It’s all about me, so here’s my wishlist for the profession. It’s difficult to place these in order of importance, because some of them depend on each other, and in my little corner of massage, they’re all important. It’s election time–aren’t we all just about sick of hearing about it–candidates mudslinging and making campaign...
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Tags: AFMTE, AMTA, COMTA, Continuing Education, FSMTB, LauraAllenMT, Massage, massage therapy foundation, NCBTMB
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If at first you don’t succeed… Try, try again. That’s what the regulatory board in my home state of North Carolina is recommending when it comes to getting the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards to do something about the confusing status of continuing education approvals. Two years ago, the NC Board of Massage...
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Tags: ABMP, AFMTE, AMTA, COMTA, Continuing Education, ELAP, FSMTB, LauraAllenMT, massage therapists, MOCC, NCBTMB, Ralph Stephens
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I spent last weekend in toasty Tucson, AZ at the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education annual meeting, and for the third year in a row since this organization started, it was one of the best things I have ever attended. There were quite a few new people attending this year, and attendance was up...
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Tags: ABMP, AFMTE, AMTA, business, COMTA, FSMTB, LauraAllenMT, massage therapists, massage therapy foundation
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Anne Williams of ABMP has confirmed to me today the members of the group that are working on the Entry-Level Analysis Project that I have been blogging about for the past few weeks. Since the secrecy surrounding this project has been my main complaint, about it, I will share that information here. The members...
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Tags: ABMP, AMTA, Anne Williams, Clint Chandler, COMTA, Cynthia Rebeiro, Elan Schacter, FSMTB, Jim O'Hara, MTBOK, Pat Archer, Rick Garbowski, Tom Lochhaas
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I’ve been on vacation…I took a deliberate ten-day break from the Internet and from all the politics of massage while I was enjoying my annual sojourn in Ireland. I didn’t visit any Internet cafes. I didn’t read the paper and I didn’t watch the news. I left my cell phone at home, too. It...
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Tags: ABMP, AMTA, ELAP, FSMTB
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Post by new guest blogger Steph Lasch, LMT, CFT This is my first blog entry for the WIBB. I’m truly excited to be providing quality content here and talking about some of the things I’m passionate about, besides being a massage therapist. I love talking about business, finance and operations in the spa &...
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Tags: AMTA, budgeting, business planning, career longevity, Ethics, finances, massage business, massage therapists, success
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Any time one of the major organizations in the massage field tries to fire up a project that will “advance the profession”, I get awfully suspicious. When a group of them get together to do something on the big scale, I go on full nuclear alert. That’s the case right now with a dubious...
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Tags: ABMP, AFMTE, AMTA, COMTA, FSMTB, LauraAllenMT, Massage, NCBTMB; FSMTB
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From the title, you might think this blog is about The Client List, the trashy new show on the Lifetime Channel that gives massage therapy a black eye. No such luck; the event I am referring to is the upcoming Leadership Summit #2, set to take place next week in Chicago. The first Leadership...
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Tags: ABMP, AFMTE, AMTA, COMTA, FSMTB, LauraAllenMT, massage therapists, NCBTMB; FSMTB
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Like most massage therapists, you probably belong to a professional association. And like most massage therapists, you probably joined for the liability insurance. But there is so much more and if you don’t take advantage of the perks, you’re missing the point. Repeatedly I recommend the business resources of these associations to my consulting...
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Tags: AMTA, professional association, volunteer
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I’ve been criticizing the Maintenance of Core Competency (MOCC) proposal from the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards since the moment it landed on my radar, and I haven’t changed my mind. I think it’s a terrible plan that doesn’t serve any good purpose other than increasing the coffers of the FSMTB. In its...
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Tags: ABMP, AFMTE, AMTA, Continuing Education, FSMTB, LauraAllenMT, Massage, NCBTMB
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