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Cameron Chapman and Ruby Stokes during their chemistry read:

Ali Hadji Heshmati and Hayley Konadu during their chemistry read:

via Complete Fiction Pictures twitter account

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“    my mouth still tastes like you.     ”       @driedflwers​

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20240404: the History of LEGO Castle day 095. 6027 Bat Lord's Catapult (1997, 54 pieces, 33 different parts) Bat Lord's Catapult is a cart pulled by a black horse with a red harness and a black bat on its back sitting on a yellow 1x2 jumper plate with brown wagon wheels. The cart itself is based around a black 2x8 plate with two red 1x2 hinge bricks holding the second black 2x8 plate, used as a launcher for the brown 2x2x2 catapult barrel. This set comes with two new Fright Knights minifigures. -The first minifigure has a black axe wielder helmet, a yellow minifigure head with black bangs, beard, and mustache, a dark gray printed studded armor torso and dark gray arms, and red legs with a black belt. The minifigure is exceptionally talented, being able to wield both a black whip and a dark gray sword at the same time. -The second minifigure has a black Dragon Master / Dragon Knight helmet, a yellow minifigure head with bushy black goatee, pointed eyebrows, and corner black bangs, a printed black torso with dark gray and silver stripes with black arms, and dark gray legs with a black belt. While there aren't any new pieces outside the new torsos (the dark gray studded armor is also in 2538 Fright Knights Fire Cart, 6087 Witch's Magic Manor, and 6097 Night Lord's Castle and the dark gray and silver breastplate is also found in 6028 / 6029 Treasure Cart, 6031 Fright Force, 6087 Witch's Magic Manor, 6097 Night Lord's Castle, 6496 Whirling Time Warper, 6497 Twisted Time Train, and 9376 Castle Set from Education and Dacta). -The red 2x2 turn table with three finger joint attachment is only found in four other sets (6011 Black Knight's Treasure, 6056 Dragon Wagon, 6799 Showdown Canyon, and 9452 Education and Dacta Giant LEGO Topic Set). -The red horse harness with three finger joint turn-table attachment is found in five other sets (6022 Horse Cart, 6023 Maiden's Cart, 6038 Wolfpack Renegades, 6040 Blacksmith Shop, and 6042 Dungeon Hunters). -The ovoid bat shield is found in four other sets (6004 Crossbow Cart, 6087 Witch's Magic Manor, 6097 Night Lord's Castle, and 6497 Twisted Time Machine), one Education and Dacta set (9376 Castle Set), and two service packs (5383 Castle Accessories and 6031 Fright Force). This set was also part of Casbon-1 Castle Bonus Pack from 1998, along with 6008 Royal King and 6037 Witch's Magic Manor. Parts inventory for this set can be found at BrickLink or Rebrickable and a free download of the instrucations is available at ToysPeriod.

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NO CASBON

casbon (n).

a temporary short-term cash loan given to a regular buyer and repaid with the borrower's next buy.

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Our clinician, Kevin Dorman (they/them), was recently interviewed on the podcast “Private Practice Success Stories!” Listen to hear about our #originstory and our goals for 2019!

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Posted @withregram • @f.lyshak Wednesday September 6 is the last day for general viewing of paintings by Francie Lyshak and ceramics by Linda Casbon at 548 W 28th St at Carter Burden Gallery, New York New York. . . . #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #carterburden #painting #nycart #womenartists #artcollector #artcurator #artconsultant #colorfieldpainting #gesturalabstraction #abstractpainting #contemporaryabstraction (at Carter Burden Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUqotAFFW-Q/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Writing the Book, Part Three — Our Casbon Journey This is the third post in a series describing the steps I went through in writing The Descendants of Isaac Casbon in America.

