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#MWAMTA11 Handouts and Updates

April 11, 2011

It’s been quite a weekend! I’m fresh off the Midwestern Regional Music Therapy Conference that took place in Kansas City. It was great to see my friends, learn from students and professionals in the field, and have an overall great time. I’m excited to share with you the handouts and slideshows from two of my […]

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It’s #MWAMTA11 Time! Gearing up for Regional Conference

April 6, 2011
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We are the last ones. Two weeks ago it was Southwest and Great Lakes. Last week, it was Southeastern, Western, Mid-Atlantic, and New England. This week…it’s our turn! In two days, the Midwestern Region of the American Music Therapy Association will kick-off it’s annual regional conference in Overland Park, Kansas. Professional and student music therapists […]

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Private Practice 101 (Week 8): Final Considerations

April 27, 2010
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This is it! This week we end our Private Practice 101 series. My hope is that all the information we provided over the past 8 weeks has either helped you now or will help you in your future private practice endeavors. So to finish off our series, some final thoughts and miscellaneous items to think […]

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Private Practice 101 (Week 6): 6 Reasons Why Marketing a Business is Like Finding a Spouse

April 15, 2010

We’re nearing the end of our Private Practice 101 series! By now you’ve started to lay down the foundation of your business, from it’s structure to paperwork to getting paid. But it doesn’t matter how strong your business structure and services are…if no one knows about them. Today we start talking about marketing. I’m going […]

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Private Practice 101 (Week 5): The Paperwork

April 6, 2010

We are now officially halfway through our Private Practice 101 series! So far, we’ve discussed your purpose and reason for starting a business, finding people to help you on your journey, setting up your business structure, and what it takes to get paid. Today’s topic: Paperwork. In my mind, there’s one reason paperwork exists: it’s […]

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Private Practice 101 (Week 4): Show Me the Money!

March 30, 2010

We are now in week 4 of our Private Practice 101 series. We’ve previously covered evaluating why you want to start a practice, determining who needs to be on your business team, and reviewing what types of businesses you can start. And if you go back and re-read those posts, make sure you check out […]

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Private Practice 101 (Week 3): What Type of Business Are You?

March 23, 2010

We are now in Week 3 of our “Private Practice 101” series! So far we’ve talked about determining why you want to start a practice (Week 1) and creating your business team (Week 2). I encourage you to check out the comments sections of the previous posts. There have been some great questions and useful […]

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Private Practice 101 (Week 2): Who’s On Your Team?

March 16, 2010

In week 2 of the Private Practice 101 series, we’ll talk about other professionals you have on your business team that can help you develop a smooth-running, legitimate, successful private practice. But before we dive in, I want to send a quick THANK YOU to everyone who wrote awesome comments in last week’s post. You […]

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