{"id":1371,"date":"2024-10-15T13:52:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T17:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/aspen-dev\/conference\/?page_id=1371"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:58:18","slug":"justification-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/attend\/justification-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Justification Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"interior-header-block \">\n        <div class=\"interior-header\">\n                    <div class=\"header-left\">\n                    <div class=\"content-summary\">Need help asking for support and approval to attend the conference? Read on for information about using our Justification Toolkit.<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"header-right \">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"intro-content-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/10\/Attendees-in-Session.jpg?ver=1729264418\" alt=\"Attendees in Session\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/>\n                                        <div class=\"intro-content-content\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div> \n\n\n\r\n<div class=\"next-steps-wrap\">\r\r\n        <div class=\"h4\"><\/div>\r\r\n        <h2>Download Justification Toolkit<\/h2>\r\r\n        <div class=\"description\">This\u00a0ASPEN26 Justification Toolkit\u00a0will help you prepare the best proposal to attend and\u2014most importantly\u2014help you\u00a0focus on what you will bring back to the organization as a return on their investment. There\u2019s a conference schedule that lists the sessions, a worksheet where you can outline the conference offerings most relevant to your organization and expected expenses, and a sample email to use in your request to attend the conference.<\/div>\r\r\n        <div class=\"next-steps-block\">\r\r\n        \r\n        <a class=\"step\" href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/08\/A26-Toolkit-Conference-Program.pdf\">\r\r\n                <span>Conference Program (PDF)<\/span><icon><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"13\" height=\"12\" viewBox=\"0 0 13 12\" fill=\"none\">\r\r\n        <path d=\"M6.85063 11.25C6.65875 11.25 6.46688 11.1769 6.32031 11.0303C6.0275 10.7375 6.0275 10.2625 6.32031 9.96968L9.54002 6.74997H1.60059C1.18653 6.74997 0.850586 6.41403 0.850586 5.99996C0.850586 5.5859 1.18653 5.24996 1.60059 5.24996H9.54002L6.32031 2.03024C6.0275 1.73743 6.0275 1.26243 6.32031 0.969611C6.61313 0.676796 7.08813 0.676796 7.38095 0.969611L11.881 5.46964C12.1738 5.76246 12.1738 6.23746 11.881 6.53028L7.38095 11.0303C7.23438 11.1769 7.04251 11.25 6.85063 11.25Z\" fill=\"#641F45\"\/>\r\r\n        <\/svg><\/icon>\r\r\n        <\/a>\r\r\n        \r\n        <a class=\"step\" href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/08\/ASPEN26-Justification-Worksheet.docx\">\r\r\n                <span>Justification Worksheet (Word Document)<\/span><icon><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"13\" height=\"12\" viewBox=\"0 0 13 12\" fill=\"none\">\r\r\n        <path d=\"M6.85063 11.25C6.65875 11.25 6.46688 11.1769 6.32031 11.0303C6.0275 10.7375 6.0275 10.2625 6.32031 9.96968L9.54002 6.74997H1.60059C1.18653 6.74997 0.850586 6.41403 0.850586 5.99996C0.850586 5.5859 1.18653 5.24996 1.60059 5.24996H9.54002L6.32031 2.03024C6.0275 1.73743 6.0275 1.26243 6.32031 0.969611C6.61313 0.676796 7.08813 0.676796 7.38095 0.969611L11.881 5.46964C12.1738 5.76246 12.1738 6.23746 11.881 6.53028L7.38095 11.0303C7.23438 11.1769 7.04251 11.25 6.85063 11.25Z\" fill=\"#641F45\"\/>\r\r\n        <\/svg><\/icon>\r\r\n        <\/a>\r\r\n        \r\n        <a class=\"step\" href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/08\/ASPEN26-Justification-Email.docx\">\r\r\n                <span>Justification Email (Word Document)<\/span><icon><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"13\" height=\"12\" viewBox=\"0 0 13 12\" fill=\"none\">\r\r\n        <path d=\"M6.85063 11.25C6.65875 11.25 6.46688 11.1769 6.32031 11.0303C6.0275 10.7375 6.0275 10.2625 6.32031 9.96968L9.54002 6.74997H1.60059C1.18653 6.74997 0.850586 6.41403 0.850586 5.99996C0.850586 5.5859 1.18653 5.24996 1.60059 5.24996H9.54002L6.32031 2.03024C6.0275 1.73743 6.0275 1.26243 6.32031 0.969611C6.61313 0.676796 7.08813 0.676796 7.38095 0.969611L11.881 5.46964C12.1738 5.76246 12.1738 6.23746 11.881 6.53028L7.38095 11.0303C7.23438 11.1769 7.04251 11.25 6.85063 11.25Z\" fill=\"#641F45\"\/>\r\r\n        <\/svg><\/icon>\r\r\n        <\/a>\r\r\n        \r\n    <\/div>\r\r\n<\/div>\r\r\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-benefits-of-attending-aspen26\"><strong>Benefits of Attending ASPEN26<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to add a few of these benefits to your email requesting approval from your supervisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The ASPEN Nutrition Science &amp; Practice Conference is four days of nutrition-focused education, cutting-edge research, and networking. Exchanging ideas and inspiring and learning from one another as a community is essential to advancing the field of nutrition support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Conference Program Committee\u2014made up of members from every discipline\u2014<strong>plans the conference with you and your pressing issues in mind<\/strong>&nbsp;and creates an unparalleled interdisciplinary education curriculum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u2019s a once-a-year opportunity to have so many experts under the same roof\u2014researchers, educators, prescribers, and industry and thought leaders\u2014so you can have your questions answered in one place.