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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 02:27:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>September Ethics CEU Event: Ethics of Social Media:  Personal? Professional? (15 Sep 2026)</title>
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&lt;p data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" face="Segoe UI, Segoe UI Web (West European), -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September Ethics CEU Event&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" face="Segoe UI, Segoe UI Web (West European), -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;TOPIC:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Ethics of Social Media:&amp;nbsp; Personal? Professional?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" face="Segoe UI, Segoe UI Web (West European), -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;DAY/DATE:&amp;nbsp; Tuesday, September 15, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" face="Segoe UI, Segoe UI Web (West European), -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;TIME:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;6:30 - 7:30 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" face="Segoe UI, Segoe UI Web (West European), -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Presenter:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Wayne L Winistorfer, MPA, OTR, FAOTA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" face="Segoe UI, Segoe UI Web (West European), -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Wayne graduated with a BS-OT from UW Madison in 1977, and MPA from UW-Oshkosh in 1998.&amp;nbsp; His current goal is to continue working as an OT for at least 50 years!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" face="Segoe UI, Segoe UI Web (West European), -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Wayne has worked in public, private, academic and for profit settings, with much of his career in administrative and leadership roles.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" face="Segoe UI, Segoe UI Web (West European), -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Wayne served as AOTA Ethics Committee Chair, and Member-at-Large, for a total of 7 years in the "20-teens".&amp;nbsp; Wayne also served as Co-Chair of the hospital ethics committee(s), where he was employed, for over 25 years.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" face="Segoe UI, Segoe UI Web (West European), -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;"Mostly retired", Wayne continues work as a PRN Staff OT in Acute Behavioral Health at Ascension Mercy - Oshkosh.&amp;nbsp; Wayne has also been an Adjunct Faculty member for the OTA Program at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton since the mid-1990's.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" face="Segoe UI, Segoe UI Web (West European), -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;Wayne is continuing his ethics education by auditing classes in the UW-Oshkosh Philosophy Department.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#242424" face="Segoe UI, Segoe UI Web (West European), -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif"&gt;To register- follow this link:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://wota.net/page-18097" target="_blank"&gt;Calendar of Events&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://wota.net/event-6725452</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 Annual Conference Exhibitor Registration (23 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 23px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thank you for your interest in being an exhibitor at the 2026 WOTA conference. We have a full day of events, including speakers, posters and open time for visiting with exhibitors.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;We plan to set aside vendor/exhibitor/networking time during our sign in (8:00-8:30am) and again during the lunch time from 11:30 - 1:00.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Below are the packages available for vendors:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Silver -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;$250&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;In- Kind&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;(donations for raffle items or awards)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Please send Logo Information to wota@wota.net&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thank you for your support and we look forward to having you at the event.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please use this page to register your organization.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please reach out to wota@wota.net for any additional questions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://wota.net/event-6719124</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>WOTA 2026 Annual Conference (23 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;WOTA 2026 Annual Conference&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;We are excited to announce the annual WOTA conference.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please register today for this 1 day event.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Early Bird pricing available through September 1, 2026. We are excited to partner with Carroll University to offer this event. We have 36 presentations throughout the day!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Friday, Oct 23, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;8:00 am- 4:30 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Carroll University- Center for Graduate Studies&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;2140 Davidson Road Waukesha, WI&amp;nbsp; 53186&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In person registration includes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Morning coffee and light breakfast during the WOTA business meeting&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Keynote Speaker&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;2 morning breakout sessions with up to 8 different sessions each hour&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Lunch Provided&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Posters and Exhibitors&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;3 afternoon breakout sessions with&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;up to 8 different sessions each hour&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;7 CEU credits available&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Online registration includes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Keynote Speaker&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Live stream access&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;WOTA Business Meeting and Awards&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;7 CEU credits available&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;See &lt;a href="https://wota.net/resources/WOTA%202026%20Conference%20Schedule.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;WOTA 2026 Conference Schedule&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for all the details&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Please nominate your Occupational Therapy Practitioner colleagues for awards. Awards will be presented at conference. This is a great way to recognize the great work that is happening across the state!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Use this &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdahWINcoOFWBP0Dw-S8rJ0mbknwU_Bxu0vrYfvWt-9AjMNew/viewform?usp=header" target="_blank"&gt;form&lt;/a&gt; to nominate them!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please indicate if you would like:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(1) Turkey Cheddar&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(2) Mediterranean Grilled Chicken&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(3) Avocado, Lettuce and Tomato (Veggie)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(4) No lunch needed&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please also indicate if you would like gluten-free bread and/or any other specific dietary needs.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Presenters Only - 2026 Annual Conference Registration (23 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;This registration is for WOTA conference presenters only.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This includes session presenters and poster presenters.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;Please register here for your discounted price for conference.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Also, please consider nominating an OT or OTA that is doing excellent work in the community.&amp;nbsp; Use this &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdahWINcoOFWBP0Dw-S8rJ0mbknwU_Bxu0vrYfvWt-9AjMNew/viewform?usp=header" target="_blank"&gt;form&lt;/a&gt; to nominate them!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Please indicate if you would like:&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;(1) Turkey Cheddar&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;(2) Mediterranean Grilled Chicken&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;(3) Avocado, Lettuce and Tomato (Veggie)&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;(4) No lunch needed&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Please also indicate if you would like gluten-free bread and/or any other specific dietary needs.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://wota.net/event-6774006</link>
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