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From ABMP President Les Sweeney
Social media has exploded in the last six months, in large part due to the popularity of sites like Facebook and Twitter. We at ABMP have engaged in social media as an avenue to build community with members and the massage and bodywork profession as a whole
However, we’ve been struck by the challenge of sorting through the maze of massage relationships, high school friends, parents of our children, and coworkers. We started to realize that a community just for the massage and bodywork profession makes sense.
So, we’ve started one at www.massageprofessionals.com. On it you’ll find many of the characteristics of other social media–a place for your picture, profile, discussions, groups you may join or create, even opportunities to post your own blog. What makes this different is that the site has been established solely for massage therapists and bodyworkers.
Massageprofessionals.com is a community for the entire massage and bodywork profession–students, those just entering the field, and seasoned professionals, alike. I am hopeful that all practitioners (whether belonging to ABMP, AMTA, any other organization, or no organization at all) find value in joining what we hope will be the largest, most vibrant community in the profession.
Please take a look and tell your friends and colleagues that we’d love to have their voices be part of the network, too. Thank you for participating and helping us build our profession’s new community!