The ANPD 2026 Aspire Convention: NPD Essentials Package offers on-demand access to recorded sessions from this year’s Aspire Convention in Louisville, KY.  New this year, our NPD Essentials Track sessions describe NPD practice skills, knowledge, attitudes, or judgments that aid in developing the professional skills of NPD practitioners, providing tangible takeaways to implement. Content is designed to elevate NPD practice across all levels of experience and practice settings. Advance your expertise, strengthen your impact, and continue aspiring toward excellence in nursing professional development with this robust, flexible learning opportunity.

This comprehensive package includes:

• 2 Inspiring Keynote Presentations – Thought-provoking sessions delivered by nationally recognized leaders, designed to energize and challenge nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners.
• 15 NPD Essentials Presentations – Core content focused on foundational and emerging topics essential to NPD practice, providing practical strategies and evidence-based insights that can be immediately applied in your organization.
• 4 Star Search Presentations – ANPD's annual Star Search competition encourages aspiring speakers to compete for an opportunity to present a concurrent session at the next annual Aspire convention.  Watch this year’s competition unfold!

Click on the Content tab to learn more about each session included coming soon.

Attended the 2026 Aspire Convention in Louisville? Don’t let the learning end there!  Add this curated NPD Essentials collection to explore additional content from concurrent sessions that you may missed attending live.

Were you unable to attend Aspire in person? Now’s your chance to view key sessions at your own pace; wherever, whenever!

Association for Nursing Professional Development is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Advance your expertise, strengthen your impact, and continue aspiring toward excellence in nursing professional development with this robust, flexible learning opportunity.

Outcome: 80% of participants will report that the ANPD 2026 Aspire Convention: NPD Essentials Package sessions increased their knowledge of topics that are relevant to their current or future NPD practice. 

Intended Audience:

Registered nurses practicing in the specialty of nursing professional development; registered nurses functioning as nursing education instructors, who facilitate education of healthcare professionals, and nursing faculty; and professional development associates.

ANCC NCPD Contact Hours Awarded: 

15.5 total contact hours available; see individual session listings for details.

*Please Note: Those who attended Aspire 2026 in person may only receive contact hours once for each completed session. Hours claimed for individual session(s) attended live at Aspire may not be claimed again in this package. However, Aspire 2026 attendees may claim contact hours for completed package sessions that were not claimed at Aspire live.

Successful Completion: 

Awarding of contact hours is commensurate with successful completion of each individual session. 

To be awarded ANCC NCPD contact hours, participants must: 

1. View the entire individual session recording(s)
2. Complete the individual session evaluation(s)

Continuing Education: Association for Nursing Professional Development is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Expiration: TBD

Registration: 

ANPD Member: $250.00

Non-Member: $350.00

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