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The Greater Spirit Family
We know that many members will travel to Annual Executive Meeting with family and friends. We are delighted that you choose to include your family with our family in this great experience. Here are ways your guests can have a great time too.
Please register your guest names via our online system. That way, they will be identified within the resort as participants with our group. Note that Boca Raton Resort & Club is an exclusive community. If individuals leave the property, they may have to identify themselves as guests of the resort to re-enter. If they are on our rooming list, they will be easily identified via Guest Services.
If you are traveling with children or teens, note that the Resort does offer several options for child care including a babysitting service and Camp Boca for youth aged 3 -11. To learn more, indicate your interest on your registration or contact the Resort directly at 888-491-2622.
When reserving tours or activities via the Boca Raton Resort & Club, please identify yourself as a member of our group. When available and if you choose, resort staff will attempt to book members of our group together.
Plan now to participate in an outstanding experience
We invite you to experience the “brilliance” of Spirit of Women as a hospital business strategy now and into the future. Great care and great pride is taken in preparing an experience that is informative, useful, engaging and fun. Here are a few highlights of the agenda at this year’s Annual Executive Meeting:
- Opening Session captures exciting highlights and trends from Spirit of Women over the past year and discusses upcoming strategy for the network
- CEO Day, Friday, July 11th, is packed with presentations from national thought leaders to pique your imagination around the evolution of healthcare
- Annual Red Shoe Ball and National Network Awards entertains and engages you in a glamorous, fun environment
- Daily breakouts give you up close and personal access to learn best practices to elevate and enhance your Spirit implementation
- Speaker Showcase demonstrates the talent of our Speakers’ Bureau
- Social and networking activities introduce you to your fellow executives and provide a foundation for future resourceful contacts
- Post meeting activities – Spirit Spa Retreat and Spirit Golf Scramble – provide a leisurely experience for you to unwind and decompress before you depart!
Review our most current agenda and check back often to see new information as it is added.
Experience the Sunshine State
For those of you planning to venture onto the playground that is South Florida, there are many options for dining, entertainment, water sports, shopping and sightseeing. Explore what’s available or just relax on the lovely white beaches which are easily reachable from the resort.
Boca Raton Resort & Club offers a wide variety of activities and accommodations on campus. Additionally, they can provide information about, and make arrangements for, various off-resort tours and excursions. When you register, please indicate any areas of interest and a resort representative can follow up with you. You may of course visit the resort website and click on Resort Activities to learn about offerings or call the resort directly at 888-491-2622.
Check out these other sites for more information on area activities:
City of Boca Raton
www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us
10 Best Things to do in Boca
www.10best.com/Boca_Raton
Palm Beach County Convention & Visitors’ Bureau
www.palmbeachfl.com
Special Pampering Opportunity
Join Spirit members as we gather at the close of Annual Executive Meeting for a truly exceptional experience at Spa Palazzo, modeled after Spain’s Alhambra Palace. This magnificent Boca Raton spa is located within the Boca Raton Resort & Club and grants guests and members exclusive access to a luxurious world of relaxation, rejuvenation and beauty. A perfect way to wrap-up your outstanding Annual Executive Meeting experience and “walk the talk” of self-care that we promote to our patients!
Defined by its palatial gardens, private pool with an outdoor cascade, secluded sunning terraces and quiet serenity, this bastion of tranquility is truly unlike anything else in Florida. Offering 44 treatment rooms and a comprehensive menu of signature treatments, Spa Palazzo is truly the perfect escape for an extraordinary Florida spa experience. Even more impressively, Spa Palazzo’s team of highly trained professionals delivers a level of service and personalized attention virtually unmatched in the industry, creating a spa experience certain to exceed the expectations of even the most discerning guests – which we are!
The Spirit Spa Retreat will be on Sunday, July 13th from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. A special Spirit Relaxation Area, with light refreshments, will be available during the retreat for group participants to enjoy the elegant setting and one another. Or, escape on your own to experience one of these enticing features:
- Relaxation areas including saunas, steam rooms, inhalation rooms, Deluge and Swiss showers, whirlpools, and soaking tubs
- Private pool surrounded by sun-warmed terraces, tropical gardens and an outdoor cascade providing the soothing sounds of falling water.