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ASPEN Nutrition Science &amp; Practice Conference provides many opportunities to network and collaborate with fellow physicians, dietitians, pharmacists, and nurses or to seek advice from other professionals in your specialty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conference participants gain valuable knowledge from the education and research sessions, small workshops, skills labs, roundtables, and poster presentations. There\u2019s also the chance to meet with vendors at the product expo. You\u2019ll return to your institution with new evidence-based research, best practices, tools, and resources to share with your team and colleagues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By attending ASPEN26, you are investing in yourself and your team\u2014nutrition support professionals working alongside researchers, advocates, and other nutrition experts\u2014to help improve patient care and outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tips-to-save-up-to-455-on-registration\"><strong>Tips to Save Up to $455 on Registration<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Become an ASPEN member and pay the member rate for registration. An&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nutritioncare.org\/membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ASPEN membership<\/a>&nbsp;also includes access to clinical nutrition experts, mentors, and peers; subscriptions to the&nbsp;<em>Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Nutrition in Clinical Practice<\/em>; discounts on education resources and events; growth opportunities through volunteer projects; research grants; awards and recognitions; and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Register early for the lowest rate and chances to win additional conference perks.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Early registration<\/a>\u00a0ends October 22 and anyone who registers before September 23 will be entered in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/attend\/early-registration-prize-drawing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weekly drawings<\/a>\u00a0for additional conference perks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits of Attending ASPEN26 Feel free to add a few of these benefits to your email requesting approval from your supervisor. Tips to Save Up to $455 on Registration Become an ASPEN member and pay the member rate for registration. An&nbsp;ASPEN membership&nbsp;also includes access to clinical nutrition experts, mentors, and peers; subscriptions to the&nbsp;Journal of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1371","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.6 (Yoast SEO v25.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Justification Toolkit - ASPEN Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This Justification Toolkit\u00a0will help you prepare the best proposal to attend and focus on what you will bring back to your organization.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/attend\/justification-toolkit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Justification Toolkit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This Justification Toolkit\u00a0will help you prepare the best proposal to attend and focus on what you will bring back to your organization.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/attend\/justification-toolkit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ASPEN Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-13T19:58:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/attend\/justification-toolkit\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/attend\/justification-toolkit\/\",\"name\":\"Justification Toolkit - ASPEN Conference\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-15T17:52:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-13T19:58:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"This Justification Toolkit\u00a0will help you prepare the best proposal to attend and focus on what you will bring back to your organization.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/attend\/justification-toolkit\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/attend\/justification-toolkit\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/attend\/justification-toolkit\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"ASPEN26\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Attend\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/attend\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Justification Toolkit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nutritioncare.org\/conference\/\",\"name\":\"ASPEN Conference\",\"description\":\"Nutrition Science &amp; 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