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Proposals

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Forum attendees love to hear about the successes, challenges and key learnings of their peers. You can share your organization's and your team's improvement story by:

  • Teaching a session
  • Presenting a storyboard​​

Now Open: Submit a Speaking Proposal

If you have an improvement story that is worth sharing, there is no better place than the IHI National Forum to share it. Now's the time to submit your speaking proposal​ to teach a session in Orlando.​ 

Submission Deadline: Friday April 5, 2019, 11:59 PM ET​​

The IHI National Forum team is especially interested in receiving proposals on the following topics:

  • Building Improvement Capability
  • Equity
  • Improvement Science
  • Joy in Work
  • Leadership
  • Moving from Volume to Value
  • Patient Safety
  • Person-Centered Care
  • Care and Health for Older Adults​
  • Population Health

 

Tips for Proposal Preparation

  • Look through last year’s National Forum sessions to see the caliber of the content at this conference.
  • Use this template​ to help you prepare your proposal.
  • Submit a thoughtful, error-free description of your session.
    Include objectives that detail what attendees will learn from you.
  • Incorporate a patient as a co-presenter.
  • Offer a take-home tool or checklist for attendees to use upon return to their home organization.
  • Showcase how quality improvement methods have led to results for you and your team.
  • Look at these tips for adressing equity​ as part of your proposal, and ​​at this action verb list to help you formulate learning objectives

 
Submit a Proposal 

Storyboard Proposals

Storyboards are one of the best ways for you to demonstrate your knowledge and to meet fellow improvement science experts.

Accepted storyboards will be displayed in a designated area of the Exhibition Hall, which will be open to attendees during key periods of the IHI National Forum.​​

​The submission process will open up in early summer, and the deadline for submitting a storyboard for display at the National Forum will be October 2, 2019.​​ Click here to be notified of when the call for storyboards opens​.​

​Questions and Support

If you have any questions regarding speaking and story board proposals, please contact customer service at info@ihi.org​.​