Get Ready for the New RMDC Experience!

By Nicole Furuta, DDS

I know we all hoped that 2020 would end and the daily challenges would improve over time. Yet 2021 has brought its own set of challenges which have been both rewarding and frustrating at times. We are hoping the 2022 RMDC this January 20-22 will help you to reconnect with colleagues, build up your teams (and maybe help add to them), provide solutions to some of those challenges and help you set new goals for the year to come.

For my practice, RMDC has always felt like a time to catch our breath and get excited for the upcoming year, and as the 2022 RMDC Chair, it has been refreshing to reconnect with colleagues online and in-person to prepare for this experience. The RMDC team is excited to bring live, in-person and virtual world-class thought leaders and industry experts to the RMDC educational program beginning Thursday, January 20, 2022. (Registration is open now at www.rmdconline.com.)

We would like to thank you for your input over the past year and assure you that we listened to the communities’ broad range of suggestions. One thing 2020/2021 has shown us is the need for flexibility, and we believe RMDC offers exactly the right balance and spectrum of opportunities to appeal to everyone’s needs.

Whether you choose to enjoy RMDC education sessions while sipping coffee in your PJ’s from home or experience RMDC in-person alongside your team and colleagues, we think your experience will be second-tonone. "I believe that if you want a truly remarkable team, you need to give them the tools to be remarkable. I am a huge believer in what RMDC can do for those trying to build and retain amazing teams."

If you are looking for ways to differentiate your practice from others, what better way than committing to invest in your team and their continuing education?

For 2022, we cultivated a speaker lineup with a focus on a continuing education experience that will help you train and retain team members including front office, assistants, hygienists and doctors.

The RMDC Convention Arrangements Committee especially wanted to help practices stand out to prospective team members. For that, we sought out speakers geared towards building a strong culture with effective communication and collaboration that will help your practice be the type of place new hires need to work at. And, the type of business that retains team members for years to come.

I hope you take the opportunity to build on the foundation of knowledge and experience we’ve put together that is hard to find collectively outside of the RMDC experience!

I believe that if you want a truly remarkable team, you need to give them the tools to be remarkable. I am a huge believer in what RMDC can do for those trying to build and retain amazing teams. It’s a key part of my practice, I feel helped to prevent (or a least slow down) the inevitable turnover that we all see in our practices. It all started with two questions that date back to my first year as a new practice owner with a lot more debt than I’d ever imagined.

Me: “What if I spend all this money on RMDC educating my team and they decide to leave?”

My Mentor: “What if you don’t, and they decide to stay?”

We are excited to have commentator, author and former Denver Bronco, Reggie Rivers, speaking at Opening Session. I hope he will motivate and inspire you and your team with, “What the NFL Can Teach Us About Leadership and Teamwork in Our Practices.”

The Expo Hall is back with over 200 vendors ready to connect with you and your team. While you are in the Expo Hall, don’t forget to take advantage of our Summit Stage speakers who will be speaking on a variety of topics such as online presence, practice transitions, alveolar ridge preservation and airway dentistry.

We have brought back many of your favorite events at RMDC including essential hands-on instruction, social hours in the Expo Hall and several alumni association events. We also have a brand-new kickoff event this year. Get those singing voices ready for the Dueling Piano Party at the Hyatt on Thursday evening at 6:00pm!

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come together with our community at the 2022 Rocky Mountain Dental Convention. Please, come prepared for some great continuing education, amazing team building and reconnecting with your colleagues. I want to thank the team at MDDS and all the committee members who contributed countless hours to make this the best RMDC yet. I am looking forward to seeing you there!