Star Search

2025 Aspire Convention

Star Search

2024 Aspire Convention |  April 9-12, 2024 |  Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk - Chicago, IL

Be a Star

The purpose of ANPD's annual Star Search competition is to encourage aspiring speakers to compete for an opportunity to present a concurrent session at the next annual Aspire convention. Star Search is a great opportunity for novice speakers to develop their presentation skills!

Here's how the competition works:

  • Four submitted abstracts from the call for Star Search participants have been selected by ANPD’s Convention Content Planning Committee (CPC) to participate in Star Search during the 2024 Aspire Convention.
  • Each participant has 15 minutes total to give a brief presentation that is judged by members of the CPC and the audience.
  • The CPC score constitutes 75% of the total score and the audience score constitutes 25% of the total.
  • The participant who receives the highest score is invited to present a 60-minute concurrent session at the 2025 Aspire Convention in Las Vegas, NV and receives one complimentary convention registration.

2024 Star Search Participants

*Subject to change

Access Denied: Key Strategies for Inclusive Learning Design

Audience Level: Novice

  • Chelsea Tetzlaff, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CEN

Are you confident in your ability to create a handout accessible to individuals with deuteranopia? An expert at planning learning experiences with consideration to neurodivergent learners? A pro at incorporating non-binary gender identities into learning content? If you answered no to any of these questions, this session is for you! Grab your learning facilitator key, unlock your diversity toolbox, and walk away equipped with practical strategies to drill diversity principles into your education design process.

Hurt People Are Hurting People: De-Escalation Through Trauma Informed Care

Audience Level: Competent

  • Jaimie M. Talir, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

To make the leap from understanding trauma informed care to applying it to workplace violence prevention, organizations must think beyond addressing violent patient behavior through annual education. In this session, you'll experience first-hand a trauma informed coherence exercise and learn how one organization revamped their approach to incorporate trauma informed care in violence prevention for meaningful impact across broad caregiver audiences.

Supporting an Infrastructure for Experienced Nurses: A Fellowship Foundation

Audience Level: Competent

  • Melissa Oberle, DNP, RN, OCN, NPD-BC

Join an engaging discussion about the design and implementation of an experienced nurse fellowship program for a multi-state healthcare organization. Hear one NPD rising star briefly explain the positive impacts this program has had on role transition, professional development, and organizational retention.

Unlocking AI's Potential in NPD

Audience Level: Novice

  • Laura Irvin, MHL, BSN, RN

Step into the world of AI with confidence! This session will show NPD professionals, regardless of their tech experience, how AI can improve to your NPD practice. From simple brainstorming with AI to advanced uses, you'll discover the limitless possibilities.

 

2024 Winner

Congratulations to the 2024 ANPD Star Search Winner, Laura Irvin, MHL, BSN, RN who will be presenting her session, "Unlocking AI's Potential in NPD," at an ANPD event!

Unlocking AI's Potential in NPD
This session will show NPD professionals, regardless of their tech experience, how AI can improve to your NPD practice. From simple brainstorming with AI to advanced uses, you'll discover the limitless possibilities.