Other Officials
Newsletter Editor(s)
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Coordinator/s
Academy Research Council Liaison/s
Website Committee Chair
Awards Chair
Student Representative Position
Sponsorship/Fundraising Chair
Webinar Coordinator
Mentorship Coordinator
Social Networking Coordinator
Membership Coordinator
Policy and Advocacy Leader
Newsletter Editor(s) will be appointed by the Chair and approved by the RDPG Committee for a two (2) year term and may be reappointed for (1) additional term. Functions of the Newsletter Editor(s) are to:
- Prepare general outline and production schedule for four (4) newsletter issues per year.
- Edit all articles, reports, etc. to be published.
- Communicate guidelines for article submission.
- Arrange all newsletter services.
- Perform other duties as specified in the current job description.
- Work with the Continuing Professional Education Coordinator to identify and prepare articles for continuing professional education credit.
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Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Coordinator/s will be appointed by the Chair for a two (2) year
term and may be reappointed. Functions of the CPE Coordinator are to:
- Work with the Newsletter Editor(s) to prepare articles for continuing professional education (CPE) credit.
- Coordinate with Newsletter Editor and DPG Relations Manager to ensure all CPE self-study criteria are being met (e.g. obtaining qualified item writers and content experts) per policy C-14 and that CPE Accreditation Standards are consistently met.
- Maintain lists of all CPE participants as applicable.
- Obtain CPE for webinars and other PG activities as needed and submit requests online for CPE
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Academy Research Council Liaison/s appointee/s will be suggested to the President of the Academy by the RDPG Chair upon consultation with the Executive Committee. The Academy President assigns the term length.
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Website Committee Chair will be appointed by the Chair for a two year term and may be reappointed. Functions are to:
- Develop a committee to maintain the website.
- Troubleshoot member concerns with access
- Update the website pages that are currently active.
- Provide direction to the webmaster for design or changes.
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Awards Chair will be appointed by the Chair for a three year term and may be reappointed. Functions are to:
- Establish awards based on funds available that year
- Develop criteria to evaluate awards
- Oversee advertising of DPG awards in coordination with the Academy, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the DPG Secretary.
- Create a committee to systematically review awards based on criteria developed for evaluating awards
- Contact award winners and those who did not get the awards
- Provide awards to winners at FNCE
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Student Representative Position will be appointed by the Chair for a two year term and may not be reappointed. Functions are to:
- Provide quarterly updates for The Digest in coordination with the Newsletter Editor
- Provide quarterly announcements for monthly eblasts and LinkedIn in coordination with the secretary and social networking coordinator.
- Help advertise awards to increase student involvement in the DPG.
- Send fellowship and grant opportunities out on the EML
- Complete one project as designated by the needs of the DPG and Executive Committee. This may include but is not limited to projects for The Digest, the website, and increasing student member engagement and retention.
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Sponsorship/Fundraising Chair will be appointed by the Chair and serve a three year term which may be reappointed. Functions are to:
- Form a sponsorship committee to review contracts and elicit sponsors
- Communicate status of sponsorship in monthly reports to Executive Committee
- Update the prospectus annually or as needed
- Coordinate contracts between sponsors, Academy, and RDPG
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Webinar Coordinator will be appointed by the Chair and serve a two year term which may be reappointed. Functions are to:
- Work with sponsors and presenters for successful webinars
- Work with CPE Coordinator and apply for CEU using Academy-approved means
- Coordinate advertising and sign-up efforts with Academy liaison and RDPG Secretary
- Work with Academy liaison to ensure that RDPG members are free for webinars and an appropriate price for non-members that would like to attend webinar
- Run webex license during webinar
- Coordinate smooth functioning of webinars. For example, conduct practice runs of webinars as appropriate
- Moderate live webinars
- Record webinars as needed for archiving on DPG’s member area of website.
- Work with Website Coordinator to ensure webinars are archived on the DPG’s member’s only site
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Mentorship Coordinator will be appointed by the Chair and has a two year term. Functions are to:
- Connect interested students to interested mentors
- Trouble-shoot when necessary to best help ensure mentees and mentors have a positive experience
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Social Networking Coordinator will be appointed by the Chair and has a two year term. Functions are to:
- Oversee the RDPG’s current social media (ex. LinkedIn) and any future expansions of social media.
- Ensure participants in social media are RDPG members
- Manage all social media which includes:
- Rights to group as manager
- Making changes as needed to assure smooth running of social media while maintaining a reputable social presence of the RDPG
- Monitor DPG member posts
- Provide at least monthly posts
- Communicate to the Exec Committee at monthly meetings current membership numbers and social networking traffic and activity
- Adhere to the Academy’s Social Media Guidelines
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Membership Coordinator will be appointed by the Chair and serve a two year term. Functions are to:
- Communicate monthly membership numbers (full members, retired, student) to the Executive Committee at monthly meetings.
- Encourage membership renewal in April/May.
- Send welcome email to renewing members in June.
- Contact members who chose not to renew to encourage membership
- Work with the student representative and others relative to membership as needed.
Policy and Advocacy Leader (PAL) will be appointed by the Chair and serve a three year term. Functions are to:
- Attending Public Policy Workshop each year in Washington DC
- Communicate as needed, or at least quarterly, Academy policy initiatives to members – EML, eblast – with direct links to Academy’s Grassroot’s Manager
- Refer to Academy policy P-5 DPG/MIG Involvement with Legislation and Public Policy Issues for more details on job responsibilities.
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