks forward to establishing a FPC that can build on the successful contributions of previous Committees and also bring new ideas and strategies that maximize a virtual Forum experience for all attendees.
2022 Forum Planning Committee Members:
- Liz Randall, HMG Florida & Event Co-Host
- Denise Bishop, HMG Florida & Event Co-Host
- Jodi West, HMG Utah
- Nicole Hopkins, HMG New Jersey
- Alison Goldschlag-Reinking, HMG New Jersey
- Mia Jones, HMG Alachua County, FL
- Randee Gabriel, HMG Palm Beach, FL
- Janet Fleming, HMG Ventura County, CA
- Charnel Forbes, HMG Indiana
- Courtney Gupta, HMG Michigan
- Natasha Jahani, HMG Texas
- Kathy Houston, HMG North Texas
- Kitty Surve, Partner of HMG North Texas
Call Proposals
The 2022 Virtual Forum, like past in-person forums, will offer affiliate-led learning opportunities for attendees. The National Center will be accepting proposals throughout the Spring of 2022 for these sessions. Descriptions and application information can be found below.
Poster Presentations will enable HMG affiliates to showcase an area of their work relevant to the HMG system model. Posters often highlight affiliate innovations, engagement strategies for community partners and families and CQI projects. Posters Presentations are intended to be short in length and highlight high-level findings and strategies.
Content Sessions will allow presenters to engage a targeted audience around a topic relevant to the HMG system model, early childhood health and system building. These topic-based sessions will be offered throughout this year’s virtual Forum, with multiple concurrent sessions to allow attendees to choose sessions most of interest to them, as well as to allow the National Center to offer as many sessions as possible. Applications are open to affiliates, and affiliate and national partners, and will be reviewed by the FPC according to criteria such as relevance, timeliness, level of anticipated interest and practical application. New this year will be an emphasis on ensuring these sessions are maximally suited to a virtual format and can remain engaging and interactive.
Topic Based Networking Sessions will enable every HMG affiliate, as well as HMG partners, to foster relationships amongst the network. Both semi-structured, informal and by-appointment networking will be available at the Forum. Information on how to engage in these networking opportunities will be released soon.
