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I don't mean to freak you out with that ominous blog post title - I actually mean it in quite the positive way! By end, I mean the end of our wait for Annual Conference, which you probably (hopefully!) realize kicks off in a mere THREE DAYS. Yeah, that's right: THREE. DAYS. Are you ready...

Well that was fun! I'm back at HQ, dear OT Connectors, and I have to tell you I'm having some post-Conference blues. Wait, let me rephrase that - when I actually have a coherent thought, those thoughts swirl around post-Conference blues. (My brain is only just staggering back into working...

Well my OT Connections Friends, I'm sorry to say we're well past the halfway mark of Conference here in Houston, and heading toward the finish line. Last night a mondo storm rolled through Houston, of course right as everyone had finished up for the day and was leaving the Conference center....

Hello OT Connectors! I hope everyone had a Happy! Labor Day! Weekend! Hopefully the most labor you had to do yesterday involved a lot of lolling about—I know mine did. But today we’re back and into the full swing of things, and I’ve just come from the Student Conclave and...

Just a quick update for this Friday, before I go run and play outside, as it appears Spring! Has! Sprung! here at HQ. If you haven’t booked your Conference housing yet, you’re in luck! The housing deadline has been extended through Friday, April 9 th . So you know what that means…...

I’d like to start out this post by giving everyone a round of applause: It’s Wednesday, which means you’ve made it halfway through the week. Only two more days to go! Well done, everyone, well done. (What? Hey, everyone thinks the first week back Recovering From The Holidays...

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hello OT Connectors! Annnnd…we’re back! It’s true, the DC area was hit with a mondo amount of snow last week that essentially paralyzed the region, and shut down HQ for quite some time. And while we’re...

So! This morning was filled with various and sundry meetings for This Girl, which is always fun. Two of the meetings were Conference and Conclave Tracking Meetings, and I know—you’re probably thinking, “Umm, hey there, didn’t we just have a Conference? And the answer is yes, yes...

November’s Conclave was a hit, and now, OT peeps, it’s time to set out sights onto even bigger venues and much warmer temperatures. Yup, that’s right, we’re heading into Conference Mode. What’s Houston like in April? And where can This Girl get a good pair of cowgirl boots...

Hello OT Connectors! I’m back from this month’s Conclave and Conference tracking meeting with a few updates. First of all, have you seen the Conclave blog ? If not, be sure to check it out! Written by our staff writer extraordinaire, Stephanie Yamkovenko, it will provide you will all...

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 So! Conference! ZOMG! Were you there? Did I meet you? Every year at Conference I get to meet more and more people, which, I have to say, I totally love. Doing what I do, I get to talk to a lot of people, but 99...

Happy New Year! After a nice holiday break, we are officially back in the swing of things here at HQ. As I type this, there are no less than 2,567 things happening throughout our various departments. ( Yes, I counted. ) ( No, I’m not The biggest one today happens to be the first meeting of...

I can’t really see much of spring happening just yet, but I know it’s around the corner. Right? RIGHT? I do hope so. I mean, if past years are any indication, spring WILL eventually get here, and the snow will melt and there will be sunshine and green trees and all those...

So you tell me – what was your favorite part of Conference in Orlando? An educational session? The Welcome Ceremony? The Annual Business Meeting? Okay, probably not that last one. While necessary and incredibly important to get the nuts and bolts info of the Association and whatnot, the ABM...

One of my co-workers walked by my office earlier today, and I heard him say to another co-worker, “Four weeks! Four weeks and counting!” He was referencing the AOTA Annual Conference, of course, and I am one of those people who is wishing it would just hurry up and get here already. I know...

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Happy Wednesday, OT Connectors! It’s time for a mid-week roundup, and thought I’d pass along some interesting bits of info I picked up at our recent Conclave and Conference planning meetings. First...

Oh, hey, guess what? DC got hit with many several inches-feet-piles-and-piles of snow this weekend. And then the whole city shut down. The end. You think I’m kidding? Then you apparently have never been to Our Nation’s Capital in the winter. You’d think, what...

Howdy! Can you believe that the AOTA Annual Conference is only 10 days away? Neither can I. I feel like we’ve been planning for So. Long. (well…actually, we have), and some days it felt like April 23 would never get here! But it will be here, in a mere 10 days! Woop! Woop! I’m...

Not sure about where you are, but this week the DC area has been hit with a bit of ice and snow. So that made commuting fun. In order to avoid highway and metrorail madness, we had a late start the other day here at HQ, which was great and needed, though it made me think that winter couldn’t come...

Weren’t we just at Conference? I could have sworn we were. But apparently, if the meetings I attended earlier this week were any indication, that was then, this is now, and it’s time to move onward and upward! Which means Conclave ! And the specialty conference on autism ! ...

Last Friday a bunch of us here at HQ gathered together in the garage of the building to stuff totes for Conference. What’s that, you say?. Stuff totes? You mean those things we get when we pick up our badges and whatnot in Houston? You mean magic elves don’t do that for you? Nope...

So I just got out of our monthly Conference and Conclave tracking meetings with a couple of good pieces of news to report. First up, if you’re attending Annual Conference this year in Houston (and I do so hope you are!) be advised that the early registration deadline is almost here. If you...

So! In just a couple of weeks, This Girl, your charming AE, is having a birthday. (And yes, you are all invited to the party.) But seeing as how patience is not always my strong suit, and seeing as how it was on sale, I went ahead and bought myself my birthday present early. Hooray! And what, you...

Howdy from Houston! Does anybody else get confused about what day it is during Conference? No? Just me? Oh. Ha ha....okay. Well, Conference has gotten off to an energizing start, that's for sure! I just got back from hearing Penny Moyers Cleveland's Presidential Address, whre she challenged...

After conferring with my editor, we’ve established our schedules for this year’s Conference, and I’m happy to report that I will again be covering this year’s Presidential Address on Friday, which I always enjoy, along with multiple stints in the MRC (come get your ribbons!) and...