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Lockwood and Co Appreciation Week, Day 4

Favourite Ship(s)

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Gender Spectrum Voice Services (MA and RI) : Gender Spectrum Voice Providers 12/02/19

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center West Campus, Farr Building 135 Pilgrim Road Boston, MA Contact: (617) 632-7400 Clinicians: Tori Flormann, MS CCC-SLP Barbara Wilson Arboleda, MS CCC-SLP Info: Individuals 17 years and older seen for services. Check with your insurance provider if this is a billable service. Many insurance plans accepted. Website: https://www.bidmc.org/centers-and-departments/rehabilitation- services/outpatient-rehabilitation- services/voice-speech-and-swallowing-therapy

Boston University Academic Speech Language and Hearing Center Sargent College 635 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA 02215 Contact: Fina Jervis (617) 353-3188 Clinician: Daniel Buckley, MS CCC-SLP Info: Speech language therapy graduate program staffed by students and supervised by clinical faculty. Therapy provided at nominal fee for individual and group. No insurance accepted/necessary. Website: http://www.bu.edu/sargent/clinical-practice/clinical-education-centers/speech-language-hearing-center/.

Boston Children's Hospital 9 Hope Avenue Waltham, MA 02453 Contact: 781-216-3685 Clinicians: Roseanne Clark, MS CCC-SLP Sydney Kagan, MM, MS CCC-SLP Info: Pediatrics and young adults typically referred after establishing care with our Gender Management Service (GeMS). Check with insurance provider if this is a billable service. Many insurance plans accepted. Websites: http://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions-and-treatments/treatments/voice-training http://www.childrenshospital.org/centers-and-services/programs/f-_-n/gender-management- service

Emerson College Robbins Speech, Language and Hearing Center 216 Tremont Street Boston, MA Contact: Donna Ott (617) 824-8322 Clinicians: Jena Castro Casbon, MS CCC-SLP Jocelyn Leger, MS CCC-SLP Barbara Worth, MS CCC-SLP Info: Individuals 12 years and older seen for services. Speech language therapy graduate program that is staffed by students and supervised by clinical faculty. Therapy provided at nominal fee for individual and group. No insurance accepted/necessary. Sliding scale. Clients referred to otolaryngology (ENT) if necessary. Website: https://www.emerson.edu/communication- sciences-disorders/robbins-center/transgender-voice-communication-program

Boston Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology One Boston Medical Place Boston, MA 02118 Contact: (617) 638-8124 Clinicians: Daniel Buckley, MS CCC-SLP Hadas Golan, MS CCC-SLP Website: https://www.bmc.org/center-transgender-medicine-and-surgery/clinical-services

Gender Spectrum Voice Providers 12/02/19 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 243 Charles Street Boston, MA 02114 Contact: (617) 573-4050 Clinicians: Elizabeth Banaszak, MS CCC-SLP Abigail Garneau, MS CCC-SLP Stefani Kalos, MS CCC-SLP Info: All ages seen for service. Individual and group therapy options. Check with your insurance provider if this is a billable service. Group therapy (2-4 patients per group) option is $47 out of pocket as an alternative for patients whose insurance does not cover voice modification. Laryngologist on staff specializing in voice modification surgery/procedures. Website:https://masseyeandear.org/specialties/voice-lab

Voice Body Mind Healing Collaborative *Coastal Voice Therapy Private Practice 315 Olney St. Providence RI 02906 433 Broadway Providence RI 02909 Contact: Em McManamy MS CCC-SLP (978) 255-3559 Website: https://coastalvoicetherapy.com/cont act-me/ Info: Providing services to teens and adults. Check with your insurance provider if this is a billable service. Some insurance plans accepted. Sliding private pay scale available. Speaks Spanish and French.

*Clear Voice Therapy LLC Private Practice 433 Broadway Providence RI 02909 Contact: Michele G. Fava MS CCC-SLP (401) 529-6944 Info: Providing services to teens and adults. Check with your insurance provider if this is a billable service. Some insurance plans accepted including Neighborhood, BC/BS and Tufts. Sliding private pay scale available. Website: https://clearvoicetherapy.com

Speech and Language Resources 475 Franklin Street Framingham, MA 01702 Clinicians: Sherri Miller, M.ED, CCC-SLP Janet Tower, MS CCC-SLP Contact: (508) 620-9094 Info: All ages seen for services. Check with your insurance provider if this is a billable service. Accepts BC/BS and HPHC. Sliding private pay scale available. Individual and group treatment Website: www.speechlanguageresources.com

Lezli Whitehouse, MS CCC-SLP Private Practice SLP Littleton, MA 01460 A Contact: Lezli Whitehouse (978) 502-0356 lezlivoice@gmail.com Info: Private Pay