- Great Hall, a quiet conservatory, the ideal place to enjoy the serenity that truly defines Spa Palazzo
- Luxurious surroundings, inspired by Spain’s legendary Alhambra Palace, with detailed archways, colorful mosaics, palatial gardens, and cascades
- Salon di Palazzo, full-service beauty salon
Spirit group members (including personal guests) should make Spa appointments no later than July 1st. Spa services may be booked during the retreat time or at your convenience. All spa service costs are the responsibility of the individual; however, we have arranged with Spa Palazzo to offer a special discount based on group volume. A discount may be offered based on group size as of July 1st. Only group participants who are on our rooming list and who reserve a service by July 1st will be eligible to receive the group discount. Note that standard spa cancellation policies apply.
To book your service, contact the spa directly at 561.347.4772 and identify yourself as a Spirit of Women group participant.
Spirit Members meeting on the Greens
Calling all golfers! Don’t miss the Spirit Golf Scramble at the close of Annual Executive Meeting. The Boca Raton Resort & Club has a rich history and tradition as one of the finest golf resorts in Florida. Dating back to the times when PGA professionals Sam Snead and Tommy Amour held positions on staff, the Boca Raton Resort & Club has always sought to offer a unique, exclusive and luxurious year-round golf experience. Featuring two 18-hole championship courses including the signature Resort Course, the Dave Pelz Scoring Game School and a variety of other exclusive facilities and services, the Boca Raton Resort & Club delivers the perfect blend of history, amenities, luxuries and challenges for your next Florida golf vacation.
The Resort Course, originally designed in 1926 by William Flynn, is one of the oldest and most historic courses in the state of Florida. Today, the par-71 course plays 6,253 yards from the back tees and features a variety of elevation changes and 12 surface acres of water including a signature water feature designed by Hugh Hughes. The Resort Course is dedicated to Tommy Armour and Sam Snead who both served as golf professionals at the Resort from 1926 to 1955, and 1956 to 1969, respectively.
COURSE: Gold Tees: 6,253 Yards; 69.3 Rating; 128 Slope; Blue Tees: 5,902 Yards; 67.6 Rating; 124 Slope; White Tees: 5,588 Yards; 66.4 Rating; 119 Slope; Green Tees: 5,142 Yards; 64.3 / 68.7 Rating; 107 / 122 Slope; Red Tees: 4,503 Yards; 65.5 Rating; 112 Slope
SCRAMBLE RULES: All players will tee off on each hole. The best tee shot is then selected, and all four players hit their second shot from that point. The best second shot is selected and all four players hit their third from that location and so on until the ball is holed. Each 4-person team will receive one score. USGA rules govern all play, in addition to any applicable local rules.
The Spirit Golf Scramble will be on Sunday, July 13th beginning with a shotgun start at 1:00 pm and ending at 4:00 pm. Fee to participate is approximately $130.00. Rental clubs and shoes are available. Join the fun by emailing Jennifer Buitrago at jbuitrago@spiritofwomen.com with your handicap by June 2nd. Teams will be posted and announced onsite. Note that tee times are available throughout the duration of Annual Executive Meeting, as well, by calling 561-447-3078. Remember, when booking a tee time, please identify yourself as a member of our group.
Spirit Member CEO’s contribute to national strategy session
An ongoing part of our Annual Executive Meeting is our CEO forum which invites and engages our member CEO’s in dialog around issues of significance to American hospitals. This year, our CEO forum will be held on Friday, July 11th. Our Chief Executives will participate in the curriculum of the larger meeting for the morning which explores two important topics:
- Entering the Age of Virtual Healthcare
- Letting Go of Healthcare Assumptions
CEO’s will then gather for an exclusive, facilitated review and response session to the programs of Spirit of Women and the increasing challenges in the US healthcare industry.
Friday evening includes an invitation for CEO’s and a guest to our Annual Red Shoe Ball and National Network Awards event to celebrate Spirit of Women success in moving American women into a healthier future. One hospital, one doctor, one lifestyle step at a time.
Spirit of Women is pleased to provide CEO’s a complimentary one night stay at the Boca Raton Resort & Club as well as to assume the cost of his/her attendance at the conference, all meals and invitations for the CEO and a guest to the Red Shoe Ball. Transportation is at the discretion of each hospital.
