This year’s Conversations will maintain the theme of motivation, while focusing on core leadership concepts, or the process of leadership. The four-part series is designed to help you:

• assess your individual strengths,
• understand non-positional, grassroots pharmacy leadership and your ability to make a difference every day,
• appreciate the processes of visioning and organizational leadership, and
• examine the steps for leading adaptive change.

The 2008 Conversation series will also be integrated with Leadership Best Sellers for Pharmacists, an online continuing education program that will delve further into the how to of the topics discussed in this series.

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Locations:
All four conversations will be utilizing ITV.

7-135 Weaver-Densford Hall
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

163 Life Science Building
University of Minnesota, Duluth

Program Schedule
6:30-Registration and refreshments
7:00-Opening and Welcome
7:05-7:20 Evenings Theme/Background
7:20-8:10 “Conversation”
8:10-8:25 Audience Questions
8:25-8:30 Evaluation and Closing
8:30-9:00 Dessert Reception

Seminar Fees
Students and Residents: $15/lecture; $30/series
CMC Members: $20/lecture; $60/series
Non-CMC Members: $25/lecture; $75/series

Questions?
Contact Nicole Kast, at kastx002@umn.edu

Co-sponsors
University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy Century Mortar Club

Tuesday, April 1

Examples of Grassroots Leadership:  Making the Most of Your Personal Practice Environment
Based on Best Seller series book: The Fred Factor
Hosted on the Twin Cities Campus

This seminar will explain the concept of becoming a change agent, and describe how you develop a sense of responsibility to do so will be explored. Investigate examples of pharmacists who have been innovators at the ground level and the factors that have led to their success.

Objectives:

1. Engage participants in a discussion on the most common sources of innovation in our profession.
2. Assist participants in envisioning their potential role in influencing positive change in the profession and explore the cumulative effect of individual action.
3. Examine the efforts of Minnesota pharmacists in leading change via grassroots efforts.

Speakers:

Mary Lou Andersen,
Former Deputy Director Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Primary Health Care
APhA Remington Medalist

Tracy Anderson Haag, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Hennepin County Medical Center

Co-Moderators:
Marsha K. Millonig, MBA, RPh
President, Catalyst Enterprises, LLC
and
Todd D. Sorensen, PharmD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
Director, Residency Programs

The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program has been planned in accordance with the ACPEs Criteria for Quality. The Universal Program Numbers are 031-999-08-002-L0-P & T. This program provides 1.5 hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Release date: April 2008. Following attendance at the program and completion of the Verification of Attendance and Program Evaluation forms, statements of credit will be mailed to participants within 4 weeks.