Communicating & Connecting with Allied Health Professionals

Elaine HunterAllied Health Professions Consultant

#AHPDementia#ASAGM

@elaineahpmhwww.elaineahpmhwordpress.com

Inspire, Inform & Entertain

1. We can all be leaders

2. Engaging others we can accomplish amazing changes

3. Social media is a conversation

Allied Health – What? Who? • Arts therapists – art,

music, dance, drama• Dieticians• Occupational Therapists• Orthoptists• Paramedics• Podiatrists• Prothetists & Orthotists• Physiotherapists• Radiographers (diagnostic

& therapuetic• Speech and language

therapists

• N = 12,000

What has shaped my leadership

You cannot have leadership without at least three ingredients, a leader, a follower or co-leader and a shared

endeavour. Take any one of these things away and leadership evaporates

Hawkins & Smith

2006

1982-1985

1. Decide what type of leader you want to be

New approach to leadership

1. Decide what type of leader you want to be

Engaging Transformational

Leadership

2. Have a Vision

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet

Theodre M Hesburgh

3. Build a community of influence

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has”

Margaret Mead

Sharing Success Stories

#AHPDementia “Helping people to live life their way”

#AHPDementia

Commitment 4:We will commission Alzheimer Scotland to

produce an evidence based policy document outlining the contributions of AHPs to ensuring implementation of the 8-pillar model

A new community of influence

Narratives & Stories

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the

world today Robert McAfee Brown

#AHPDementia Conversation

• Workshop for 200 occupational therapy students #OTDementia

• Meeting with AHP Professional Bodies – COT, CSP, RCSLT

• Working with SDWG @S_D_W_G• Building links with NDCAN• Attended the Scottish Council for Radiography

AGM & many others • Developing engagement events next year

Digital Leader

“Twitter is not a technology, it’s a conversation, and it’s happening with or without you”

#quality 2013@SarahFraser

Digital Leader

Digital Leader

Digital Leader

Inspire, Inform & Entertain

“What would you do tomorrow if you knew you could not fail?”