Don’t miss the 2022 Shark Tank Power Seminar, returning this year by popular demand. Effective innovation starts and ends with people and requires the use of data to measure effectiveness and progress. Leaders hoping to successfully introduce change must recognize patterns of behavior, mindsets, and output to continually refine the approach. Innovation is an iterative process that never ends, requiring both vision and perseverance.

In this highly interactive seminar, you will collaborate with other participants to develop and pitch an innovation project. You will also hear from leading experts in innovation in public safety and healthcare, share your stories of success and struggles with innovation and leave with specific strategies to help your organization move forward. The session will culminate with a special “EMS Innovation Shark Tank,” when groups will present their innovation ideas to a panel of EMS sharks and try to convince them their ideas are worth the investment of time and resources necessary to take your organizations to the next level.

You will learn:

• How to encourage innovation in a stagnant organization
• How to develop and sustain a culture of innovation
• Concepts and take-home strategies that can be implemented immediately
• Tools and tricks to help you “sell” innovative ideas to your teams

Faculty include Roxanne Peek, MBA, a partner with Fitch & Associates and CEO of LifeFlight Eagle Air Medical Program in Kansas City, Missouri; Tom Judge, Executive Director and Co-Founder of LifeFlight of Maine; and Mike Taigman, MA, an expert in healthcare improvement strategies and the Improvement Guide for FirstWatch. They will be joined by a panel of EMS “sharks” including Ed Racht, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Global Medical Response, and Rob Lawrence, Director of Strategic Implementation with Pro EMS and Executive Director of the California Ambulance Association. Also circling the tank this year are two new sharks: Joelle Donofrio-Ödmann, DO, who serves as an Associate Professor at the UCSD School of Medicine, and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the City of San Diego and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, and Dr. Remle Crowe, Director of Research at ESO.

This session will be extended through 12:45 pm and participants will enjoy a special lunch. As we dine, we’ll hear the “pitches” from the Shark Tank session and see which ideas win out.

This session is sponsored by Blink