University of Massachusetts Amherst Center for Language, Speech and Hearing Amherst, MA 01003 Clinicians: Lisa Sommers, MA CCC-SLP Kelly Richardson, MS CCC-SLP Contact: 413-545-2565 Info: Check with your provider if this is a billable service. Individual treatment available

[bluenpinkcastle]

20240317: the History of LEGO Castle day 077. 6008 Royal King (1995, 12 pieces, 8 different parts) There's not much to this set at all, just a minifigure on a white horse with a red saddle, and a blue flag flying from a dark gray lance. The minifigure has a brand new, chrome gold crown, a yellow minifigure head with red bangs, sideburns, and mustache, a red torso with white arms and red and white checkered print with a collar of yellow triangles, a yellow lion head with a crown and a black mane, and a printed black belt with yellow notches and square yellow buckle, and plain blue legs. The minifigure also has a brand new chrome silver sword, which is larger than the swords until now, and a white ovoid shield with a yellow lion head with crown and a black mane on a red and white halved background with a blue border. This set was also part of Casbon-1 Castle Bonus Pack from 1998, along with 6027 Bat Lord's Catapult and 6037 Witch's Magic Manor. This Royal King was also known as King Richard. Parts inventory for this set (if you need it) can be found on BrickLink or Rebrickable and a free download of the instructions is available on ToysPeriod. This set was designed by Steen Sig Andersen and if you want to see more LEGO sets he designed, you can find them on BrickSet.

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Business Beat - Sun, 05 Aug 2018 PST

Accounting The Spokane Chapter of the Washington State Society of CPAs has elected its new board of directors. They are: Lisa Cushman, chair; Kate Casbon, vice chair/treasurer; Amanda Kelly, secretary; Jillian Robison, past chair; Brandon Gebhardt, events committee chair; Cathy Dehart, director; Arsen Djatej, director, Dan Fisher, director; and Shayna Zerobnick, director. Business Beat - Sun, 05 Aug 2018 PST

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Data Science with Juliet Hougland and Michelle Casbon: GCPPodcast 130

The post Data Science with Juliet Hougland and Michelle Casbon: GCPPodcast 130 appeared first on bluewateryachtcharters com.

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Clonal Deletion of Tumor-Specific T Cells by Interferon-γ Confers Therapeutic Resistance to Combination Immune Checkpoint Blockade.

Related Articles Clonal Deletion of Tumor-Specific T Cells by Interferon-γ Confers Therapeutic Resistance to Combination Immune Checkpoint Blockade. Immunity. 2019 Feb 01;: Authors: Pai CS, Huang JT, Lu X, Simons DM, Park C, Chang A, Tamaki W, Liu E, Roybal KT, Seagal J, Chen M, Hagihara K, Wei XX, DuPage M, Kwek SS, Oh DY, Daud A, Tsai KK, Wu C, Zhang L, Fasso M, Sachidanandam R, Jayaprakash A, Lin I, Casbon AJ, Kinsbury GA, Fong L Abstract Resistance to checkpoint-blockade treatments is a challenge in the clinic. We found that although treatment with combined anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 improved control of established tumors, this combination compromised anti-tumor immunity in the low tumor burden (LTB) state in pre-clinical models as well as in melanoma patients. Activated tumor-specific T cells expressed higher amounts of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) receptor and were more susceptible to apoptosis than naive T cells. Combination treatment induced deletion of tumor-specific T cells and altered the T cell repertoire landscape, skewing the distribution of T cells toward lower-frequency clonotypes. Additionally, combination therapy induced higher IFN-γ production in the LTB state than in the high tumor burden (HTB) state on a per-cell basis, reflecting a less exhausted immune status in the LTB state. Thus, elevated IFN-γ secretion in the LTB state contributes to the development of an immune-intrinsic mechanism of resistance to combination checkpoint blockade, highlighting the importance of achieving the optimal magnitude of immune stimulation for successful combination immunotherapy strategies. PMID: 30737146 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] http://dlvr.it/QycRgh

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Resources to Start (and Grow) Your OT Business

The occupational therapy profession depends on entrepreneurs—not only to drive innovation and improve the quality of our care, but also to keep the profession itself moving forward.

The rapidly changing healthcare landscape means there are always new opportunities for us, and there is no shortage of niches we can fill to serve our clients.

