Aquatic Therapy Figure Andrea Salzman Launches Info Exchange/Networking Platform

The AQUATIX Hub allows aquatics professionals to exchange ideas, collaborate on projects, and seek information.

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The AQUATIX Hub

Aquatic therapy icon Andrea Salzman has launched a web platform meant to bring together aquatics professionals from around the world to connect and collaborate.

In its first month, The AQUATIX Hub gained 300 joiners from approximately 20 countries. Members can find others who are close to them geographically or by specialty. They can post questions to each other, share articles and videos or become even more interactive by collaborating on documents, posting challenges to each other, or attending video conferences through the platform. Members also can form groups.

Salzman said she’s been looking for a way to do this for more than 20 years and found the right software.

Courtesy Andrea Salzman

“The world of aquatics needs a hub, a central clearinghouse of information,” Salzman said. “This is a 3d network, which allows everyone who joins to participate. … It’s meant to run on its own once it’s wound up.”

To qualify, members must work in aquatics or a related field, actively participate in the site and agree to invite at least three colleagues. Membership is free for the time being, however Salzman expects to institute a small fee to assist with site management.

Salzman has more than 25 years’ experience in the aquatic therapy field, and has participated in or formed The Journal of Aquatic Physical Therapy, The Aquatic Resources Network (ARN), The Aquatic Therapist Blog, and Aquatic Therapy University (ATU). Salzman’s Aquaticnet Ning Social Network has been incorporated into AQUATIX Hub.

To request an invitation, go to www.aquatix.co.

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Rebecca Robledo

Rebecca Robledo is deputy editor of Pool & Spa News and Aquatics International. She is an award-winning trade journalist with more than 25 years experience reporting on and editing content for the pool, spa and aquatics industries. She specializes in technical, complex or detail-oriented subject matter with an emphasis in design and construction, as well as legal and regulatory issues. For this coverage and editing, she has received numerous awards, including four Jesse H. Neal Awards, considered by many to be the “Pulitzer Prize of Trade Journalism.”