March 1, 2005

The 2005 OPEN MINDS Strategic Management Institute Focuses on 'New Game Plan for a New Era'

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - "Smaller budgets and more competition for resources drive the need for better strategy and more focused strategic management in the field. That's what drove our theme for the 2005 institute - 'new game plan for a new era,'" said OPEN MINDS President Monica E. Oss.

This year's 2005 Strategic Management Institute: Tools for Strategic Planning & Effective Management, will be held on May 19-20, 2005, in Phoenix, Arizona, at The Wigwam Resort & Golf Club.

Featured sessions include:

• Strategic Planning in an Evolving Environment: Trends Shaping Organizational Strategy in the Behavioral Health & Social Service Field by Monica E. Oss, President, OPEN MINDS
• Using 'Best Practice" Clinical Models to Improve the Bottom Line: The Franklin Family Services Case Study by Philip L. Sowders, Clinical Director, Franklin Family Services
• Building Your Team's Management Competencies: Assessment, Skill Building, & Succession Planning by John F. Talbot, Ph.D., Director of Business Development, OPEN MINDS
• Moving to Managed Care Case Rates: Executives Who Survived Panel Discussion Moderated by January H. Scott, Senior Consultant, OPEN MINDS
• A Model for Strategic Planning in a Time of Absolute Chaos by Jess Jamieson, Ph.D., President & CEO, Compass Health
• Integrating Child Welfare and Mental Health Services at the Operational Level Panel Discussion Moderated by January H. Scott, Senior Consultant, OPEN MINDS
• Impediments to Effective Strategic Planning by John F. Talbot, Ph.D., Director of Business Development, OPEN MINDS
• Implementing Strategy: Structure, Leadership, & Culture by Cyril Thomas, Account Manager, OPEN MINDS
• Clinical Leadership in a Managed Care Environment: A Roundtable Discussion of How to Succeed (Clinically & Financially) While Changing Client Relationships & Clinical Processes by Arthur Bregman, M.D., Medical Director & Chief Executive Officer, PsychSolutions Inc.
• How to Conduct a Financial & Operational Performance Assessment of Your Residential Treatment Program by Dan Aune, Senior Consultant, OPEN MINDS

Sponsors of the 2005 OPEN MINDS Strategic Management Institute include:
Creative Socio-Medics Corporation
Anasazi Software Inc.
National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers

Registration is $795 per person
Early Bird Registration ($695) deadline is March 18, 2005
Group rates are available.

For more information and a complete agenda, visit www.openminds.com/educ/omi2005sm.htm, call toll free 877-350-6463, or e-mail openminds@openminds.com.

OPEN MINDS is a market information and management consulting firm specializing in the behavioral health and social service field. For more information about OPEN MINDS contact: OPEN MINDS, 163 York Street, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325, phone: 717-334-1329, fax: 717-334-0538, E-mail: openminds@openminds.com, or visit our web site at www.openminds.com.

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