{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 340: What It\u2019s Like to Plan an ONS Conference","description":"\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid of applying, even if you\u2019ve never planned a conference before, and you think, \u2018Well, I have no idea what I\u2019m doing.\u2019 You probably know more than you think you do. You probably have more connections than you think you do, and it is such a worthwhile experience,\u201d Colleen Erb, MSN, CRNP, ACNP-BC, AOCNP\u00ae, hematology and oncology nurse practitioner at Jefferson Health Asplundh Cancer Pavilion in Willow Grove, PA, told Lenise Taylor, MN, RN, AOCNS\u00ae, BMTCN\u00ae, conferences oncology clinical specialist at ONS, during a conversation about serving on a planning committee for an ONS conference.  Music Credit: \u201cFireflies and Stardust\u201d by Kevin MacLeod Episode Notes\u202f  Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0\u202f  Episode Notes\u202f  This episode is not eligible for NCPD contact hours.   Oncology Nursing Podcast\u2122 episodes:  Episode 323: What It\u2019s Like to Participate in an ONS Think Tank  Episode 320: What It\u2019s Like to Be a Peer Reviewer or Associate Editor for an ONS Journal  Episode 309: What Brings You to ONS Congress\u00ae? Episode 183: How Oncology Nurses Find and Use Credible Patient Education Resources ONS Voice articles:  What Brings You Value in ONS? You Can Thank a Volunteer for That  The Power of Connection in Oncology Nursing  What Brings You Value in ONS? You Can Thank a Volunteer for That  The Power of Connection in Oncology Nursing  Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: What Is It Like to Chair the ONS Bridge\u2122 Content Planning Team?  ONS Volunteer Opportunities  ONS Congress  ONS Evidence-Based Practice Learning Library  To discuss the information in this episode with other oncology nurses, visit the ONS Communities.   To find resources for creating an Oncology Nursing Podcast Club in your chapter or nursing community, visit the ONS Podcast Library.  To provide feedback or otherwise reach ONS about the podcast, email pubONSVoice@ons.org.  Highlights From This Episode  \u201cI saw a link on the ONS website looking for volunteer opportunities and applied, not thinking that I\u2019d actually get chosen because I had never done anything like this before. I had spoken at conferences, but I had never been part of the planning committee. The application [had] some open-ended questions about what your expertise is and where your interests lie. \u2026 And then I got a phone call from the planning chair for that year, and we talked a little bit more in depth about the questions that were on the application, and my interests, and how I thought I would fit on the team.\u201d TS 2:05  \u201cThe main part [of the work] was topic selection and then speaker selection once we narrowed down the topics. I feel like there was a lot of brainstorming and group effort to both of those things. You don\u2019t have to individually have an exact topic or an exact speaker. There was a lot of \u2018I think this general broad topic would be good,\u2019 and then we narrowed it down as a group to something that would fit into a 45-minute presentation.\u201d TS 4:30  \u201cWe talked about interventional radiology and how it seemed like it was taking on much more of a bigger role in oncology and how that could fit into the conference and whether we wanted to have a specific topic or an overview of the things that interventional radiology can offer for oncology patients. And we ended up doing kind of like a 101 topic on that one, because it was a newer topic that people were kind of interested in just hearing, like, \u2018Hey, what do you guys do for cancer patients?\u2019\u201d TS 8:44  \u201cI learned a lot about the backstage process of conferences. I had spoken before, but seeing the other side of it was a whole different picture\u2014and all the work that goes into it\u2014and I really learned a lot about picking the topics and how do we find the best information and the best sort of new themes to present to every time.\u201d TS 12:04  \u201cJust do it. Don\u2019t be afraid of applying, even if you\u2019ve never planned a conference before, and you think, \u2018Well, I have no idea what I\u2019m doing.\u2019 You probably know more than you think you do. You probably have more connections than you think you do, and it is such a worthwhile experience. And you learn so much about yourself and about the other people on the team. And the information that you\u2019re presenting just is huge for a lot of people. So if you\u2019re even thinking about it, just fill out the application.\u201d TS 14:06 ","author_name":"The ONS Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/onsvoice.libsyn.com\/website","html":"