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From: VetPartners [email protected] Subject: VetPartners September e-Bulletin Date: September 17, 2018 at 2:03 PM To: Elizabeth McArthur [email protected] The latest news from your association for veterinary practice development. e-Bulletin September 2018 Message From the President In this month's message, coach Jeff Thoren describes how VetPartners is formulating a "winning play" for the organization and it's members. The Board and Committees are putting a lot of effort into the main strategic priorities: Website redesign, brand awareness, member engagement and networking/collaboration. Learn more about what is happening by playing the video linked below. Help turn Jeff's video viral.... Watch now!! Member & Association News Join Us For The 2019 Annual Meeting! Registration is now open for the 2019 Annual Meeting, January 16 - 18, 2019 in Orlando, Florida!
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From: VetPartners [email protected]: VetPartners September e-Bulletin
Date: September 17, 2018 at 2:03 PMTo: Elizabeth McArthur [email protected]
The latest news from your association for veterinary practice development.
e-BulletinSeptember 2018
Message From the PresidentIn this month's message, coach Jeff Thoren describes how VetPartners is formulating a "winningplay" for the organization and it's members. The Board and Committees are putting a lot of effortinto the main strategic priorities: Website redesign, brand awareness, member engagement andnetworking/collaboration. Learn more about what is happening by playing the video linkedbelow.
Help turn Jeff's video viral.... Watch now!!
Member & Association News
Join Us For The 2019 Annual Meeting!
Registration is now open for the 2019 Annual Meeting, January16 - 18, 2019 in Orlando, Florida!
The Program Committee is putting the final touches on an excitingprogram for you, which will include two days of insightful andeducational CE, technology and networking sessions, and, ofcourse, our ever popular Sponsor Roundtable reception (withexcellent raffle prizes) and the CareCredit reception.
On day one we will explore current trends in today's veterinarypractices, and feature two extended panel discussions: Insightsand Trends in Corporate Consolidation, and The ProSalDebate.
On day two, Steve van Remortel, author of Stop Selling VanillaIce Cream, will lead a day-long workshop through which you willdevelop a specific action plan to increase profitability for yourbusiness and/or that of your clients. This workshop is not to be missed!
For more information about the program and to register today, head over to the website.
Take the Net Promoter Score Survey
As you are aware, our VetPartners strategic priorities for 2018/2019include four broad categories: Brand Awareness, Website Redesign,Membership Engagement, and Networking/ Collaboration.
To date, we're making significant progress on the first two priorities,Brand Awareness and Website Redesign, with a variety of brandawareness-related activities underway and the website in its finaldevelopment phase.
Our Membership and Program Committees are doing some great work regarding MembershipEngagement and Networking/Collaboration as well and we'd like to check in with you, ourmembers, to get a feel for where we stand related to these two important priorities. Using the NetPromoter Score survey question seems like an appropriate way to do that.
Please take a brief moment to answer our NPS Survey. Your responses will help us as we moveforward with these priorities!
Did You Know? ...
As part of the VetPartners application process, prospective members mustread and agree to abide by the VetPartners Code of Ethics. This sameacknowledgement is also part of the membership renewal process. Asconsultants and advisors to veterinary practices, members agree, bymaintaining their membership in VetPartners, that they have voluntarilyassumed responsibility for adherence to the VetPartners Code of Ethics.
Have You Taken the VetPartners Fee Survey?
VetPartners wants to help you make informed decisions about your fees.To this end,VetPartners would like to ask you to complete a short (< 10 minute) anonymous survey bySeptember 21, 2018. Data from this survey will be shared with all members, offering current
September 21, 2018. Data from this survey will be shared with all members, offering currentfee data related to: management consulting, accounting, legal, marketing, finance, IT, andpractice valuation services.
We need to have at least 5 responses to report on a discipline. We appreciate all who canmake this data useful to our members by taking the time to complete the survey:
Fee Survey
Updates from our Board, Committees & SIGs
Communications CommitteeThe Communications committee continues to work on promoting awareness of VetPartnersand our members. We have a great partnership with NAVC producing the VetPartners Cornerin Today's Veterinary Business and have now successfully launched the VetPartners Blog onour own website. A big Thank You to Sarah Rumple for her work to get this up and running,and a shout out to all the contributing members. If you would like to contribute an article,please reach out to Sarah Rumple or Greg Geckles.
Membership CommitteeThe Membership committee continues to work on opportunities for our members to collaborateand engage with each other at our meetings as well as throughout the year. We're have justlaunched a new member survey designed to gather more specific information to allow us tocontinue to bring great value to our current and potential new members.
Opportunities CommitteeWe want to remind members that VetPartners relies heavily on sponsorships to keep ourmembership and meeting prices low and to have opportunities to highlight our members to theindustry. Please be sure to thank our sponsors regularly! And, if you know of a company thatmight be interested in reaching the best and brightest minds in the industry, please share ourSponsorship Brochure with them. We are actively seeking new sponsors for 2019!
