Find Your Connections to the ACEP Community

Each month, ACEP4U will highlight and expand on a specific pillar of ACEP’s new strategic plan. This month, we focus on Member Engagement & Trust.

More than 100 ACEP members were involved in developing ACEP’s new strategic plan to guide the College for the next three to five years. John Corker, MD, FACEP, was

one of the members who helped develop the strategies for the Member Engagement & Trust pillar. As immediate past chair of the Young Physicians Section, he thinks it is important to make it as easy as possible for members to connect with one another and feel invested in the work of the College.

“For the long-term sustainability and success of our organization, there‘s no more critical component than membership engagement and communication. Our members have to be aware, on board with, and feel invested in what we‘re doing as an organization.”

—John Corker, MD, FACEP, Member Engagement Strategic Planning Group

The Member Engagement & Trust portion of the strategic plan features five key strategies to ensure the thoughtful acquisition and management of resources:

1. Leverage personalization and issue/interest-based engagement to facilitate connections and passive volunteering that’s transparent, respectful, and personally meaningful.
2. Create new leadership development programs that are more accessible, inclusive and impactful within ACEP and beyond.
3. Re-imagine bridge from candidate to regular membership.
4. Develop recognition and rewards to honor all levels of engagement.
5. Measure and showcase the diversity and character of ACEP leaders and members.