Reshape09
Here is the presentation I am offering at the Reshape09 summit in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Note to self: Next time you travel internationally and take a brief afternoon nap and therefore set you...
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 ArticleOklahoma Hospital Association
I’m delighted to be in Oklahoma City today for a presentation with @EdBennett and David Harlow (@Healthblawg) on use of social media in healthcare. I’m excited that we have this case study going on...
View ArticleThesis 1: Air was the original social medium
[ratings] Note: This post is part of the 35 Social Media Theses series, providing amplification and an opportunity for discussion of one of the theses originally posted on Reformation Day 2009. In one...
View ArticleThesis 23: Everyone uses social media today
The growth of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter has been phenomenal, particularly in 2009. Facebook now boasts 350 million active users, while Twitter grew by more than 1,500 percent...
View ArticleTweet for Proposals (TFP) on WordPress MU Hosting
My good friend Lucien Engelen (@zorg20) tells the story of how he used Twitter to find someone able to develop an iPhone application for him in an extremely short time. He says it would have taken him...
View ArticleDebbie Weil on Social Media 101
Debbie Weil’s book on corporate blogging was one of the first I read as I was exploring social media and applying it at Mayo Clinic. I’m honored that our work was featured so prominently in a Social...
View ArticleGetting Sociable
Until now, I had been using the Tweet This! and Share This! plug-ins to encourage sharing of posts, and I’m working on getting the Facebook “Like” button installed, so I might switch my Facebook...
View ArticleFrom Lab Rat to Social Media Champion
Chancellor’s Note: For his exemplary work in applying SMUG principles to his work, Jason Tetro (a.k.a. The Germ Guy) is today receiving his honorary doctorate (the only kind we have to offer) from...
View ArticleBeyond Hyphenation
As enrollment in rural schools declines, smaller communities have been left with no viable alternative but to consolidate their schools with neighboring towns. Typically this leads to a lot of...
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