2014-2015 Workplan: Group Meetings in April, August, October, December, March Strategies Activities Month/ Person(s) Activity Completion Status Provide interim and during session legislative monitoring and within leadership team. Negotiate contract with legislative monitor and provide initial orientation. April-July Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% Provide monthly or updates including notes on tracked committees/studies. Provide weekly updates during legislative session. Ongoing Legislative Monitor 25% 50% 75% 100% Schedule legislative update leadership team calls- September, December and then weekly during session on Fridays? Ongoing Patricia Legislative Monitor 25% 50% 75% 100% Continue collaborative email groups for specific studies and add new ones based on bills that come forward Ongoing Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% Develop legislative platform to determine which bills to track and increase targeted advocacy efforts. Workgroup, Legislative Monitor, Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% Increase visibility of ND Center for Nursing and leadership team organizations at the state legislature through a Nurses Day. Determine date for Nurses Day at the Legislature and schedule space. April Workgroup, Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% Develop and disseminate save the date materials for leadership team organizations. April Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% Solicit partner organizations and sponsors and organize sub-committee. June-July Workgroup, Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% Develop agenda for day, other logistics and possible sponsors August- October Workgroup, Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% Develop policy brief describing work of center and current nursing data. Disseminate to legislators in conjunction with Nurses Day- September- December Patricia, Research 25% 50% 75% 100%
this was not completed- plan to put this information together into a 5-year report. Consultant, Mapping Consultant Develop marketing materials for legislators and market nurses day. October- January Kyle 25% 50% 75% 100% Hold Nurses Day March Workgroup, Patricia, Kyle 25% 50% 75% 100% Evaluate effectiveness of Nurses Day. April-May Workgroup, Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% Continue with all nurses on legislative issues. Update advocacy center with legislative calendar and updated legislative tables. Ongoing Kyle 25% 50% 75% 100% Include monthly enewsletter article about legislative happenings and targeted summaries for studies/bills of interest. Ongoing Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% Examine best practices on disseminating policy information to a wide range of organizations including rural nursing, state government and other entities.- added question to Nurses Day survey and leadership team survey? Workgroup, Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% Develop strategy for linking sphere of influence members. Continue to revise and complete Sphere of Influence list Ongoing Workgroup, Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% Work on plan for inclusion of nurses on key committees/boards through tracking board openings and encouraging submissions through enewsletter, facebook and collaborative email groups. Ongoing Workgroup, Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% Pilot communication strategy for linking Sphere of Influence members with leadership team. Workgroup, Patricia 25% 50% 75% 100% 2015-2016 Evaluate effectiveness of legislative platform and communication strategies, continue interim