Limbo: straddling the present and future

• Published in: Journal of environmental health Vol. 76; no. 6; pp. 6 - 7
• Main Author: Collins, Alicia Enriquez
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Environmental Health Association 01-01-2014
• Subjects: Associations; Conferences; Demographic aspects; Electronic commerce; Environmental health; Environmental Health - organization & administration; Environmental Health - trends; Environmental protection; Generations; Humans; Millennials; Organizational change; Presidents; Professional associations; Technology application; Teleconferencing; United States; Workforce; United States; USA, Florida
• ISSN: 0022-0892

The changes happening in our workforce and professional associations were recently well articulated by this year's Florida Environmental Health Association (FEHA) President Robert Maglievaz in his presidential address at FEHA's annual conference. Some examples of recent changes within NEHA include 1) e-Learning opportunities online, 2) learning laboratory formats for our conferences, 3) virtual conferences where participants can tune in remotely either live or at a later time, 4) E-News publications one to two times per month, 5) release of an E-Journal last month, 6) e-mail blasts for quick dissemination of information, 7) development of an electronic communication tool for information exchange between affiliate presidents, 8) e-commerce, 9) creation of environmental health blogs, and 10) community outreach efforts at annual conferences.