THE CONFERENCE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR THE 2025 CQI CONFERENCE IS OPEN

Deadline for Submission: May 2, 2025
Conference Dates: October 28 & 29, 2025
Location: IHotel and Conference Center, Champaign, IL
Submit Proposal: https://forms.gle/Z4ui9ykHAtYQYykR8

MISSION OF THE ILLINOIS CQI COMMUNITY GROUP

We are a community of human services professionals working to promote and enhance the value of CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) by providing opportunities for professional development, peer support, and collaboration.

ABOUT THE 2025 CQI CONFERENCE: "DRIVING CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INTO THE FUTURE"

The 2025 Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Conference marks a decade of progress, innovation, and impact. As we celebrate 10 years of excellence, this year's conference is dedicated to celebrating and learning from the past, embracing the present, and shaping the future of quality improvement.

PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE AND TARGET AUDIENCE

The CQI Community Group's annual conference is a capacity building and networking event. This milestone event will bring together leaders, practitioners, and visionaries from diverse sectors, including healthcare, social services, education, and business. Through dynamic featured speakers, interactive workshops, and thought-provoking discussions, attendees will gain valuable insights into how continuous improvement principles are shaping the future of work, service delivery, and community impact. Our audience is primarily CQI staff, but also includes leadership and direct-service staff from community-based, academic, state, and government settings. It is an opportunity for people from a variety of professional backgrounds to come together to explore strategies for developing, managing, and participating in the CQI process that will lead to better outcomes for children, adults, families, and communities. The conference will be geared toward attendees with basic to advanced CQI knowledge and skills.

CQI IS FOR EVERYONE

When we say CQI is for everyone, we mean everyone. The CQI Community group promotes diversity among workshop presenters and is committed to building a vibrant and empowered community. We encourage submissions from a variety of professional affiliations (government, academic, corporate, non-profit, or community-based providers), organization sizes (small, medium, or large), experience levels (whether you are a subject matter expert with a research team or a quality improvement peer with a great idea), and geography (both inside and outside Illinois). Collaborative sessions representing multiple organizations are also encouraged. We want to hear from you!

Join us as we reflect on a decade of achievements, share success stories, and set the course for the next era of transformation and innovation to ignite the future of quality improvement.

DEFINING THE DESTINATION: KEY FOCUS AREAS

We are seeking proposals for workshops that feature innovative quality improvement strategies, methods, and tools that are practical, proven, or promising. We are looking for presentations that speak to the impact and/or practical application of the chosen topic and fall into the following presentation styles:

• Informative: This style can be a lecture format or Ted Talk format on how an organization created/implemented a CQI strategy or method, and share successes and challenges in the field.
• Collaborative: This style could include a Think Tank format, Panel, Question and Answer session, roundtables, or group learning with discussion between presenters and attendees.
• Teaching: This style could include step-by-step instructions on how to use a new skill, tool, or technology with demonstrations and hands-on practice. For example, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Assessment, or a QI Process.

Well-designed workshops will equip attendees with concrete tools and forward-thinking solutions that provide experiences aligning with the significance of our 10-year milestone and beyond. Sessions with similar content or themes may be merged into collaborative panels, sparking dynamic conversations that propel CQI into the future.

ATTEND A VIRTUAL RFP INFORMATION SESSION

Monday, March 24, 2025: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/unFEuF36Q2i9TCebFcJXVQ

Monday, April 14, 2025: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zaKdfZyqThOpZ9mPCDDfeA

If you would like to download the RFP in a Word document to use as a reference copy before submitting your completed proposal electronically, please click here: 2025 RFP Reference Doc

Note: Only 3 speakers per organization will qualify for the reduced $275 speaker registration fee. To increase accessibility for our community, speakers will be asked to send presentation materials in advance so they can be shared with participants via the CQI Community Website.