How to hack it? The American Occupational Therapy Association’s annual Member Appreciation Celebration offers free opportunities for members to earn continuing education credits. The weeklong celebration includes 10 live webinars covering a variety of occupational therapy topics, plus chances to win raffle prizes like registration, hotel, and travel costs to AOTA’s Annual Conference. AOTA builds on the momentum and extends it throughout the year with a free monthly webinar series called Member Appreciation PLUS.

Why does it work? AOTA members look forward to the celebration every year. Since 2014, participation has increased dramatically, says Marketing Manager Amanda Goldman. “Live participation has grown 10 times over,” she says. “This is now a monthly series, hosted by AOTA’s president and guest presenters and focuses on current and practice-related occupational therapy topics and issues.”

What’s the bonus? Member appreciation webinars are also a way to elevate members’ subject matter expertise. “Our presenters value the opportunity to educate fellow AOTA members, and [they] go above and beyond to reach out to members if a question wasn’t answered in the allotted time,” Goldman says.

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