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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://otconnections.aota.org/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>AOTA Vice President   Capturing the Opportunities for Occupational Therapy : centennial vision, home health, power</title><link>http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/tags/centennial+vision/home+health/power/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: centennial vision, home health, power</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>7.x Production</generator><item><title>Twitter Feed</title><link>http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/2012/02/19/twitter-feed.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">9079418d-4ee6-4590-87f3-c0cc4c3814cd:2a7e734a-d614-4a0e-9514-499ed8105935</guid><dc:creator>Amy Lamb</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=83451</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/2012/02/19/twitter-feed.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="color:black;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN;"&gt;Congratulations to the practitioners and students across the globe doing your part in making OT widely recognized.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Every day I pick up something new from Twitter followers.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Below are my &amp;ldquo;tweets&amp;rdquo; from February 8-19 that are part of the &lt;i&gt;28 Occupational Therapy Professionals I&amp;#39;m Prepared to Represent as the Next Vice President of AOTA&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;serif&amp;#39;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-ansi-language:EN;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Feb 8 &amp;ndash; Prepared to represent practitioners who believe our clinical judgment should drive therapy decisions and treatment.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Vote@AOTAInc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Feb 9 &amp;ndash; &lt;span style="line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;"&gt;Prepared to represent school based practitioners participating in RtI programs bringing OT to the forefront in gen education.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Vote@AOTAInc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Feb 10 &amp;ndash; Prepared to represent practitioners and students making OT more &amp;ldquo;widely recognized&amp;rdquo; via today&amp;rsquo;s technology and social media.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Vote@AOTAInc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Feb 11 &amp;ndash; Prepared to represent OT practitioners and students ready to repeal the Medicare Outpatient Part B Therapy Cap once &amp;amp; for all! Vote@AOTAInc &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Feb 12 - Prepared to represent private practitioners who want to focus on providing access to quality services for populations served. Vote@AOTAInc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Feb 13 - Prepared to represent the business side of where OT&amp;#39;s practice and advocate for reasonable policies &amp;amp; regulations. Vote@AOTAInc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Feb 14 &amp;ndash; Prepared to represent OT practitioners, students, educators &amp;amp; researchers as we move the profession we LOVE forward in policy &amp;amp; practice! Vote@AOTAInc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Feb 15 &amp;ndash; Prepared to represent OT practitioners looking for ways to incorporate wellness and prevention into their existing practice. Vote@AOTAInc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Feb 16 &amp;ndash; Prepared to represent OT practitioners and students seeking to increase OT&amp;rsquo;s power in the healthcare and education arenas. Vote@AOTAInc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Feb 17 &amp;ndash; Prepared to represent practitioners &amp;amp; students ready to return to the roots of OT through mental health practice.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Vote@AOTAInc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Feb 18 &amp;ndash; Prepared to represent practitioners &amp;amp; students looking to expand the role of occupational therapy in community based practice. Vote@AOTAInc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Feb 19 &amp;ndash; Prepared to represent practitioners &amp;amp; students ready to make OT an initiating service in home health with HH Flexibility Act.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Vote@AOTAInc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;.....find out more on twitter @amylambVP2012.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="color:black;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN;"&gt;Elections close on February 28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;serif&amp;#39;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-ansi-language:EN;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="color:black;font-size:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Cast your vote and make your voice heard.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It will make a difference in the future of our profession!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;serif&amp;#39;;font-size:12pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-ansi-language:EN;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://otconnections.aota.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=83451&amp;AppID=7592&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/tags/AOTA+elections/default.aspx">AOTA elections</category><category domain="http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/tags/Centennial+Vision/default.aspx">Centennial Vision</category><category domain="http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/tags/Advocay/default.aspx">Advocay</category><category domain="http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/tags/therapy+caps/default.aspx">therapy caps</category><category domain="http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/tags/RTI/default.aspx">RTI</category><category domain="http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/tags/Mental+Health/default.aspx">Mental Health</category><category domain="http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/tags/home+health/default.aspx">home health</category><category domain="http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/tags/Advocacy/default.aspx">Advocacy</category><category domain="http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/tags/power/default.aspx">power</category><category domain="http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/tags/promoting+occupational+therapy/default.aspx">promoting occupational therapy</category><category domain="http://otconnections.aota.org/community_blogs/ot_blogs/b/opportunities/archive/tags/Education/default.aspx">Education</category></item></channel></rss>