This message contains images. If you don't see images, click here to view. Click here to advertise in this news brief.   Mobile version   RSS   Subscribe   Unsubscribe   Archive   Media Kit Feb. 5, 2013 |About the NCEA|   |About Becoming NCEA Certified|   |About the Commission on Accreditation|   |Become an Approved Training Facility/Testing Center |   |Become a COA-Approved Provider|   |CE Activities|   |Standards & Regulatory Positions|   |Scholarships & Grants|   |Curriculums|     Register for the National Esthetic Teacher Training Conference NCEA    Share    NETT Conference — April 6-8 Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Fla. Sessions will be led by esthetic leaders, including Sherry Davis, an education programs consultant at the California Department of Education. Davis has been in the industry for over 30 years as a cosmetologist, instructor, NCEA Certified and Master Esthetician. Career technical education is a passion for Dr. Davis, who was an associate professor for the over 15 years in California and Texas. Meet the rest of the faculty here. For complete information on the first conference of 2013, check out the official website here. Registration for Miami Beach Hotels (Eden Roc Renaissance, Marriott, Richmond, Red South, Crest or South Beach Hotel) Click here to learn more.  What's the Latest? Luxury spa teaches that losing weight is possible — 1 chew at a time Fox News    Share    Remember what your mother always used to say? "Chew your food!" Turns out she was right. If you're trying to lose weight, this simple rule of chewing your food 40 times before you swallow not only works, but has some significant science behind it and a luxury resort built up around it. More 6 steps to a profitable acne program Les Nouvelles Esthetiques & Spa    Share    Acne is one of the biggest missed opportunities in the spa industry. This potentially huge revenue stream is rarely explored in spas. On most spa menus, you will find a deep cleansing facial or teen facial, which is typically positioned as an à la carte treatment. The problem is that acne cannot be solved with one treatment. Here are six steps explaining how to develop, position and market your acne program to increase guest satisfaction and generate more revenue. More Europe's most famous spa towns The Huffington Post    Share    For ages, people have believed in the healing properties of nature. So, it's no surprise that many of these towns are home to thermal hot springs whose waters are touted as relief for a host of ailments ranging from rheumatism to respiratory issues. To this day, spa towns welcome guests from near and far looking for remedies. More 5 surprising heart attack symptoms in women SheKnows    Share    Many people still think of heart disease as a condition that affects men more than women, but coronary heart disease is the single largest cause of death for women in the United States. According to Dr. William Daniel, leading cardiologist and chief medical officer of software provider Emerge Clinical Solutions, heart disease is even more dangerous to women because symptoms of a heart attack are often different for women than men. More  Business Briefs How to prepare for Affordable Care Act taxes in 2013 Fox Business    Share    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress and signed into law back in 2010, but many of the provisions are just starting to be implemented, and this could impact small business owners in a big way. Here's a list of new health-care issues and medical tax law changes every small business owner needs to know. More 9 ways to forge better partnerships Inc.    Share    Business success usually demands partnering with other people and other firms to get big things done. Some partnerships are formal, like outsourced supply chains, while others are less formal, as when salespeople from different firms partner to win a complex opportunity. It's thus in your interest to know exactly how to ensure that your partnerships, both formal and informal, remain healthy and happy, as well as highly likely to result in mutual success. More  Marketing 101 Building customer communities is the key to creating value Harvard Business Review    Share    What are your customers telling their friends and colleagues about your business? Your prospective customers and buyers increasingly learn about you from their peers while tending more and more to ignore traditional sales and marketing communications from corporate. Companies are now taking advantage of this new marketing reality, becoming more skilled at getting their customers to advocate for them, create peer influence in their markets and make important contributions in areas like product development and services. More Small firms say LinkedIn works, Twitter doesn't The Wall Street Journal    Share    Six out of 10 small-business owners say they believe social media tools are valuable to their company's growth — but most aren't impressed by Twitter. Just 3 percent of 835 business owners surveyed by The Wall Street Journal and Vistage International said Twitter had the most potential to help their companies. Professional networking service LinkedIn topped the survey, with 41 percent of respondents singling it out as potentially beneficial to their company. More  Teaching Tips For many students, print is still king The Chronicle of Higher Education    Share    Despite the hype about e-books, the classic textbook hasn't gone away. In fact, the hold-it-in-your-hands book remains the first choice for many instructors and students. Even as publishers scramble to produce new kinds of content for a digital learning environment, print is still king for many of the biggest-selling textbooks. More 7 things schools of the future will do well Teach Thought    Share    There have been three fundamental shifts in modern learning environments. Given these shifts, what practices will be common among next generation schools that prepare students for college, careers and citizenship? With input from innovative school leaders from around the world, following are seven habits of next-gen schools. More  Quotable Quote Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. Courage is what counts. — Sir Winston Churchill  COA-Approved Continuing Education 7 highly effective habits for the adult learner in a vocational setting Presented by Melinda McHenry    Share    This presentation will focus on the needs of today's adult learner and effective teaching methods. We will discuss how to recognize the needs of today's learner and evaluate classroom methodologies. Come learn how to enhance the learner experience and analyze the expected outcomes for your graduating students. At the conclusion of the presentation the teacher will be able to: Recognize and discuss the career goal needs of the adult learner Evaluate and incorporate new classroom motivational methods Create a more synergistic team class environment by pinpointing and joining compatible adult behavior styles Measure outcomes for the adult graduate, creating career portfolio’s to help the adult learner enter the job force successfully To view this FREE webinar, click here. To receive your CE for this webinar, download this CE Registration Form. View other COA-Approved Continuing Education.  Spa Clinicals Music for pain relief Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Group via The Cochrane Library    Share    The efficacy of music for the treatment of pain has not been established. This research was done to evaluate the effect of music on acute, chronic or cancer pain intensity, pain relief, and analgesic requirements. We searched The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, LILACS and the references in retrieved manuscripts. There was no language restriction. We included randomized controlled trials that evaluated the effect of music on any type of pain in children or adults. We excluded trials that reported results of concurrent non-pharmacological therapies. Data was extracted by two independent review authors. We calculated the mean difference in pain intensity levels, percentage of patients with at least 50 percent pain relief, and opioid requirements. We converted opioid consumption to morphine equivalents. To explore heterogeneity, studies that evaluated adults, children, acute, chronic, malignant, labor, procedural or experimental pain were evaluated separately, as well as those studies in which patients chose the type of music.  Political Advocacy Position Continuing education credits NCEA    Share    It is NCEA's position that all states that regulate esthetician licensees should mandate a minimum of 12 hours of Continuing Education credits before an esthetician can renew their license. Download complimentary PowerPoint entitled, "Advocating for your Profession."  Tuesday 'Toon

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