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In the 1960s, when I was too young to be in on all the rebellion, the anti-war protesters had a slogan expressing wariness of all those who had begun their fourth decade: “Never trust anyone over 30.”...
View ArticleMy Ragan/SAS Presentation
Here’s the presentation I’m scheduled to give this afternoon at the Ragan Communications conference, Corporate Communications in a Web 2.0 World. Updated: Shel Holtz is liveblogging the conference on...
View ArticleHeSCA Social Media Presentation
Last Friday I had the opportunity to give a two-part presentation to HeSCA, and its 50th International Conference on Health & Science Communications. The first part was an overview entitled, “Why...
View ArticleHealthcare Social Media Events This Week
I’m taking three days off for travel this week, and look forward to a big virtual event on Tuesday and interacting in real life on Wednesday and Thursday at some interesting healthcare social media...
View ArticleSMUG Seal Finals
The response to the contest to choose an official seal for SMUG was tremendous, with lots of votes, comments and #smugseal tweets. Given my personal lack of graphic artistry, I appreciate so much the...
View ArticleLee Odden Interview
I was honored last week to have a chance to be interviewed by Lee Odden, a fellow Minnesotan with a cool first name who also has one of the top PR, marketing and SEO blogs. Here is one of his 10...
View ArticleLifeScience Alley Presentation
This morning I have the opportunity to present at a LifeScience Alley educational forum. The title of the presentation is Leveraging Social Media to Reach Customers and Improve Organizational...
View Article5 steps to getting the most out of #mayoragan09
I’m excited that we are on the verge of beginning the health care social media summit, which we are hosting at our Scottsdale, Arizona Mayo Clinic campus in collaboration with Ragan Communications. The...
View Articlee-Patient Connections
Tomorrow I’m giving a presentation at the e-Patient Connections conference (#ePatCon) in Philadelphia, at the Park Hyatt Bellevue. It’s a really neat hotel, but the broadband “tubes” have a serious...
View ArticleSocial Media Reformation
As I have been asked to keynote some conferences on social media in healthcare I have found it necessary, or at least desirable, to take a broader view of the topic instead of just describing our Mayo...
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