There are even plenty of ways to leverage our experience to help other OT professionals thrive in their own careers.

Entrepreneurship is exciting and fulfilling, and it takes you on a journey that is unlike anything else you will ever experience.

But, taking that plunge can be downright scary—and justifiably so!

I’ve been blogging for over six years now, and in that time I’ve seen multiple OT businesses come and go. I’ve watched readers excitedly charge down the path of practice ownership, only to have life take them in another direction.

And that’s why many people stop short of diving into entrepreneurship: the unknown factors and risks can make even the bravest of souls think twice about whether it’s worth it.

Luckily, I’ve witnessed a major sea change over the past few years.

While we business owners used to be largely left to our own devices, we now enjoy access to countless resources and experts to help us get our business ideas off the ground in the first place—and then take them to the point of thriving.

There are countless facets to starting a business, and it’s unrealistic to imagine we can be experts in everything from day one.

So, why not leverage the expertise of those therapists who have done it already?

That’s why I rounded up resources for occupational therapists who are interested in starting and growing a business. I limited this list to resources that are produced by fellow therapists (OTs, PTs, and SLPs).

Nurturing your OT business idea

If your business idea is in incubation, there are great resources out there to get your creative juices flowing.

The therapy podcasts listed below all focus on the business of therapy, and feature interviews with therapists who have been in the trenches growing their own practices.

The Cash-Based Practice Podcast | Dr. Jarod Carter, PT

The Cash PT Lunch Hour | Aaron LeBauer, PT

Functional Freedom Podcast | Paul Potter, PT

Health, Wealthy and Smart | Karen Litzy, PT, DPT

Seniors Flourish Podcast | Mandy Chamberlain, MOTR/L

Speech Therapy Private Practice Start-up | J. Kyle Meades, CCC-SLP

Start at Therapy Practice Podcast | Scott Harmon, OT

Therapy Insiders Podcast | UpDoc Media

If you are looking for even more guidance in fleshing out your idea, Jen Gash has a fantastic ebook, Selling OT: From Random Idea to Unique Value Proposition.

This encouraging and inspiring book was written specifically for OTs, and it helps you think through critical initial questions like:

What is my unique value proposition?

Who will my customers be?

How can I create a minimal viable product?

I also highly recommend following the WebPT blog, which covers pretty much everything OTs would need to know about starting, running, and growing their practices.

Just a few of the topics covered include:

Billing and accounts receivable

Compliance

Healthcare reform

Leadership, communication, and company culture

Marketing

Revenue diversification.

Technology

Consultants and coaches that help you launching and grow your OT business

Once you are ready to launch or grow your business, you may desire more in-depth or one-on-one help.

Whether you are looking for an ebook, a mastermind, a coach, or a consultation, there is someone out there to help. Here a few therapists who can help you take your business to the next level!

Melissa LaPointe, OT

When you’re building a business, you need inspiration, guidance, and support, and Melissa provides all of these things.

She’s an OT-turned mindset coach and consultant that works specifically with therapists—and you will not regret working with her!

In addition to consulting and one-on-one coaching, some of her most popular offerings include:

WHOT Business Academy: A supportive and inspirational membership community to help you build your women's health practice while balancing your own healing journey. Members have access to a combination of masterclasses, group coaching, business resources, special guest interviews and a private Facebook group.

Visionaries on Fire: A 9-month mastermind group filled with thought-leaders and change-makers in the women's health industry.

Strong Beginnings - An OT's Journey in Perinatal Health: This is a self-paced online program designed to give you the tools and resources to confidently grow your practice in prenatal/postnatal health.

Iris Kimberg, MS PT, OTR

Iris is a 34-year veteran in the business end of the therapy world and grew her own practice from scratch to a $14M multi-branch therapy company that she sold to a Fortune 500 Company.

She now consults privately with therapists across the country and also offers affordable workbooks, live and on-demand webinars, and generic business related templates for contracts and forms on her two websites www.nytherapyguide.com and www.privatepracticeopportunitiesandguidance.com.

Iris’ goal is to help therapists set up fiscally and legally sound practices, as well as offer actionable ideas on how best to strategically grow and eventually sell private practices.

To date she has worked with over 470 therapists and helped bring over two dozen practice sales to fruition.

