Advocacy

Advocacy Comes in Many Forms

February 16, 2012

Although social media advocacy month has ended, I couldn’t help but share this with you after seeing it on Facebook this week: This picture was created by the fabulous Lexie Brown. Thank you, Lexie!

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2012 Social Media Advocacy Project in Numbers

February 2, 2012
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It’s early February and we are wrapping up what I consider to be a very successful Social Media Advocacy project! Last December, I sent a tickler email out to over 3 dozen music therapy bloggers and podcasters, inviting them to participate in this project. Here’s what we ended up with: Forty participating blogs/podcasts published 50 […]

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Top 10 Times You’re an Advocate and You Don’t Even Know It

January 26, 2012
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This month, everyone in the online music therapy community has been talking about advocacy. Advocacy, Advocacy, ADVOCACY! What is advocacy? Simply put, advocacy involves passion for an idea and commitment to a cause. Advocacy is a language–it’s using your words and your stories to get someone else interested in what you have to say. And […]

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The Music Therapist’s Guide to State Recognition

January 19, 2012
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I am writing today’s post with my “CBMT Regulatory Affairs” hat on. This month’s Social Media Advocacy project is an off-shoot of a larger, national initiative to get state recognition of the music therapy profession and our MT-BC credential. State recognition can be a tricky concept to wrap our heads around. “Do you mean licensure?” […]

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Top Music Therapy Trends of 2012: A Wishlist

January 11, 2012
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The new year brings it’s share of articles and posts that start with phrases like “the best of…”, “top ____ stories of…”, and “top _____ trends to watch for…” This year, I’ve decided to create my own list: top music therapy trends of 2012. This list is mostly a “wishlist” of what I would like […]

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It’s Social Media Advocacy Month!

January 4, 2012
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The 2nd annual Social Media Advocacy month has officially launched! If you read other music therapy blogs or listen to music therapy podcasts, you’ll notice a lot of us will be talking about advocacy. That is because over two dozen music therapy bloggers and podcasters are participating in a project in which we use social […]

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#AMTA11: The Top 17 Recap

November 21, 2011
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Still recovering… It’s been a little over 24 hours since I touched down in Kansas City. I spent the last half of last week attending the 2011 American Music Therapy Association conference in Atlanta GA. WHAT A WEEK! Top 17 AMTA11 Moments It seems nearly impossible to share just a handful of highlights, so I […]

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CONFERENCE!!!

November 14, 2011
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Can you tell from my title that I’m excited for our national music therapy conference this week? 🙂 I am super-fortunate (and way excited) to be preparing again for our annual music therapy conference. As part of these preparations, I’ve got an awesome guest post lined up that will be timely for those interviewing for […]

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Are You Sharing Too Much? 7 Tips To Make You A Killer Communicator

September 28, 2011
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I’ve had some interesting conversations with colleagues and friends recently about a phenomenon all to common…that of over-sharing. It’s so easy to do! We start talking about music therapy–or some other topic we’re passionate about–and end up sharing way too much and losing our listener. We give a presentation and try to cram way too […]

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