Earlier today we had a fascinating conversation with representatives from Siren Interactive, the National Organization for Rare Disorders and Inspire focusing on rare diseases and raising awareness/sparking action around this issue. This session was part of our ongoing Casual Conversation Webinar series.
The Webinar slides and audio are below. (Click the “play” button to listen to [...]
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As members of the extended Path of the Blue Eye Project community are well-aware, one of the major objectives of the Project is to smash silos in the health marketing communications industry. As I like to say, diversity = strength.
My friend Shwen Gwee of Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Med 2.0 blog also believes in the [...]
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Last week, the new media, technology and health worlds were abuzz with news that the National Healthy Babies, Healthy Mothers Coalition and a range of government and private sector partners had launched Text4Baby. This initiative is designed to reduce infant mortality and premature birth rates among poor and minority women. What really captured people’s attention [...]
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Update: Please click here for the report that outlines the full results from this study.
Late last month, I published an analysis focusing on whether Baby Boomers are using social technologies. I looked at this issue because some have argued that Boomers are shying away from social media.
It’s no secret that older people are relying on [...]
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Have you seen the video of Philip Spooner? This elderly man from Maine has become an Internet sensation after his moving testimony about same-sex marriage.
How did Philip Spooner frame his message?
The textbook Marketing Public Health discusses the concept of framing at length. The authors define framing as the way an issue is presented to an [...]
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