Practice Management SIGThe Practice Management SIG has recently welcomed several new members to our team andwe're excited about the new ideas and perspectives they bring to the table. On our last call, webrainstormed new project ideas for the SIG and will devote September's call to further definingthese projects and ultimately selecting the 'right' one or two.
Technology & Innovation SIGFollowing up on the success of our sessions at the Mid-Year Meeting, the Technology &Innovation SIG is working to develop classes we can teach at the Annual Meeting. See youthere!
Valuation CouncilThe Valuation Council has been finalizing an update to the "No-Lo Practice - Avoiding aPractice Worth Less," originally published in 2008. We hope to share the revamped publicationwith all VetPartners members at the Annual Meeting in Orlando.
Seeking Nominations For Annual AwardsThe VetPartners Board Resource Council is currently in the process of recommendingcandidates to receive the 2019 Pioneer Professional Award and the Distinguished Life MemberAward to the Board. If you would like to recommend someone, please let us know by October 1,by emailing Tracy Dowdy. Descriptions of the awards are below:
by emailing Tracy Dowdy. Descriptions of the awards are below:
Pioneer Professional Awardee - Shall be those individuals that are deemed pioneers in theprofession, who choose not to join as voting members, and yet are chosen by the Board ofDirectors to be honored for their service to the profession of consulting and advising veterinarymedical practices. They must have been in the business of veterinary practice consulting oradvising for 20 years.
Distinguished Life Member Awardee - Shall be those members of the Association who haverendered noteworthy and outstanding contributions to the practice of veterinary businessmanagement consulting and advising or veterinary practice valuations.
News From our Members
Monica Dixon Perry will be presenting VMC's "Principles of Veterinary PracticeManagement" seminar in Detroit, MI on Sept. 25 and in St. Louis on Sept. 27. She willalso be speaking at the 2018 Wild West Veterinary Conference in Reno,NV on Oct. 5 and6, on a variety of topics.Stacy Pursell will be the guest speaker for "A Bridge Club Conversation: Ageism, Findinga Job Over 50." This webinar, on September 28 at 12:00pm CST, is a must attend eventfor those seeking insights on landing a new job if you're over a certain age.Joe Axne was featured in a recent Spark! video, "Is Your Clinic Vulnerable toRansomware?" Be sure to watch it now, and note the VetPartners mention as well! John Volk has two articles that will be appearing in industry journals this fall. Today'sVeterinary Business will feature his article on pet health insurance, and DVM360magazine will run an article on improving well-being and managing stress in veterinarypractice. Wendy Hauser will be presenting multiple sessions at the Atlantic Coast VeterinaryConference October 9 and 10. She also presented 12 hours of content at the recentInternational Emergency and Critical Care Symposium in New Orleans. Debbie Boone has an article that will be appearing in the October issue of VeterinaryTeam Brief. She will also be speaking at NY Vet and the NC Veterinary Conference inNovember.Marshall Liger is organizing and hosting the annual Palmetto Veterinary Management totake place in Charleston, SC. PVMS caters to practice owners and leaders. Marshall iscurrently accepting abstracts from potential speakers, and is specifically looking forpresentations on HR and inventory Management. For more detail click Here.
Reach the Today's Veterinary Business AudienceNow is your chance to reach the Today's Veterinary Businessaudience at a special rate exclusively for VetPartners membersonly!
Your TVB program will include print, digital and social media promotions. BONUS: the first 10participants will receive a promotional post on the Today's Veterinary Practice Facebook page:36,000 followers AND 2019 VMX print and digital visibility for participating VMX exhibitors priorto VMX.
Save $7000 on this annual investment by contacting [email protected] today.
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AVMA Convention 2019 Call for Submissions
AVMA Convention 2019 Call for SubmissionsThe next AVMA Conference will be held August 2 - 6, 2019 inWashington, DC. Applications to speak on the following topics arenow being accepted: Finance, operations, human resources,marketing, law, IT, communications and practice transitions (buying,selling, etc.)
If you are interested in submitting an abstract, please click on the link below and provide therequested information. Applications are due Friday, September 28 by 11:59pm CST.
Submission Link
News from VetsourceVetsource is excited to announce that it has takena majority interest in VetSuccess. VetSuccess willcontinue to operate as a stand-alone business,with Martin Traub-Werner as the CEO, and continue to offer its growing set of services to theprofession. Vetsource plans to leverage VetSuccess' technology to increase the functionality ofthe Vetsource platform, while also providing their customers with smarter reporting to makeinformed business decisions.
SHARE YOUR NEWS WITH FELLOW MEMBERS!The VetPartners e-Bulletin is published monthly on or around the 15th of the month. We are always looking fornews and information to share. If you have any, please send to our Association Administrator, ElizabethMcArthur, at [email protected]. You can review our e-Bulletin Submission Policy HERE.
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