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2013 Social Media Advocacy Month Wrap-Up

February 7, 2013
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W.O.W. W—What an incredible social media advocacy kickoff to 2013… O—Oh my goodness I can’t believe how it turned out… W—We could have not done this without the support and participation of our AMAZING music therapy community and advocates… As we wrap up this year’s Social Media Advocacy project, I thought it would be fun […]

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21 Reasons Why I #LoveMusicTherapy

January 24, 2013
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21 Reasons Why I #LoveMusicTherapy The relationship of the art of music therapy and the science of music therapy is amazing. I get to sing every day. Saying “I’m a music therapist” is a great conversation starter. It’s a continual challenge to stay current. I have an incredible opportunity to witness change in others. I […]

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Why Do You #LoveMusicTherapy?

January 17, 2013
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It’s week 3 of the 2013 Music Therapy Social Media Advocacy month! The response to date  has been overwhelming. I have seen: 23 blogs posts, 2 podcasts, 1 infographic, 1 music video parody, and 1 audio response to said music video parody; daily Twitter and FB shoutouts from musician Ben Folds; the creation of a […]

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How You Can Get Involved in Music Therapy Social Media Advocacy

January 8, 2013

I hadn’t planned on doing a social media advocacy month update this soon. In fact, it was my intention to post one new article a week this month. But my intentions have changed… …and here’s why: My Reasons Musician Ben Folds has been an ardent supporter music therapy, even accepting an invitation to participate at […]

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It’s time to CONNECT. It’s time for the 2013 Social Media Advocacy Month!

January 3, 2013
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Happy New Year! There are so many things I find exciting about the beginning of a new year. It’s a time when I am fresh from taking a break and rejuvenated after seeing family and loved ones. I concentrate on eating cleanly…at least for a couple of weeks in an attempt to somewhat make-up for […]

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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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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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