Tomeico Faison, OT

Here’s Tomeico’s story in her own words:

From as early as I can remember, I have been enthusiastic about entrepreneurial endeavors. Born to teenage parents, who later divorced, I saw entrepreneurship as a way to help out the family financially in middle school. My first business was a tutoring and babysitting business that became so lucrative that my family decided to take over it.

As an adult, my love for entrepreneurship continued to grow. In spite of the vocation I chose, I was always led back to entrepreneurship.  I have been an occupational therapist since 2001, helping others participate in meaningful daily occupations in spite of disability status. After working two years as an employee in a psychiatric hospital, I started Therapeutic Solutions, an occupational therapy business. My business was created for two reasons: I saw a need for occupational therapy consultative services for older persons with developmental disabilities and I needed a flexible schedule due to having a premature infant.

Therapeutic Solutions has now been in business for over 15 years offering innovative specialty services to include but not limited to, low vision rehab, mental health recovery services, home care services, domestic violence counseling and group home consultation. Therapeutic Solutions has grown the low vision division of the business from scratch with one referring provider in 2012 to currently over 90 referring eye doctors across the state, with six therapists providing in home low vision rehab services. The low vision division is still expanding with a mission to be  a globally recognized leader with a model that can be easily replicated to serve this underserved population.

Although Therapeutic Solutions has successfully developed work in niche specialized markets, navigating the business systems of these markets has not always been easy. Therefore, I am a dedicated educator and advocate for the success of current and aspiring entrepreneurs in health and human service fields who want to serve underserved populations. I understand the frustrations that many therapists have in some traditional settings that focus on productivity and profit more than service and improving quality of life which results in less than optimal practice. I also believe that God has gifted me in the area of entrepreneurship in order to help create businesses with higher ethical standards.

As a business consultant and coach, my goal is to partner, guide and support health and human service entrepreneurs so that they can freely provide quality services in their dream businesses while still making a profit—it is possible. It is my hope that more therapists and health care providers will start more businesses that focus on serving and meeting unmet needs and I am available to help make that happen!

Learn more about Faison Consulting

Books by Tomeico

Daphne Scott, PT

I am a huge fan of Daphne’s weekly email. Daphne is a physical therapist and leadership coach. Her focus is on coaching and developing leadership skills, rather than walking you through the nitty gritty of setting up a business. While she tends to work with larger organizations anyone taking on a leadership role at any level is wise to pay attention to the “soft” leadership skills she teaches about.

Vist her website

Take her course, Waking up a Leader

Jena Casbon, SLP- The Independent Clinician

Since 2008, Jena has helped OTs, SLPs, and PTs who are looking for more flexibility, clinical freedom, and higher income start their own private practices, step-by-step.

For OTs who are looking to start their own private practice (either full-time or "on the side"), Jena offers free and paid resources to help walk clinicians through the entire process.

Jena's available resources:

The Private Practice Mini Course: This FREE course is great for those just starting to explore private practice

The Guide to Private Patients: This is ideal for beginners who need help with setting up their practice and getting their first clients

The Guide to Creating a Web Presence for Your Private Practice:  This is ideal for those looking to grow the online presence of an existing practice

The Guide to Setting Your Hourly Rate: We all struggle with setting rates, and this is so helpful––plus, it comes with a rate-setting calculator

Aaron LeBauer, PT

Aaron LeBauer runs his own successful cash-based practice and helps physical therapists and occupational therapists do the same. 

In addition to his podcast, mentioned above, he has a course to walk therapists step by step through the process. 

Here's what Aaron has to say about his course: The CashPT Blueprint is the premier online training program for passionate occupational therapists who want to achieve success in the cash-based therapy model.

(Disclaimer: I have an affiliate relationship with Aaron for this course.)

Paul Potter, PT

Paul helps therapists gain professional and personal freedom while doing the work they love. On his website, paulpotterpt.com you will find: 

Inspiration and practical guidance on creating a lifestyle practice through content, courses, and coaching.

Time-tested business wisdom combined with current trends to provide fresh perspective and resources to help therapists reinvent their professional careers.The Cash Therapy Success Course provides step by step guidance to launch a cash practice from scratch

The Cash Therapy Success Course provides step by step guidance to launch a cash practice from scratch

You can also find resources from Paul in the OT Potential Marketplace. 

