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Harnessing Leadership Towards Building Community

Harnessing Leadership Towards Building Community. Ginny Stoffel, PhD, OT,BCMH, FAOTA AOTA Vice President 2009-2012 Assembly of Student Delegates April 25, 2012. AOTA Centennial Vision….2017 Use natural links to create community. We envision that

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Harnessing Leadership Towards Building Community

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  1. Harnessing Leadership Towards Building Community Ginny Stoffel, PhD, OT,BCMH, FAOTA AOTA Vice President 2009-2012 Assembly of Student Delegates April 25, 2012

  2. AOTA Centennial Vision….2017Use natural links to create community We envision that occupational therapy is a powerful,widely recognized,science-driven, andevidence-based professionwith a globally connectedand diverse workforcemeeting society’s occupational needs.

  3. Power in Numbers POWERFUL… As the community grows Centennial Challenge to increase membership to 80,000 by 2017

  4. Forming Community: AOTA • Virtual/social media • F2F • Brief • Focused • Doing together • Playing together

  5. Creating the Centennial Culture Culture is “vision in action”. Culture is the observable expression of vision. It is the process by which you take a vision and infuse it into your behavior. Then, the vision is passed to another, and another, and another. Eventually the vision goes viral and the culture is established. Source: Rob Ferguson, Michigan OTA Newsletter, Fall 2011

  6. How do you create the Centennial Culture?? Membership! Practice asking for your future employer to support your AOTA and state OT membership….make it a part of your fixed expenses supporting your profession

  7. How do you create the Centennial Culture?? Membership! Practice asking for your future employer to support your AOTA and state OT membership…. And your co-workers to join and support AOTPAC and AOTF!

  8. How do you create the Centennial Culture?? Get involved! Practice asking your employer to support your full engagement in leadership with AOTA and state OT membership….

  9. How do you create the Centennial Culture?? Advocacy! Practice asking your senator/ representative/ school district to support access to occupational therapy services in your area of practice….

  10. How do you create the Centennial Culture?? Be an OT ambassador! Practice describing what occupational therapy means to them….

  11. What can you imagine?

  12. Remember YOU are AOTA! Every member a leader, an ambassador, a change agent!

  13. References Ferguson, R. (2011). Creating a Centennial Culture. Michigan Occupational Therapy Newsletter, Fall, 2011. IMAGE SOURCES http://jodimallowmaas.com/page/2/ (globe with hands) http://www.writeawriting.com/essay/persuasive-essay-ideas/ (imagine) http://healingthatfeeling.com/how-to-be-happy (happy people)

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