google yourself? What can others find out Spotlight about you? Are you happy with how your Welcome to the Northern and Yorkshire’s digital identity appears? Does it meet with 4th regional e-newsletter! In this edition your professional body requirements? follow our latest survival guide, find out what 2. Go to Twitter ( you don’t need an account has been happening at local and national to do this) Type @BAOTNYRegion in to the conferences, as well as looking forward to search bar and have a look at all of the forth coming CPD events. great information on there. If you have any interesting stories from Dawn Fraser, Senior Lecturer Occupational around the region, or CPD events to Therapy, Teesside University promote please contact the committee via one of the contacts displayed below. CPD Events Survival Guide: Social Media Occupational Therapy in Action, Social media includes any website or World Occupational Therapy Day internet based service which enables you to 2015 publish your own content (text, photos, videos or sound) and to share this with other people. Examples include, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube although there are many more. Social media is a Please follow the link for full details: great tool to enhance your CPD although you need to recognise that anything shared through this format is in the public domain Lunan and can be potentially viewed by anyone 1st Year Student Northumbria University – and everyone. You therefor need to be mindful of the online identity you create for Learning activities and sharing yourself. Keeping your professional and knowledge personal profiles separate can be useful but always keep in mind… if you don’t want OT Week your Mum, Boss or Neighbour to read it then Many OT’s from across the region were you probably shouldn’t post it! involved in various activities during OT Social media is an easy way to connect with Week 2015 to promote our profession. Here is one example of the excellent work that like-minded people and is an effective way took of increasing the size of your professional network. It opens up opportunities to talk to people you may never get the opportunity to Alice Cook in person. Click on the link below (or type Occupational Therapist - ITLD West into your internet browser) to explore how Durham County Council social media can help develop your DNEX 2015 Newcastle Racecourse professional insight. – Social Media Challenges 1. If your already on social media why not
Spotlight Welcome to the Northern and Yorkshire’s 4th regional e-newsletter! In this edition follow our latest survival guide, find out what has been happening at local and national conferences, as well as looking forward to forth coming CPD events. If you have any interesting stories from around the region, or CPD events to promote please contact the committee via one of the contacts displayed below. Survival Guide: Social Media Social media includes any website or internet based service which enables you to publish your own content (text, photos, videos or sound) and to share this with other people. Examples include, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube although there are many more. Social media is a great tool to enhance your CPD although you need to recognise that anything shared through this format is in the public domain and can be potentially viewed by anyone and everyone. You therefor need to be mindful of the online identity you create for yourself. Keeping your professional and personal profiles separate can be useful but always keep in mind… if you don’t want your Mum, Boss or Neighbour to read it then you probably shouldn’t post it! Social media is an easy way to connect with like-minded people and is an effective way of increasing the size of your professional network. It opens up opportunities to talk to people you may never get the opportunity to in person. Click on the link below (or type into your internet browser) to explore how social media can help develop your professional insight. Social Media Challenges 1. If your already on social media why not google yourself? What can others find out about you? Are you happy with how your digital identity appears? Does it meet with your professional body requirements? 2. Go to Twitter ( you don’t need an account to do this) Type @BAOTNYRegion in to the search bar and have a look at all of the great information on there. Dawn Fraser, Senior Lecturer Occupational Therapy, Teesside University CPD Events Occupational Therapy in Action, World Occupational Therapy Day 2015 Please follow the link for full details: Lunan 1st Year Student – Northumbria University Learning activities and sharing knowledge OT Week Many OT’s from across the region were involved in various activities during OT Week 2015 to promote our profession. Here is one example of the excellent work that took Alice Cook Occupational Therapist - ITLD West Durham County Council DNEX 2015 – Newcastle Racecourse
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