Jamey Schrier, PT

Jamey teaches practice owners such as PT, OT, and Chiropractors how to automate their practices.  This allows them total freedom by having their team and the processes in place manage the day-to-day operations.  This includes an understanding of the 4 areas of business:

Marketing

Management

Money

Mindset

At his website, jameyschrier.com, you will find coaching resources, video series, and the chance to join a year-long mastermind group. 

Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L- Holistic OT

Emmy helps health care practitioners who would like to integrate holistic/integrative health care into their practices, or begin a private practice with a holistic/integrative, prevention, health and wellness approach.

She has been studying and practicing holistic/integrative health care for nearly 20 years. She has provided care in mainstream health care, holistic/integrative health care settings, and now blends the two.

Her mission is to bring holistic/integrative health care into mainstream health care. She provides coaching/mentoring, individual sessions, continuing education, and guides OTs and health care practitioners on how to integrate these approaches into their practices – whether in private practice, as coaches or consultants, or in employed positions. 

Emmy’s available resources:

Holistic Practice Group Coaching Class

Healing Connections Podcast

Coaching/Mentoring

Continuing Eduction Classes

Articles on How to Integrate Holistic/Integrative Health Care into OT Practice (free)

Scott Harmon, OT- Start a Therapy Practice

StartaTherapyPractice.com is a place for therapists already in private practice or interested in starting a practice. Scott offers a podcast, blog, ebooks, free forms, and tools. 

Social groups to for OT entrepreneurs to join

Support and camaraderie are key when you’re building a business, so here are some of the top social media groups for you to join to connect with other therapists.

Linked-In: Private Occupational Therapy Network

Facebook: Occupational Therapy Entrepreneurs (I manage this group!) and Entrepreneurship4OT

OTConnections: OTs in Private Practice

Books for OT entrepreneurs to read

Here are books that members of our OT Entrepreneurs FB group recommended as being critical to their own business journey.

Playing Big |Tara Mohr

Smartups (Street-Smart Start-ups) | Rob Ryan

Profit First | Mike Michalowicz

The E-Myth Revisited | Michael E. Gerber

The Small Patient Practice | Jeanine Gregoire Colburn, DPT

Building a StoryBrand | Donald Miller

The 4 Disciplines of Execution | McChesney, Covey and Huling

The 4 Hour Work Week | Timothy Ferriss

Eat That Frog |Brian Tracy

The Miracle Morning | Hal Elrod

Website building resources

Having a great website is a tremendous asset to your business. Building OT Potential has been life change for me and has become a business unto itself.

I’m very passionate about helping fellow OTs build their own websites either for their private practice or other entrepreneurial endeavor.

If you are are beginning the website creation process, I encourage you to check out my yearly contest, The Best OT Website. This contest was created to spotlight some of the best OT websites out there so we can all learn from them!

Website builders

WordPress

Squarespace

Wix

Practice Promotions: If building your own website gives you the willies, this company will build and run your website, and will also manage your marketing and advertising

SEO Resources

SEO stand for search engine optimization, which essentially amounts to the best practices you can use to make sure that the people looking for your services/website actually find them.

Here are two of my most trusted SEO gurus:

Neil Patel’s Guide to Local SEO

Brian Dean’s Guide to SEO

Marketing your OT business

Ugh! I’m feeling like this is my weakest section of this post.

PLEASE if you have a marketing resource you have found helpful please share it with me the comments. I have a blog post on this topic that has some basics, but I would love to include some more advanced resources in the article for you.

Discounts for OT businesses

I love tracking down discounts for you all!

If you have 5 or more therapists working for your, please remember that you can get a group discount on MedBridge through the MedBridge Enterprise plan. (I am a MedBridge affiliate.)

If you are interested in doing a demo of WebPT, you can save $100 if you end up subscribing when you use my link. (I am also a WebPT affiliate.)

Conclusion

I’m incredibly passionate about seeing fellow OTs pursue entrepreneurship. I hope this article has been helpful to you as work toward making your dreams a reality.

