Go Back Up

October 30 – November 1, 2024 New Orleans, LA

Jam-Packed Main Agenda

PROGRAM AGENDA

Day 1 — Wednesday, October 30

  1. 9:00 AM – 10:45 AM

    Executive Welcome

  2. 2023 ANCC Magnet Prize® & ANCC Pathway Award®

  3. Margretta Madden Styles President’s Award

  4. OPENING GENERAL SESSION KEYNOTE

    Level Up

    Robin Arzón is Vice President of Fitness Programming and Head Instructor at Peloton. She believes that sweat transforms lives, and her story is living proof. 

    Through her no-nonsense narrative and real-life examples, Robin Arzon inspires audiences to be bold, outwork others by working smarter, and capitalizing on opportunities confronted by change. Robin shares key insights and practical strategies for staying empowered and empowering those around you. In this authentic and motivating talk, Robin shares the essential tools for pushing past our limitations, doing hard things, innovating, and having a growth-mindset. She leaves audiences ready to run through walls to achieve their next goal and level up.

    Robin Arzon

  5. 4:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

    GENERAL SESSION*
    2024 MAGNET PRIZE® AND 2024 PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE AWARD® SPONSORED BY PRESS GANEY
    MAGNET AND PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE DESIGNATION CELEBRATION

    Press Ganey

    Break out your matching shirts, your banners, your pom-poms, and your team spirit as we recognize and celebrate all the Magnet® and Pathway to Excellence® organizations designated or redesignated. Always the highlight of the conference, this year’s celebration is sure to inspire you on your journey. Wear your dancing shoes and join our biggest celebration yet!

    *No CNE awarded for this session

Day 2 — Thursday, October 31

  1. 3:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

    General Session

  2. 2024 ANCC National Magnet® Nurse of the Year Awards and Pathway Nurse of the Year Awards™

  3. 2024 HRH Princess Muna Al Hussein Award

  4. GENERAL SESSION KEYNOTE

    The Courage to Go Together™: Three Questions to Change How You Work,
    Live and Lead

    Shola Richards is the CEO and Founder of Go Together Global™, the best-selling author of "Making Work Work", and "Go Together", and he is a civility writer with a passionate worldwide following.

    Through a transformational roadmap of mindset, behaviors, and tools, Shola helps you to build and sustain compassionate and competent workplace cultures where peak performance, engagement, and satisfaction are the new norm.

    Shola Richards

Day 3 — Friday, November 1

  1. 12:15 p.m – 1:30 p.m.

    General Session

  2. CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER

    Core Values of Your Team: Inspire to Your Full Potential

    Damon West, M.S. Criminal Justice, is a college professor, internationally known keynote speaker and 3 x Wall Street Journal bestselling author. His bestselling business book, The Coffee Bean: A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change, was listed by Forbes’ in the “Top Twenty Books You Need to Read to Crush 2020.”

    Damon will encourage attendees and teams to realize their full potential and stay ahead of the competition. Damon will share his personal story and the life-changing realizations he learned along the way.

    Damon West