Business Development Committee

The Business Development Committee is responsible for securing sponsorships and grants for the CPNP Annual Meeting. As well, this committee works to generate and submit ideas which serve as the basis for industry supported symposia on topics of interest to CPNP Annual Meeting attendees.

You can review information on the current Committee Members and their Charges by downloading the PDF version.

Charges to the Business Development Committee

  1. By June 30, 2011, further refine process for symposia development and solicitation for offerings at 2012 Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida by developing a process.
    Metric: Development of a form approved by committee and meeting ACPE criteria.
  2. By July 15, 2011, identify medical education companies and contacts that CPNP could/should approach regarding symposia development.
    Metric: Review of ACPE and CME providers list, discussions with Current Psychiatry to identify contacts, phone calls to past medication education company partners, identification of main psychiatry meeting providers. Prime targets contacted by phone by staff.
  3. By July 15, 2011, identify pharmaceutical companies that CPNP can solicit for support of Product Theaters at the Annual Meeting. Solicit CPNP members employed in pharmaceutical industry for contacts.
  4. By July 31, update the sponsor invitation piece for use for 2012 solicitations.
    Metric: Timely distribution.
  5. By July 31, have 12-15 written symposium ideas developed using the agreed upon form for presentation to committee.
    Metric: Written documents available for distribution to identified medication education companies by deadline.
  6. By July 31, have 3-5 completed symposium proposals using the agreed upon form to be presented to medical education companies for further enhancement and pursuit of pharmaceutical industry support of the Annual Meeting.
  7. By September 30th, actively begin to secure educational grants and sponsorships for the 2012 Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida.
  8. After successfully partnering with selected CME companies, ensure that symposium proposals are developed and uploaded to grant sites by October 31, 2011 or as grant sites are available. Metric: 75% of developed symposium ideas completed and uploaded to grant sites.

Charges to All Committees

  1. By June 30, 2011, as appropriate to each committee, appoint a liaison to the quarterly focus group to participate both as a CPNP member and as a representative of the committee’s interests.
  2. By June 30, 2011, submit committee recommendations regarding programming, workshops and roundtables to Program Committee. Note that all suggestions will be considered but not all can be accepted.
  3. Submit committee recommendations regarding possible member and non-member products and services to the Publications and Online Services Committee. Note that all suggestions will be considered but not all can be completed.
  4. Send a liaison to the quarterly focus group to participate both as a CPNP member and as a representative of the committee interests.
  5. Support The Mental Health Clinician by submitting timely content for publication as necessary, recommending relevant authors and sources as possible, and providing feedback as requested.
  6. As appropriate to committee efforts and planned scope of work, develop survey questions to include in the CPNP fall member needs assessment.
  7. As a committee and as individual members, support CPNP by:
    • Nominating individuals for leadership positions
    • Nominating individuals for awards
    • Contributing to and expanding the Shared Resources section of the website.
    • Participating in membership activities such as membership polls, the CPNP list, surveys, poster session, poster awards, etc.