andy wegman's blog

I took part today in a live interview on public radio program 'Word of Mouth' here in Concord, NH - carried on New Hampshire Public Radio.

I would imagine the topic at hand will be of interest to anybody who would be reading a CAN blog post.

Enjoy...

http://www.nhpr.org/node/17455

(BTW - I had no input as to the title of the piece...ironic, right?)

Coming into CA as a clinic owner/practitioner is one thing.

Unique demands surrounding the biz/clinic operations and hiring/managing people are as interesting as they are varied and unexpected, while demanding of collaborative, material and mental resources aplenty.

Chalk this up as yet another lesson from the never-ending “Let Your Community Help Build Your Community Acupuncture Clinic” lecture we've heard so often on CAN.

Having been impressed by acupuncture in general and happy with her experience at her local community acupuncture clinic up here in Manchester, Coleen – a community access TV manager – asked if I would be willing to be interviewed on camera to talk acupuncture/community acupuncture.

The answer was 'yes, of course'.

Thanks to her and her colleague's enthusiasm and talents, the following ½ hour program was filmed, produced and edited for the purpose of spreading the word of acupuncture and CA around The Queen City and surrounding towns.

In his excellent "The Technium" blog, Kevin Kelly posits a hypothetical threshold of "1,000 true fans" an artist would need to make a living while working their chosen craft (http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php).

The biz model Kelly suggests strikes me as fundamentally similar to the manner Community Acupuncturists approach their clinics; that is maintaining financial partnerships with many 'modest-paying', appreciative 'fans' rather than a scant number of higher-paying ones.