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October 8–10, 2025 Atlanta, GA

General Sessions

Program Agenda

Day 1 — Wednesday, October 8

  1. 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

    Executive Welcome

  2. 2024 ANCC Magnet Prize® & ANCC Pathway Award®

  3. Margretta Madden Styles President’s Award

  4. Pathway to Excellence Designation Celebration

    Break out your matching shirts, your banners, your pom-poms, and your team spirit as we recognize and celebrate Pathway to Excellence® organizations designated or redesignated. This year’s celebration is sure to inspire you on your journey.

  5. Opening General Session Keynote

    The Art of Self-Leadership: The Key to Inspiring Team Performance by Taking Ownership

    In this empowering program, Heather R Younger guides leaders to take ownership of their personal and professional growth and navigate challenging situations with resilience. Through The Art of Self-Leadership, leaders will learn to take control of their own paths, transforming the way they inspire and uplift their teams. Audience leave with a deeper self-awareness and the motivation to initiate personal growth, strategies for resiliency, and actions to elevate team productivity and effectiveness.

    Heather's personal journey, rooted in her challenging experiences growing up as the only child of an interfaith and interracial marriage and being excluded because of her race, fueled her unwavering determination to ensure that workplaces around the world make both employees and customers alike feel heard, valued and seen.

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    Heather Younger

    Sponsored by logo advocate health600

    *No CNE awarded for this session

  6. 4:45 PM - 6:20 PM

    General Session

    2025 Magnet® Prize and 2025 Pathway to Excellence® Award Sponsored by Press Ganey

    2025 HRH Princess Muna Al Hussein Award

    2025 Magnet® Designation Celebration
    Don't miss the recognition of all Magnet organizations, designated or redesignated! Wear your dancing shoes and get ready to celebrate.

Day 2 — Thursday, October 9

  1. 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

    General Session

  2. 2025 ANCC National Magnet® Nurse of the Year Awards and Pathway Nurse of the Year Awards™

  3. General Session Keynote

    Disrupt Yourself: Driving Change to Create Growth and Opportunity

    It’s no secret that human beings crave consistency - and we dislike change. Yet, one thing remains clear -- owners, leaders and producers must, deliver results. In this program, Morris Morrison will equip your audience to abandon their need for certainty and comfort, to embrace change and disruption and develop new disciplines. The powerful message, unforgettable content and easy to apply learning outcomes in this program will challenge your audience to reimagine their role as owners and producers, to become DISRUPTORS.

    Morris Morrison is a world-class entertainer, futurist, and author who became obsessed with building stronger, kinder, more focused human beings after being orphaned in New York City, then, being orphaned a second time as a teen — before a doctor’s words changed his life forever. 

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    Morris Morrison

    *No CNE awarded for this session

Day 3 — Friday, October 10

  1. 12:15 p.m – 1:20 p.m.

    General Session

  2. CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER

    It Only Takes One: Rediscovering the Power of Individuals to Drive Meaningful Change

    The first time Kyle Scheele thought about taking his own life, he was in second grade. He was alone, without a friend, and he thought the world would be better off without him. Then a new kid showed up and Kyle learned an important truth: it only takes one person to make you feel like you matter. As time went on, Kyle learned more: It only takes one person to make you feel like you matter, and it only takes one person to make you feel like you don’t. It only takes one person to lift someone up, and it only takes one person to tear someone down.

    Over the last decade, his projects have been featured in outlets like Fast Company, WIRED, The Washington Post, Yahoo!, BuzzFeed, UpWorthy, Goalcast, and more. His videos have been viewed over 250 million times, and he has spoken to hundreds of thousands of audience members across the United States. More than anything, Kyle hopes that his story can inspire others to chase their own crazy ideas and become the people they were meant to be.

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    Kyle Scheele

    *No CNE awarded for this session