The Academy of LDS Dentists

I bet that you didn't know that there is an Academy of LDS Dentists, I know what you may be thinking, but before you think any further let me tell you what they're about. The Academy was established by world renowned dentist surgeon, Gordon Christensen, for the purpose of providing humanitarian dental service to individuals in other countries. To read more about their organization visit their website.

Every year the dentists have a conference, hosted by BYU Conferences and Workshops. It's actually like four mini conferences all tucked into one organization. The different sections of the conference include: a dentist section, where they learn new techniques, etc.; a spouse section, similar to a mini Women's Conference; a youth section (ages 6 to 11); and a teen (ages 12 to 18) section. It is a huge weekend for our office, and requires 'all hands on deck.' This year I was lucky enough to have been able to plan the entire spouse section. I started planning for August 12-13, 2011 in November of 2010. I worked with the President of the spouse program, Rebecca M., to establish a theme, a color scheme, a stellar schedule, and a dynamic line-up of speakers. It was amazing to me how conscious conference planners must be to the little details.

Over the next several posts, I will be discussing different aspects of the conference.