Member Handbook

Jan. 1st Note: We are currently working with a web developer to make wellpdx more user-friendly to our members and more searchable for the general public. We will keep you updated as the big changes happen.

WELCOME!

We are so very glad you've joined us! We want PHA to be as useful as possible to our practitioners, so please feel free to let us know what will help you most. We work to maintain a strong blend of online and in-person happenings for our practitioners . . . because we loooove you!

We believe in celebrating each other both as people and practitioners. Creating genuine, lasting connections with other practitioners and business owners is one of the keystones of a strong, lasting practice. We recognize that the best referral partnerships are created over time and in stress-free, healthy environments.


WAYS TO GET INVOLVED

. Always and Forever When you refer a new member, remind them to put your name in the "Person Who Referred You" field of the application, and get one free month of membership! If you are a yearly subscriber, we will just tack the time onto your current membership. If you are a monthly subscriber, we will simply refund your next month's payment. There's no limit.

. Newsletter Announcements Post your classes, workshops, space for rent and other stuff in the weekly PHA Update. The Update is sent on Mondays, most weeks of the year. In addition to "the usual", we also encourage you to reach out to other practitioners through the newsletter. For example, we had a practitioner who wanted to meet with other people to explore website link-sharing. We think that kind of reaching out is a great use of the Newsletter! Feel free to be creative. Submit your stuff here: http://www.portlandhealthalliance.com/post.html.

. Bloggity-blogs: If you would like to get on the regular schedule for front-page blogging on wellpdx, please email amberportlandhealthalliance [dot] com. We would love to have you! Remember, you can write blog posts at any time and they will show up on the list of "Blog Posts" at the top right of wellpdx, even if you are not a "spotlight" blogger for that week. Also, we love it when you comment on other practitioners' posts - and so do they!

. Straight-up Networking: We host a weekly FREE networking conference call for all wellness practitioners. Find out more here: http://www.portlandhealthalliance.com/tuesdaycallrsvp.html.

. Events - live and in-person: Our upcoming events are posted on http://www.portlandhealthalliance.com/events.html. We aim for one social gathering each quarter, and an educational event twice a year. Of course, this will expand over time. yaayy!

. Social Media: We are on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/portlandhealth) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/pdxhealth)!

We hope to see or hear from you soon!


OUR PARTNERS

We are working to build a strong and vibrant community of all wellness-minded practitioners and businesses in Portland. To that end, we are beginning partnerships with other like-minded, awesomely cool businesses. We host most of our events at Abby's Table (Abby is also one of our illustrious members), we love The Green Microgym, and our most recent community partner is The Open Kitchen! You can find their "Partner Posts" on wellpdx about once a month.


EDITING YOUR PRACTITIONER PROFILE
*Please note that all of your editing options happen under "For Our Practitioners" at the bottom of each page when you are logged in.

To edit your practitioner profile, go to "My Account" and then "My profile". From here, you can edit your practitioner profile, change content, add a neighborhood, etc. We ask that you keep your practitioner blurb to 50 words or less.

ADDING/CHANGING YOUR PICTURE

Your picture is located under "Image Attachment" under your practitioner profile. When adding a photo using the browse function, you must also name that picture using your first and last name.


USING YOUR BLOG

Under "My Account" there is a link called "My Blog". This can be found at the bottom of every page. Just click here to begin blogging!