If I am missing any resources that have helped you grow your occupational therapy business, please let me know in the comments. I hope to keep this post up to date as new resources come out!

from OT Blog - OT Potential http://bit.ly/2n7pj6a

[bythebayio]

Michelle Casbon at Scale By the Bay: “I love being steeped in so much Scala expertise”

A Senior Engineer on the Google Cloud Platform Developer Relations team, Michelle Casbon focuses on open source contributions and community engagement for machine learning and big data tools. Before that, she built and shipped machine learning products on distributed platforms using both AWS and Google Cloud Platform within her Senior Engineer and Director of Data Science roles at several San Francisco-based startups.

In advance of “Data Engineering and AI” panel discussion at Scale By the Bay on November 16 where Michelle is speaking alongside Richard Socher (Salesforce), Lukas Biewald (Weights and Biases), Ruchir Puri (IBM), Pete Skomoroch (Workday) and Peter Bailis (Sisu and Stanford CS), we spoke to Michelle about her developer journey, the hardest challenges of scale and the upcoming panel discussion at Scale By the Bay.

How did your data work lead you through the startups of Silicon Valley to Google? It turns out, building Machine Learning (ML) applications is hard. At Idibon, I spent my time building them on AWS. At Qordoba, I tried out Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and discovered Kubernetes Engine, which helped tremendously. As soon as I heard about Kubeflow, I was on board. It was exactly what I needed instead of building ML apps from scratch. I love that I can contribute to the project with a decade of data engineering under my belt because engineers who build platforms don't always have that perspective and really value it.

What did you learn about ML/NLP adoption along the way? There is a ton of interest, both from the business and engineering sides, but it's still very challenging to pull off. Tooling in the space has been very low-level, which isn't conducive to training new developers or maintaining production code over time. It's something that needs to change, similarly to the way higher-level tools were developed for traditional software development. As tooling in the space improves, we will see much more adoption of ML.

How does Google Cloud Platform help you and what are the hardest challenges of scale? When I was building ML products from scratch, I really appreciated the bootstrapping that I got in GCP. So many best practices are baked into the Kubernetes framework, which meant that I didn't have to spend time defining them. I was blown away at the declarative yaml approach to deploying predictive models and Kubernetes Engine meant that I didn't have to maintain a cluster of distributed compute nodes. These paradigms are foundational to Kubeflow, which makes a lot of sense to me. The idea is that the framework does the hard work of distributing training and packaging disparate components together, which keeps application code simple.

Another important aspect is access to hardware accelerators like Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). GCP provides the hardware & Kubeflow makes it easier to use that hardware from within application code. And because Kubeflow supports any hardware configuration that runs Kubernetes, you can run the same application within GCP, locally, or on another cloud (sans TPUs). These are the hardest challenges of scale: keeping application code simple, maintaining it over time, and retaining flexibility in terms of physical environment.

You’ve been at our Data events and now this is the Engineering one. How do you see these two cultures, Data Science (ML/AI) and Software Engineering work together at GCP? What’s your advice to a data scientist who needs web-scale performance and software engineering chops to solve their problems? Tools and APIs on GCP are designed to deliver best practices by default. There are fundamental building blocks like computing, storage, and event streaming, but GCP really shines when it comes to ML tooling. These are the shortcuts that make it possible to build ML products quickly and maintain them more easily over time. My advice is to use a managed service or high-level API whenever possible and automate everything else. A good CI/CD setup means that data scientists can focus on the code and everything after a PR merge is deployed automatically. Projects like Kubeflow that support this type of workflow are where I see the two sides coming together, especially since you can combine managed services and from-scratch models in any combination.

What’s the most exciting for you about the AI panel? I love the combination of panelists. Lukas & Pete (Lukas Biewald and Pete Skomoroch - note from the editor) are two people that I've looked up to for years and always enjoy spending time with. I've learned many things from them over the years.

What do you like about By the Bay community and what are you looking forward to the most? I love being steeped in so much Scala expertise. It's inspiring! I'm most looking forward to hearing the types of challenges people have in building ML pipelines. I can't wait to see how these problems have evolved and what some of the newer ones are.

Also, it's always great to hear Martin Odersky in real-time at 1x speed!

Do not miss Michelle Casbon at “Data Engineering and AI” panel discussion at Scale By the Bay conference at Twitter HQ in San Francisco on November 16. Last few tickets are available, so book yours now.