Connected Community: The Road to Annual Conference
In August 2022, CPCA facilitated a summer contest in our Connected Community forum, The Road to Annual Conference. Participants completed various assigned tasks and earned badges throughout the month. For each badge earned, they received an entry into a raffle. There were a total of 10 tasks and if participants completed all 10, they doubled their entries.
One of the most popular tasks was to post a favorite ice-breaker question, and now we have a great resource to pull ideas from for your next team-building event! You can view the conversation here. The final task was to respond to a fun poll. Given that our theme was focused on vehicles, we asked “Which was the original pony car?” The responses were Chevy Camaro, Ford Mustang, Dodge Challenger, Pontiac Firebird, and Plymouth Barracuda. Overwhelmingly, the Plymouth Barracuda won the most votes but if you responded with the popular vote, you would be incorrect! The correct answer was Ford Mustang.
CONTEST WINNERS
Over the span of 31 days, over 1,800 badges were earned by 600+ of your peers. The grand prize, free registration to CPCA’s 2022 Annual Conference was awarded to Rebecca Cornille, Chief Dental Officer, Vista Community Clinic, in early September, an $875 value! Second Place, “Best In Show” was awarded to Isaac Garcia, Director of Compliance, Los Angeles LGBT Center, who received a $100 Visa gift card or a $200 donation to Climate Emergency Fund. Third Place, “Fan Favorite” was awarded Leticia Bibian, Director of Patient Accounts, Northeast Valley Health Corporation, who received a $50 Visa gift card or a $100 donation to Climate Emergency Fund.
CONTINUED GROWTH
CPCA’s Connected Community platform continues to grow in reach and value since we adopted the resource in November of 2019. In 2022, over 300 new health center staff adopted the tool, which in addition to peer-to-peer learning and crowdsourcing solutions, offers over 1,700 resources in a digital resource library. Resources have been downloaded more than 8,700 times!
LEARN MORE AND CONNECT
Did you know that Connected Community hosts an open COVID-19 community forum? This forum is open to everyone, regardless of membership status, so other partners and stakeholders can add to and benefit from the conversations. Other communities consist of CPCA’s numerous peer networks, which provide an opportunity to exchange valuable information, share best practices and templates, and provide feedback on state association activities, policies, and training programs. Each peer network has its own private community which you can join by emailing your request to training@cpca.org. Click here to view a list of our peer networks and opt-in to collaborate with your peers.
DOWNLOAD THE MOBILE APP
Connected Community is a valuable member benefit and has the added bonus of being available in a mobile app, so you can access the information wherever you are. Just search for “Member Centric” on either Android or IOS stores, enter CPCA in the organization field, and log in with your CPCA account login credentials. You can view a tutorial here.