{"id":18005,"date":"2024-04-02T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/?page_id=18005"},"modified":"2024-05-13T14:53:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T18:53:56","slug":"environmental-scanning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.michigandental.org\/membership\/mda-governance\/board-of-trustees\/mda-board-portal\/strategic-planning\/environmental-scanning\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Scanning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1698696973333{margin-top: -40px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: #009ba7 !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;white-text&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Environmental Scanning<\/h1>\n<p><nav  aria-label=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumb\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\" aria-current=\"page\" itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/li><\/ol><\/nav>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243; 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