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38 Speak Out August 2013 Speech Pathology Australia
SPA online update
SPA’s APPropriate Apps Member
Community was honoured to be
recognised by Dr Caroline Bowen
as her Speechwoman’s Site of the
Month for July 2013, with Dr Bowen
tweeting “Speechwoman’s Site of the
Month, July 2013. APPropriate Apps – SPA
Member Group. Nice @
SpeechPathAus member benefit!” Thanks
to Dr Bowen for the recognition – which is
very genuinely appreciated. And thanks to
the approximately 800 SPA members of this
community whose input and contributions
make this a valuable SPA member community
and forum for information sharing.
Speech Pathology Australia Facebook highlights
from June to July included...
The SPA team was overwhelmed by the response of
National Conference attendees who kindly took the
time to tweet their impressions of the event, acting
as the eyes and ears for those members/followers
who were unable to attend.
It was exciting to witness the Twitter feed gathering
momentum during the Conference and we were
chuffed to see the official Conference hashtag
#SPAConf2013 generate such a high level of interest
and discussion. Our final Twitter stats indicate
we achieved more than one million impressions,
meaning that our hashtag was exposed via
tweeting/retweeting to a huge amount of Twitter
followers around the world!
Well done on a fabulous effort and thank you to
each and every one of our dedicated Twitter brigade!
SPA Twitter update
Thank you to our National Conference contributors!
Join in the conversation and follow Speech Pathology Australia on Twitter: @SpeechPathAust
Don’t forget to ‘Start the Conversation’ via Twitter for Speech Pathology Week, 25–31 August!
#starttheconversation and/or #SPweek
Our Facebook following is rising quickly –
the Speech Pathology Australia Facebook
site has now reached 3,168 followers at the
time we went to print. Thank you for your
interest and support!
Lentil the little French Bulldog, born
with a cleft palate and lip, is helping
raise awareness and support for
children with craniofacial conditions.
If you would like to find out more
about Lentil’s amazing work please
see
MyNameIsLentil
We Lentil