Vermont Council for Quality
Your Resource for Building and Achieving Organizational Excellence
July 2010 ~ Newsletter
Table of Contents:
memberWelcome New Members!
New Individual Member:
 
Braden Noll
 
Find out the benefits of membership and how your or your organization can join!
articlesArticles of Interest
symposiumVT Child Health Symposium
 Vermont Child Health Symposium: Partnerships to Promote Care Quality, Integration, and Coordination
 
July 29-31, 2010
 
University of Vermont
 
Co-Sponsored by UVM College of Medicine: Vermont Child Health Improvement Program and UVM Continuing Education
 
National News
regional2010 Baldrige Regional Conferences
September 14, 2010
 Newport Beach, CA
 
September 28, 2010
Nashville, TN
 
Learn more...
employmentQuality
 Employment Opportunities
Performance Management Leadership Team Positions Available at: U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Learn more...
 
webinarExcellence & Innovation Summer Rob Lawton picLeadership Webinar Series
Facilitator: Rob Lawton
 Noon-2 p.m.
August 13: Achieving 8 Dimensions of Excellence
 
August 20: The Voice of the Customer Times 12: Uncover, translate, measure & deliver what customers want
 
August 27: Measuring Satisfaction: With and Without Surveys

Register now!
examiner2010 Examiner Training and
 Re-Certification
 
Begins October 5 - Session 1 Webinar
The Vermont Council for Quality and Granite State Quality Council are partnering together to offer new and returning examiners a series of webinars and one in-person training day designed to develop each individual's capabilities to evaluate strengths and opportunities for improvement within narrative and survey assessments, write high quality comments, accurately score a narrative, identify site visit issues, and develop interview skills.
 
The Examiner training will introduce the new Baldrige National Quality Award process for evaluating applications for both new and returning examiners.   Learn more... 
 
October 5, 2010 - 1:00-4:30 p.m.
(Session 1 - Webinar)
Late October (TBD) 8:00-12:00 p.m. (Session 2 - Webinar)
 
November 9, 2010 - 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
(Session 3 - at the VA Medical Center in WRJ)
brlNew! Baldrige Resource Library
The Baldrige Resource Library contains over 1,000 articles and videos about organizational improvement and performance excellence across all industries and includes FREE access to anyone interested in using it. We also invite you to share your articles. 

It's THE place to answer questions such as: "How do I find out more about Baldrige?"; "Has anyone else done this?"; "How do I get started?"; "Should I do Baldrige, ISO, Lean, or Six Sigma?" -  All aspects of organizational improvement, Baldrige, the Criteria, quality methods and tools are covered.
 Baldrige Resource Library
Special thanks to the Alliance for Performance Excellence, the Baldrige Foundation, and the American Society for Quality for their partnership in organizing this online tool. 

org_profileNEW! VCQ Commitment Level Award
Organizational Profile
 
Vermont Council for Quality is pleased to announce the expansion of the Commitment level to recognize organizations who complete an Organizational Profile with an evaluation by a team of examiners. The participating organization will receive a Feedback Report on strengths, gaps and opportunities for improvement. 
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