Now is the time! Three special guests join us to discuss branding and marketing your veterinary practice, specifically in relation to the AAHA Accreditation Awareness campaign, including the upcoming consumer-focused launch in 2010. This episode welcomes Cathy Suski, Product Marketing Manager, AAHA; Greg Connel, Animal Care Practice Co-Chair, Fleishman-Hillard; and Robin Brogdon, Founder, BluePrints Veterinary Marketing Group as they define branding and its importance to your veterinary practice, explain the why and how of the Accreditation Awareness campaign and its relation to your veterinary practice, and detail how you can help make this campaign a mutual success. Please visit the AAHA Podcast Page to listen to or download this or any of the AAHA Podcast episodes. You can also share the podcast page on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or via email by clicking the "Share" link. Again, thanks for listening.

Rebecca Rose, CVT and author of Career Choices for Veterinary Technicians: Opportunities for Animal Lovers, joins us for a discussion of today's veterinary technicians, including today's roles, how to advance one's career and what students should be doing to succeed.Rebecca Rose is the owner of Red Valley Rose Consulting, LLC, in Gunnison, Colorado. Rebecca and her co-author, Dr. Carin Smith, recently completed their second collaboration together, Career Choices for Veterinary Technicians, which was published by The American Animal Hospital Association this past March. Rebecca is Veterinary Pet Insurance's liaison to the veterinary community in Colorado, giving educational classes to technician students and veterinary healthcare teams. She was the Colorado Association of Certified Veterinary Technicianâs first administrator and currently acts as the groupâs historian while chairing the Ethics Adhoc Sunset Review Committee. She was also awarded the Veterinary Technician of the Year award in 2001 by The Colorado Veterinary Medical Association. You can find out more about Rebecca at Red Valley Rose Consulting & Coaching and you can purchase her book at the AAHA store by following this link: Career Choices for Veterinary Technicians: Opportunities for Animal Lovers.Please visit the AAHA Podcast Page to listen to or download this or any of the AAHA Podcast episodes. You can also share the podcast page on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or via email by clicking the "Share" link. Again, thanks for listening.

This episode of the AAHA podcast was recorded live at the AAHA Yearly Conference in Phoenix. In this podcast youâll hear direct from your peers across North America as they discuss topics surrounding the economy, practice transitions, benefits offered by AAHA and its partners and, not surprisingly, the new Accreditation Awareness Campaign. This campaign is the biggest outreach effort to the pet-owning public in AAHAâs history. It aims to help pet owners understand the benefits of taking their pets to an AAHA-accredited practice. From the floor of the exhibit hall to the classroom hallways, attendees share their experiences from the AAHA Phoenix 2009 Yearly Conference. Special thanks to all those who took the time to contribute their thoughts and voices to the AAHA Podcast. Please visit the AAHA Podcast Page to listen to or download this or any of the AAHA Podcast episodes. You can also share the podcast page on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or via email by clicking the "Share" link. Again, thanks for listening. Run Time: 18:12

We sit down with Dr. Jane Brunt, DVM, executive director of the CATalyst Council and one of the leading feline practitioners in the United States who has practiced feline-exclusive medicine for more than twenty years in the fourth episode of the AAHA Podcast.Dr. Brunt has co-authored articles in several peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) and the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (JFMS). She is the former president of the American Association of Feline Practitioners and is currently the organization's spokesperson for the KNOW Heartworms campaign AAHA Podcast 4 provides you with detail about the CATalyst Council"s Top 10 Cat Friendly Cities, the mission to educate about feline care and how to make your cat owners - and their pets â feel more comfortable in your mixed-species practices. Please visit the AAHA Podcast Page to listen to or download this or any of the AAHA Podcast episodes. You can also share the podcast page on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or via email by clicking the "Share" link. Again, thanks for listening. Run Time: 14:06

This episode focuses on veterinary practice economics, covering economic trends, student debt issues, and performance strategies and metrics for measuring and maintaining a successful veterinary practice in today's economic climate. This episode features Karen Felsted, DVM, CPA, CVPM, MS and CEO of the National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues (NCVEI).   

Dr. Felsted's extensive career includes practicing small animal and emergency medicine, as well as providing accounting and consulting services specifically for veterinarians. She has been published in numerous national and international veterinary journals and has spoken at many local, national and international veterinary meetings.

Run Time: 18:40

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