Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

I accept the Alaska challenge from Molly Thompson! I am a speech-language pathologist in a private practice in Anchorage, Alaska. My practice is part of an interdisciplinary group of physical therapists, occupational therapists and SLP's. This group of professionals that I work with everyday are gifted clinicians and leaders in their professions. I am fortunate to learn something new everyday from my colleagues and I am sure that the importance of contributing to our profession is one of many lessons I learned! As part of a small state association my introduction to leadership, as Molly said, was hard to turn down. I was encouraged to participate in our state organization and have never looked back! My experiences with AKSHA include: ethics and regulations committee chair, state convention chair, state association president for two terms. I currently serve as the Alaska representative to ASHA for the STAR Network and I am currently the Alaska SLP Advisory Councilor. My recent appointment to the ASHA Medicaid Committee is an experience I am looking forward to starting in January.  I am excited to jump into this Community with both feet and now it is my turn to challenge more Alaskans to take the leap with me!

Nancy Lovering

Speech Language Therapy Services, LLC

Member of The Ability Group Pediatric Consortium

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Hi. My name is Gabrielle Haliburton and I am a school based speech language pathologist from New Jersey. In the past, I participated/was a mentee in ASHA's STEP Mentoring Program and eventually paid it forward by becoming a mentor. While I was not able to participate in the MSLP or LDP programs, I am happy to see that ASHA is providing leadership training for all its members!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Hi. My name is Gabrielle Haliburton and I am a school based speech language pathologist from New Jersey. In the past, I participated/was a mentee in ASHA's STEP Mentoring Program and eventually paid it forward by becoming a mentor. While I was not able to participate in the MSLP or LDP programs, I am happy to see that ASHA is providing leadership training for all its members!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!

Good morning! 

My name is Donna Smiley and I am an audiologist in Arkansas.  I currently serve on the ASHA Committee on Leadership Cultivation and am excited about the new Leadership Academy.  We would love for community members to introduce themselves here and tell us a little bit about WHY they joined this particular online community.  I will get us started (be sure to read to the end because I want to give you a "challenge"). 

As I mentioned, I am an audiologist and I work for Arkansas Children's.  I coordinate a program that provides contract school-based audiology and specialized speech-language pathology services (HI) for early childhood programs and public schools in Arkansas.  My interest in leadership and leadership topics really started in college and has continually evolved over the last 30 years.  I recently served on the ASHA Board of Directors (2013-2015) and one of the take-away lessons for me was that I always need to "listen more to learn more".  So I joined this community to do just that.

Now, I have a challenge for you:  Right now (as I write this) there are 73 members in this community.  If each of you invites 1 person to join us, we could easily double that number by tomorrow.  But surely each of you knows more than 1 person who you can invite to join us?  So I am challenging you to send an email TODAY to 5 of your colleagues or friends in ASHA and invite them to join us this week.  Wouldn't it be great if by next Wednesday (November 8, 2017 – which is when many folks will be traveling to the annual ASHA Convention) we could have 400 members in our community?  What if we were able to get that number to 500?  I will post the outcome next Wednesday.  Let's do it!