Activities
ACTIVITIES
Karen is active in volunteer activities such as:
- Member, Brookline Rotary Club
- Advisor, Pi Theta Epsilon (PTE) Omicron Chapter, National Occupational Therapy Honor Society http://www.pithetaepsilon.org/
Karen is a Faculty-in-Residence at Boston University and resides at Student Village II. For more info see her Faculty-in-Residence page.
Upcoming activities:
June 1-5, 2013: Karen will be speaking during The Management of Occupational Therapy Services in Israel (2 day course) at Ono Academic College in Israel
June 4, 2013: 18 Ways to PromOTe Yourself without Really Trying (workshop at ISOT conference) in Israel
August 3-10, 2013: People to People Ambassadors Program – Delegation to Costa Rica
August 16/17, 2013: Karen will be speaking to a group of Occupational Therapy enthusiasts in the Slovenian territory at the Building a Mosaic of Health and Well-Being with Occupational Therapy, a two day workshop organized by Occupational Therapy Study Circle. She will be speaking about PromOTing Occupational Therapy, Marketing & Entrepreneurship, & Ergonomics.
Website
Workshop Program
August 24-31, 2013: Karen will be leading a People to People Ambassadors Program – Delegation to Cuba
More Information about the trip to Cuba
2014
April 7, 2014: Karen will be presenting at the ENACT State of the Science conference entitled: Promoting Activity and Participation among Persons with Arthritis in Arlington, VA.
2014 ENACT State of the Science Schedule of Events
Promoting Activity and Participation among Persons with Arthritis
Recent activities:
May 12, 2013: Karen was featured in an article in The Sunday Times — Laptops are write pain for authors
April 12, 2013: Sargent Choice Test Kitchen & Karen were featured in The Quad– Sargent Choice Test Kitchen Provides Life Skills, Healthy Dessert
February/March 2013: Karen was quoted in an article in AARP Magazine — Small Changes, Big Payoffs
March 11, 2013: Karen was featured on WBZ News discussing workplace ergonomics
February 3, 2013: Karen Jacobs spoke about her experience as founding editor of the journal, WORK on twitter (#OTalk2US). #OTalk2US Twitter Chat Event Information
October 29-31, 2012 OT 24 Hour Virtual Exchange
October 27, 2012 Occupational Therapy Global Day of Service (OTGDS)
Celebrating the Occupational Therapy Global Family
Testimony given at the MA State House