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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 text articles, [...]

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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 media [...]

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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

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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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Using Social Media to Build Your Music Therapy Services

July 20, 2011
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I am very excited to share with you the wisdom of Tamara Suttle, mastermind behind the blog Private Practice from the Inside Out. Tamara is a licensed professional counselor out in Denver, CO who’s been practicing since 1991 and blogging since 2009. Needless to say…she’s got a lot of good information to share!
What I know [...]

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How Twitter Hashtags Enhance the Conference Experience For Those Who DON’T Go

March 30, 2011
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Twice a year, you’ll notice that I–and other music therapists–start talking about one thing over and over and over again…
Conference!
In the fall, we chat about the annual national conference for the American Music Therapy Association. In the spring, it’s our 7 regional music therapy conferences.

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Top Music Therapy Maven Posts of 2010

December 31, 2010
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So I mentioned last week that I would be taking a couple weeks off for the holidays…Ha! Just kidding!
Earlier this year, I added a feature to my WordPress blog that allows me to track statistics for all my blog articles. I know which articles you’ve read the most, what you’ve commented on the most, what’s [...]

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Tweetups and Twitter Names? You Decide!

November 3, 2010
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I need your help and I need your input. Please read a little of the background info, then answer the two simple questions at the bottom of this post. Thanks!
I have seen an amazing growth of Twittering music therapists over the past year. One year ago, I basically knew every music therapist who was active [...]

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Essential Tools and Tips for a Successful Marketing Strategy

September 15, 2010
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It takes 7 contacts before you reach someone.
No matter what action you want that “someone” to take (Buy this! Donate here! Read now!), it takes an average of 7 exposures for that person to take the action. Exposures can include many things: a phone call, an email newsletter, a Twitter update, a brochure.
The idea of [...]

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