March 29, 2023

2023 Strategic Thinking Process

Our Vision• PCRS is a global, interactive organization championing the field ofreproductive medicine.

Our Values•••••

Support of physicians, their teams, and allied professionals
Innovation
InclusivenessCollegiality
Professional Development

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PCRS Strategic Plan 2023

Culture
Promoting a culture of inclusivity and collegiality that attracts reproductive care providers
across disciplines and backgrounds in an atmosphere that fosters professional
relationships and education.

Innovation
Nurturing and developing creativity and innovation in the field of reproductive health.

Sustainable Growth
Continuously create unique value for all present and future society members.

Leadership
Providing guidance and mentorship to the society, colleagues, the next generation of PCRS
members encourages scientific collaboration innovation.

Committees:
Grant CommitteeAwards/Scholarships
Committee

Abstract Committee

Program Committee

SocialMedia/Communications
Committee

Membership Committee

Grant Committee
Expand and financially support collaboration and networking opportunities for membership.
• Promote and educate research grants (number, value, awareness of program).
Introduce ways to encourage corporate partners to support and advance creativity andinnovation.
• Encourage corporate partners to consider an innovation grant to be awarded.
Expand and financially support collaboration and networking opportunities for membership.
• Promote and educate research grants (number, value, awareness of program).
Introduce ways to encourage corporate partners to support and advance creativity andinnovation.
• Encourage corporate partners to consider an innovation grant to be awarded.

Abstract Committee
Expand content of meeting relevant to allied disciplines.
• Increase oral abstracts by discipline; create categories; call for abstracts; Need to publicize.
• Design processes eliminating barriers to discipline to submit abstracts.

Program Committee
Encourage interpersonal connections/foster spaces for interactions.
• Advance initiates to continue social hour receptions (Vender, ED relationships)• Create an initial outreach dinner program.
Improve opportunities for trainee involvement.
• Define actions to continue fellowship training.
• Establish Young Trainee Day for Lab, Nurses, Genetic Counselors.
Build educational programs to enhance cutting edge and relevant topics.
• Produce and expand PULSE survey to assess member interest.
• Identify ways to diversify PCRS speaker area of expertise by asking members.
• Consider re-branding Wednesday of annual meeting to “Fellows, Trainees and LifelongLearning” training.
• Identify ways to expand Fellows Day to include peer-to-peer (focus on fellows & early careerproviders) presentations; mentor in advance; membership solicit volunteers.
Expand regional impact/touch points of the society.
• Identify and recruit champions to lead regional meetings.
• Develop fundraising relationships for regional meetings. Create content for regional meetings;
build off highlighted conference presenter.
• Establish targeted function events – “meet the fellows” or “meet the genetic counselors”
mingling events.
• Creating a networking meeting: eg those looking to hire and be hired.
• Initiate a program indicating in writing or with ribbons job (MD, RN, embryologist,embryologist, mental health professional, administrator, etc)
• Develop program to ensure CEUs are secured for various attendee job types (ie RNs,embryologists, genetic counselors as well as MDs).
Increase revenues to society to ensure sustainability – venue evaluation; increase vendoropportunities.
• Create hybrid meeting option to increase revenue and attendance.
• Secure sponsorship for networking and reception events to ensure PCRS doesn’t need to use
organization funds. Program• Create sub meetings throughout the year.
• Create a venue subcommittee to assess less expensive venue options.

Awards/Scholarships Committee
Increase diversity of membership and leadership.
• Develop scholarships to be open to all disciplines.
Encourage and reward innovation in our young members (broad based).
• Create award/recognition for specialty affiliates and disciplines all groups.
• Inspire awards committee to rethink awards and incentives for innovation.
Expand and financially support collaboration and networking opportunities for membership.
• Identify ways to expand travel scholarships and advertise with multiple reminders (1st author
or training poster, presenter, new attendee, trainee- nurses, GC, Lab, residents w/o fellowship;committees select winners.
Broaden next generation membership by encouraging attendance of reproductive urology
fellows and allied health fields by offering scholarships mentoring opportunities.
• Develop guidelines for keeping scholarship fund reserves, don’t deplete and replenish
regularly.
• Study ways to broaden eligibility for scholarship.
• Create an application for scholarship (outside of research), confirm that sponsoring program
does not have provided funding, subcommittee reviews the applications and chose X number
to invite to the meeting.
• Design strategies to broaden awards to include those for genetic counselors, mental healthprofessionals, urology/andrology, nurses (as long as a minimum number of abstracts
submitted).

Social Media/Communications Committee
Encourage interpersonal connections/foster spaces for interactions.
• Create virtual networks to focus on tasks and allow connection.
Develop an innovative plan to enhance social media presence.
• Develop a social media/Communication Committee encouraging fellow representatives (callfor volunteers-SREI, PCRS members, fellowship directors).
• Establish communication liaison on the board.
• Identify and engage fellows at current PCRS meeting to join and/or get more information.

Membership Committee
Increase diversity of membership and leadership.
• Initiate a process to ensure many (all) disciplines are on the presidential chain.
Improve opportunities for trainee involvement.
• Ensure young (new) trainees involved in PCRS decisions, Junior Board Member.

Expand and financially support collaboration and networking opportunities for membership.
• Create and diversify outreach to training programs w/o REI and all affiliates for mentorship
opportunities communication/advertising/planning to add a trainee/mentorship reception.
Improve educational content and meeting experience for all society members (APP’s, fellows,genetic counselors).
• Ensure broad (BOD now) representation in the Program Committee, BOD, and future strategicplanning.
• Create Mentorship Initiative/Program to match member/member; ask for volunteers; connect
during year and in person @ meeting; Connect Fall & Winter & Annual Mtg.
Advance and strengthen the society’s relationship with industry partners.
• Create ways to include industry in strategic planning.
• Solicit feedback from industry partners; each year; Pres/VPs/BD; meet separately in Sept;
review feedback; distill themes, and make recommendations (next meeting cycle; ED/Pres) toBOD in Oct.
Increase revenues to society to ensure sustainability – venue evaluation; increase vendor
opportunities.
• Create SIGs with membership fees for additional revenue.
Increase opportunities for members of all disciplines to serve PCRS.
• Study and consider mentorship program.
• Identify and consider establishing SIGs.
• Promote and continue BOD leadership path that includes non-MDs.