The World Massage Festival brought glad tidings to over 50 massage therapists yesterday when founder Mike Hinkle held the drawing for the Christmas in July contest, gifting all of them with free tuition to the 2011 Festival that will be held July 14-17 in at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. That's what I...
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Tags: AMTA, Ben Benjamin, Laura Allen, Nancy Porambo, research, Ruth Werner, World Massage Festival
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It is a rule of the IRS that information on non-profits is publicly disclosed, including the compensation of key personnel. The organizations listed with Guidestar have the opportunity to post their filings themselves, and if they choose not to do that, Guidestar gets it straight from the IRS. I want to make it clear...
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Tags: Form 990, Guidestar, non-profit organizations, transparency
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This is the second year that I have written a series on the financial status of the non-profit organizations associated with the massage therapy profession. I am not an accountant or a financial expert. All the information in my blogs on this subject is available for public viewing on www.guidestar.org, which is a clearinghouse...
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Tags: massage therapy foundation, MBLEx, NCBTMB, Paul Lindamood
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If there’s such a thing as a poster child for good finances in these economic times, it’s the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards.
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Tags: Debra Persinger, Form 990, FSMTB, non-profit
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This is my second year of doing an annual report on the financial status of the major non-profit organizations of the massage therapy profession. I am not an accountant or a financial expert. This information was taken directly from FORM 990, the Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, which is published on Guidestar....
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This marks the second year I have reported on the financial health of the non-profit organizations that represent the massage profession. I am not an accountant or a financial expert. The information reported here comes directly from Form 990 as filed with the IRS; non-profits are obligated to make their tax reports public knowledge,...
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Tags: AMTA, Elizabeth Lucas, massage therapy foundation, Ruth Werner, Shelly Johnson
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The certificants have spoken: the new Board members have been elected at the NCBTMB. I have shamelessly lifted their bios from the NCBTMB website and their own websites.
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Tags: Alexa Zaledonis, Bruce Baltz, election, Michele Baker, NCBTMB, Rhonda Reif
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Why would any school wait for regulation to force the issue of raising standards, in the interest of improving the education of students, which in this case could potentially have such effects as raising the credibility and profile of massage therapy in general, not to mention giving their therapists a leg up in their...
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Posted in Business, Education & Seminars, General Massage, Health & Wellness, marketing, Natural Healing & Nutrition, Patient Education, Politics & Government, Research | 1 Comment »
"The Massage Therapy Foundation Community Service Grants are awarded to organizations that seek to provide massage therapy to communities or groups who currently have little or no access to such services." I have had the privilege of serving on the review committee for 2 years and I want to make our jobs a bit...
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Tags: AMTA, community service, massage therapists, massage therapy foundation, research
Posted in Community Service, Education & Seminars, General Massage, Massage Therapy for Older People, Other Topics, Research, Self care | 1 Comment »
We've all got three more months to make BIG things happen....
Together, we can do it!
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Tags: goal setting, goals, Massage, practice, success, therapy
Posted in Business, General Massage, marketing, Marketing / Office / Staff, Other Topics, Practice Management | 4 Comments »