Initiate, Participate, Achieve

101 Reasons to Attend
OT AUSTRALIA NSW-ACT 2009!

In no particular order…

1. Recharge: come and absorb the atmosphere of learning and information sharing
2. Reconnect: update your knowledge about what’s happening in your profession
3. Be inspired: hear from great key note speakers (elaborate)
4. Learn: gather new information from colleagues and presenters in your chosen field, or outside your chosen field
5. Expand: attend a session in an area outside your usual expertise
6. Cross fertilise: use information from other practise areas to trigger new ways working in your field
7. Benchmark: regain your sense of your career journey, hear about the journey of others
8. Reunite: meet and network with colleagues
9. Attend the NSW AGM at no additional effort and no additional trip!
10. Get up to date information on the future of our professional organisation: attend the Nationalisation “road show”
11. Have fun: come to the conference dinner
12. Network: attend one of the conference networking meetings…or set up your own
13. Enjoy the best of Sydney: stay over for the weekend and let your hair down, go shopping…… what ever!!!
14. Update: attend the conference exhibition and get free and easily accessible information from a variety of organisations that value occupational therapy
15. Get in the know: check out our sponsors information in the conference pack
16. Be seen at the premier education event for occupational therapists for NSW and ACT
17. Support: cheer on your presenter colleagues who bravely share their ideas
18. Engage: participate in friendly intellectual debate if you so desire
19. Be confident - in your skills and knowledge
20. Build strength - hear how others care for themselves while managing their caseload and promoting occupation
21. Well-being - hear suggestions on how others organise their work
22. Be involved - be involved in your association
23. Gather evidence - improve the effectiveness of your practice by hearing current evidence-based practice.
24. Challenge - challenge your thinking
25. Initiate / be inspired - hear how other therapists have been proactive, promoting their profession
26. Influence - shape your own service provision / OT practice
27. Apply - hear theory to apply to your practice, hear how others have applied theory to practice
28. Experience - hear the experience of others, learn from the experience of others
29. Share / contribute - share experiences, programs, intervention
30. Engage - be inspired to engage your community and promote OT
31. Empower - empower your clients in their occupations (via evidence based practice)
32. Upskill
33. Practical - collect practical tools for you OT practice
34. Celebrate - what occupational therapy is achieving
35. Create - create your itinerary to cater to your own interests
36. Strive for excellence
37. Effective management/Develop your team
38. Cost competitive as compared to other conferences.
39. NSW and ACT haven’t had a conference for years so it is time to review knowledge / skills as well as reignite interest / passion for your work
40. There won’t be another conference for for OT National or within NSW or ACT for at least 18 months.
41. Students/New grads - Take responsibility for your own professional development
42. Students/New grads - Improve your Employability/Get an advantage over your student peers
43. Students/New grads - Investigate a variety of fields to help establish what fields you are interested

Can you help us reach 101 reasons?

Send your ideas to otnswact@thinkbusinessevents.com.au.