Note that CEO’S may be represented at Annual Executive Meeting by a C-Suite designee of Vice President or higher. Each CEO or C-Suite designee should indicate that status when registering for the meeting so that we may share information and prepare materials appropriately. We appreciate your understanding of the high level, proprietary nature of our annual CEO forum.
Members Showcase Opportunities at Annual Executive Meeting
Net•work(n) \'net-,werk\: a usually informally interconnected group or association of persons (as friends or professional colleagues). So, let’s make this more formal! We are looking for members who are willing to be showcased at Annual Executive Meeting.
Our format at Annual Executive Meeting includes various opportunities for members to showcase their successful Spirit implementation. Showcase participants are asked to prepare a short overview (verbal, written and/or presentation) of an aspect of their Spirit program that they are particularly proud of, have had particular success with or is particularly unique.
We are seeking member overviews in the following subject areas:
- Day of Dance
- Family Spirit
- Mid-Life Series (What Women Put Up With, Get What You Need Out of Life)
- New Mom Moments
- Spirit Girls’ Night Out
- Spirit of Nursing
- Spirit of Women Awards
- Spirit of Women Magazine
Interested in participating in a member showcase? Click here (Subject: Showcase my hospital!) and send us a message about which topic you are interested in by June 2nd. Your network coordinator will follow up with you to facilitate your participation.
Networking in Spirit Style
Annual Executive Meeting is a time to renew acquaintances and forge new relationships. It is the one time each year that all members gather to celebrate and share the successes of Spirit of Women as a body. We challenge and encourage you to look within the network for solutions, best practices, ideas and support as you set about the work of your hospital. To assist in your connection to other Spirit members, we will again produce the much acclaimed, much used and much anticipated Spirit Membership Directory!
All attendees at Annual Executive Meeting are included in our directory. This is an excellent way to stay in touch throughout the year with other Spirit executives who you meet at AEM. Jot notes of your conversations. Record members who have models you want to learn more about. Make a friend! Your directory will become a great professional resource.
We are requesting that you provide us with a high resolution JPEG to include with your profile. Photos should be sent via email to Jennifer Buitrago at jbuitrago@spiritofwomen.com not later than June 2, 2008. For members in previous Spirit directories, we will use your photo on file at the national office unless we receive a replacement photo from you by the deadline.
Spirit After Dark
We carry our Spirit networking into the evening with special events for our members. This year we welcome members in true South Florida fashion with the Havana Tropicana Opening Reception. Sunshine state glamour is in full effect at the Red Shoe Ball and National Network Awards. And, don’t miss the fun, informal Spirit Experience: Easy Spanish Lessons and Karaoke Night.
All evening events are included for registered member representatives as well as registered guests (see logistics packet for guest package details).
Attire is as follows.
- Havana Tropicana: evening casual or tropical theme (outdoor event)
- Red Shoe Ball: semi-formal
- Spirit Experience: casual
Red Shoe Ball and National Network Awards
The Red Shoe Initiative has quickly become a mainstay in the fabric of Spirit of Women. A more longstanding initiative – the Spirit Awards – is continuing to impact women across the country. The two join together in our 1st Annual Red Shoe Ball and National Network Awards, an event to celebrate Spirit of Women success in moving American women into a healthier future. One hospital, one doctor, one lifestyle step at a time.
For ten consecutive years, Spirit of Women has recognized ordinary women who take extraordinary action to make your community a better place to live. Most recently, the Red Shoe Initiative has motivated women to take action for their personal health improvement. The impact of each initiative is noteworthy and together, AWESOME.
The Red Shoe Ball is Friday, July 11th and will be held at Boca Raton Resort & Club. The evening consists of dinner, awards and dancing in a setting that pays tribute to dance, the Red Shoe Initiative, and our member hospitals! Honorees will include our three Spirit of Women national award winners as well as our Spirit of Nursing national storyboard winner, among other special recognitions.
Attendance at this event is included for each complimentary member attendee in addition to the member CEO and guest. Attire is semi-formal.
All members can anticipate receiving official Red Shoe Ball and National Network Awards invitations prior to Annual Executive Meeting!
Only two weeks left to register for our 