Welcome to our MAAOM Speakers Bureau; the Maine Source for professional Oriental Medicine - Acupuncture Talks and Presentations.
Maine Acupuncturists - Licensed Oriental Medicine Professionals available to provide informative talks and presentations to your group or organization.
For Further information please contact Tom St.Amand, L.Ac., MAAOM Speakers Bureau Coordinator and MAAOM Publicity Chairman - 985-0099
March 2006 Maine Acupuncture publity event:
MAAOM
PROMOTES A
STRONG
PRESENCE AT
PORTLAND'S
WHOLE HEALTH
EXPO
Portland,
Maine: Saturday
and Sunday,
March 4th &
March
5th,2006,
Portland’s
Holiday Inn
By The Bay
hosted the
Whole Health
Expo.
Practitioners
of many
complimentary
and
alternative
health care
modalities
were
participants.
A local TV
news team
shot a film
clip our
MAAOM booth
which
aired on
Saturday’s
11 P.M.
news. During
the course
of this two
day event,
more than
one thousand
attendees
visited the
Portland
Whole Health
Expo. The
crowd was
warm very
interested
and in
search of
help and
healing,
asking
questions
about the
benefits of
receiving
Acupuncture
and Oriental
Medicine
treatment.
Thanks to the inspiring work of Tom St.Amand, MAAOM Board member and Promotion and Education Committee Chairman, the MAAOM booth at the Expo was both visual striking and warmly inviting.
More than eight of our 47 MAAOM members participated in manning our booth and it was resounding success. MAAOM Members who staffed our booth were able to educate the public about the benefits and strengths of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology, those with more personally oriented questions were able to speak to a Licensed Acupuncturist, one on one in a discussion about what that practitioner could offer in treatment specifically to help that individual.
MAAOM believes Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine needs a strong presence in Maine, representing ourselves with strength and compassion; is very evident through our presence and involvement during this recent Whole Health Expo. We are looking to forward to participating in similar events in the near future.
February 2006
The Today Show ran a story the first week of June 2005 about Americans’ growing use of acupuncture for treatment of chronic pain. Headline News Network ran a similar story the following week and CNN did a segment on the subject the week after that. Acupuncture’s the topic of conversation a lot lately as people you know – relatives, neighbors, celebrities – are finding relief and results in this centuries-old healthcare system.
We’re the Maine Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MAAOM), and as acupuncturists we’ve noticed that each news story on acupuncture brings more calls with questions about treatments and efficacy. Does it hurt? Does it work? Does it last?
In response to continued public interest we have created our MAAOM Speakers Bureau. We are promoting our MAAOM members throughout our State of Maine who are available to give lectures to groups and answer your questions. Did you know that Maine acupuncturists must be state licensed and nationally board certified? How familiar are you with the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) funding of a campus in Maryland (to the tune of $121 million dollars this year) expressly for the study of alternative medicine? Do you know that treat emotional as well as physical problems? Former university of Maine Hockey star and Mighty Ducks captain Paul Kariay credited acupuncture for recovery from headaches and dizziness that caused him to miss the final 28 games of his 2002 season and the Nagano Olympic Games. Acupuncture was shaquille O'Neal's self described, "secret weapon," in 2002 when a big toe injury flared up during the NBA playoffs.
We hope that you will consider giving the MAAOM a chance to educate and entertain you at no cost to your school or organization. We’re certain someone in your audience can use acupuncture and will eventually thank you for inviting us to talk. Call, write, or check us out at www.maaom.org today for more information on how to bring a speaker to your group or meeting. Thank you for your time and consideration. We look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Tom St Amand,
L.Ac. Publicity Chairman
MAAOM Speakers Bureau Coordinator
985-0099
www.MAAOM.org
211 Marginal
Way, Suite270
Portland, Maine 04101