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VetPartners Brings Practice Management Expertise to the
2016 North American Veterinary Conference
Kansas City, MO (January 6, 2016) — VetPartners, a nonprofit association of veterinary business specialists, has joined forces with Vetstreet to deliver cutting-edge veterinary practice management counsel at the 2016 North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC). Engaging directly with veterinarians from across the country at NAVC further advances VetPartners’commitment tohelp every practice reach its maximum potential.
On Saturday, January 16, a number of VetPartners members will present forward-thinking best practice sessions. They will share their expertise on human resources, marketing, financial and legal trends for the profession, as well as building a “Fear Free” practice. The symposia will take place at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort & Convention Center with sequential sessions from 8 a.m. through 5 p.m.
“We’re excited about the upcoming Vetstreet/VetPartners practice management symposia at NAVC. Vetstreet has a history of providing meaningful support to the veterinary profession and we’re grateful for their generous underwriting support for this program,” said Trey Cutler, president, VetPartners. “At the NAVC symposia, participants will get the benefit of engaging with our VetPartners members’ expertise on a number of key topics to help turn practices that run into businesses that perform.”
“We’ve been honored to sponsor the practice management tracks and bring top-tier speakers and insights to NAVC for many years. Having a healthy, well-run veterinary practice is essential to providing the best quality of care for animals. This year, Vetstreet is proud to align our brand with VetPartners to share valuable trends and best practices to advance the veterinary profession,” said Mark Bath, director strategic relationships, Vetstreet.
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About VetPartners
Founded in 2001, VetPartners is a non-profit association dedicated to helping the veterinary profession improve practice management standards and elevate the levels of service, expertise, responsibility and professionalism provided by veterinary consultants, advisors and specialists. Members include experts in practice management, law, valuation, architecture, accounting, marketing, human resources, business management, financial services, IT and more.
About Vetstreet Inc.
Vetstreet is a leading provider of integrated veterinary marketing solutions that specifically leverage practice-level data and consumer insights to deliver highly personal, relevant, and timely communications. Vetstreet offers comprehensive pet and vet portal systems, along with a complete line of personalized mailing services, which together help to enhance the veterinarian-pet owner-patient bond and drive revenue for practices. For additional information about Vetstreet products and services, visit vetstreetpro.com.
NAVC Speaker Information and Presentation Summaries:
Title: Fear Free Practice – With it You'll Thrive. Without it, You Might Not Survive.
Time: 8 – 9:15 a.m.
Presenter: Marty Becker, DVM
Description: Creating “Fear Free” veterinary visits is the largest and most comprehensive transformation in the history of companion animal practice. You'll be amazed and gratified that by embracing some small, simple, surefire changes to your procedures, you'll see dramatic changes in practice growth, pet owner and team satisfaction, and most importantly the physical and emotional well-being of pets.
Title: 2016 HR Trends – Intrepid Moves to Supercharge Your Team!
Time: 10:15 – 11:05 a.m.
Presenter: Shelley Johnson, CVPM
Description:Want to move the needle? Learn how tolight the fire and get the team going! In this new year, lead your team to extraordinary heights, based upon what moves you. Use your own style and learn how to infuse these HR hot trends to create the dream team you've envisioned for your practice.
Title: 2016 Marketing Trends – Hot Consumer Trends to Know and Use Now!
Time: 11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Presenter:KarynGavzer, MBA, CVPM
Description: Areyou stalled out in your practice? If you’re looking for new ideas torevitalize your team, offer new services for pets and delight clients, this talk will give you a peek at hot, newtrends that can keep you ahead of the pack and give you practical ideas to putthem to work for your practice.
Title: 2016 Financial Trends – From No-Lo Practice to Practice Prosperity
Time: 1:45 – 2:35 p.m.
Presenter: Leslie Mamalis, MBA, MSIT, CVA
Description: Long term financial success comes from a series of actions taken over time. Wherever you are in your career, you can move practice profitability and cash flow into the green zone.
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NAVC Speaker Information and Presentation Summaries (cont’d.):
Title: 2016 Legal Trends – Relevant Legal Trends in Veterinary Medicine
Time: 2:45 – 3:35 p.m.
Presenter: Charlotte Lacroix, DVM, JD
Description: You are a veterinarian and you may be employed, own and/or manage a veterinary practice.Your energies are focused on tasks that provide the best care possible for animals.Although there are challenges with some of the animals and/or the treatments your patients require, the biggest challenges of all often don't involve animals; they involve people.
In this lecture, you'll find clear and useful information for six issues that many of you are facing or will face in the future:
1)What you should know about drug compounding and piracy
2)Internet pharmacies and the Fairness to Pet Owners act
3)Disclosing another doctors’ medical error
4)Social media in the workplace
5)How to compete with Dr. Google
6)Bullying in the work place…Is it really a big deal?
Title: Merging Marketing and Medicine
Time: 3:55 – 4:50 p.m.
Presenters: Mary Ann Vande Linde, DVM; and Eric Garcia
Description: Become a marketing genius by learning how to implement a successful marketing strategy. By the end of this session you will learn three valuable marketing tips:
1)We will review new tools that can help you attract new clients
2)How to implement targeted marketing and communication campaigns to ensuring clients keep coming back
3)Effective ways to reach out to your lapsing clients
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