Speak Out February 2019

Association news

Same people – new titles

As part of a review of the Association’s organisational structure, it was considered that some of the national staff titles may have been causing ambiguity or confusion. We therefore embarked on a review of the senior and supporting speech pathology roles within the national office and have made some adjustments to

titles only–with no change to roles and responsibilities. Updates have appeared on the SPA Website but see the particular changes below.

New title

Old title

Incumbent

Managers Manager Professional Practice

Senior Advisor Professional Practice

Nichola Harris Trish Johnson Stacey Baldac

Manager Ethics and Professional Issues

Senior Advisor Ethics and Professional Issues Senior Advisor Professional Standards

Manager Professional Standards Manager Professional Education Senior Advisors Senior Advisor EBP/Research

Senior Advisor Professional Education and Certification Maree Brown

no change

Cori Williams Cathy Olsson

Senior Advisor Disability

National Advisor Disability

Senior Advisor Justice and Mental Health

National Advisor Justice and Mental Health

Mary Woodward

Senior Advisor Aged Care

National Advisor Aged Care

Kym Torresi Mary Gornik

Senior Advisor Early Childhood, Education and Projects National Advisor Early Childhood, Education and Projects

Advisors NDIS and Practice Advisor

no change no change no change no change

Erin West

Ethics Advisor

under recruitment under recruitment Joanna Shorland

Professional Support Advisor

PSR Advisor

Social media round up 2018 More posts, more likes, more videos, more engagement.

On the socials

In 2018 the Association’s social media channels grew and engagement increased across all of our digital platforms. Whether it’s conversations on Twitter, photos on Instagram, watched videos on Facebook and YouTube or sharing a good article on LinkedIn, it’s clear that more and more interest is being shown in speech pathology! The private member communities also showed robust engagement throughout the year with more members than ever participating in them. Videos produced by the Association were also viewed more than 235,000

times across the various platforms. Our reach goes well beyond our membership. Get online and share today! Some stats: 1 Jan 2018 – 31 Dec 2018 (Followers/page likes)

Facebook : 17064 to 19495 Instagram : 2937 to 4326 Twitter: 8958 to 10136 LinkedIn: 1500 to 2698

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