
AONL Committees and Task Forces
Members help AONL meet the ever-changing needs of nursing leadership by volunteering their service and expertise. Driven by the AONL strategic plan, committees and task forces work to meet the needs of the field. The AONL Foundation and Advocacy Center offer volunteer opportunities for members and supporters.
2020 Committee AONL Annual Conference
Serve as advisory to staff in the development of the content of the AONL Annual Conference. Review the evaluations and address issues from the prior Annual Conference. Serve as presentation advisors. Meeting type: Business conducted on conference calls and in-person planning retreat.
2020 Committee Continuum of Care Committee
Review and develop initiatives to support the expanding role of nurse leaders across the continuum of care. Meeting type: Business conducted through conference calls and via email
2020 Committee Education Committee
Serve as advisory committee to AONL education offerings focusing on online learning opportunities, including identifying topics and speakers for monthly webinars in response to emergent issues affecting nursing leadership. Serve as abstract reviewers for webinar and AONL annual conference submissions. Meeting type: Business conducted on conference calls and via email.
2020 Committee Publications Committee
Determine issue focus, solicit and author manuscripts for AONL’s newsletter, Voice of Nursing Leadership. Advise, as needed, on publications opportunities, manuscripts, and other media brought to AONL for endorsement or review. Solicit and author (as appropriate) manuscripts and other publications as requested from other organizations or journals. Meeting type: Business conducted on monthly conference calls and one in-person meeting.
2020 Committee Membership Committee
Support and implement membership recruitment and retention strategies to grow and strengthen the diversity of age, level of responsibility and organization setting of the AONL membership. Leadership does not require a management title. Meeting type: Business conducted on conference calls and via email.
2020 Task Force Awards Selection Task Force
Review and select recipients of exemplary leadership and mentorship, prism and affiliate achievement awards. Meeting type: Business conducted on conference calls.
2020 Task Force Nurse Manager and Director Fellow Selection Task Force
Review applications and select 2020 class. Meeting type: Business conducted on conference calls and via email.
2020 Task Force System CNE Task Force
Review and develop initiatives to support the needs of the system chief nurse executive. Meeting type: Business conducted on conference calls and via email.

From committees to auction planning groups, the AONL Foundation offers AONL members and supporters roles focused on how to best benefit the field by serving as advisors, think tanks, idea generators and sounding boards.