Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Kill Relationships With A Slap In The Face January 7th, 2011 Tweet Tell me when Last April, I was approached to speak at a PR conference targeted to health care professionals by a former vendor. But I am well aware that I am not regarded in the same light as, say, Shel Holtz or Ann Wylie , as speakers for our industry. don’t care how famous you are. don’t care how powerful you are… or think you might be. MORE >>

Here are three social media obstacles health care providers face and the underlying opportunities each present. Obstacle: Understandably, many health care professionals may avoid using social media for fear of violating regulations like HIPPA. Opportunity: I think a safe and easy way for doctors to use social media is to spread good health information, address common medical questions and share interesting developments in the medical world. News Health article. Your child has come down with a rasping cough. If social media and blogs in the U.S costs. MORE >>

"The industrial economy has finally run out of gas. Many of the institutions of the industrial society have served us well for centuries, but they are unable to take us forward. With Macrowikinomics, it turns out that the technology genie is not just revolutionizing the firm, but it's changing science, the media, newspapers, our entertainment systems and our approaches to health care. It's moving us from an Industrial Age model of government to something new, and it's changing democracy. industrial age. industrial economy. over a decade ago!" MORE >>

Marketing to the professional tradesman in the Construction, Industrial and MRO markets Home About Me Contact Market Overviews Newsletter Podcasts Services Podcast: Industry Interview with Georgia Foley-STAFDA Market I recently had the chance to catch up with Georgia Foley , Executive Director of STAFDA, to get her read on what’s happening in their industry and what STAFDA is doing about it. Health care lines of credit and overall government policies top the list. You can hear the entire interview here. Key issues facing the manufacturing sector. MORE >>

They started with the crisis in health care, an industry that consumes an astonishing $1.8 They said that the root cause of the health crisis hasnt changed for decades, and the medical establishment still couldnt figure out what to do about it. Continued Levey: "Even as far back as when I was in medical school" -- he enrolled at Harvard in 1955 -- "many articles demonstrated that 80% of the health-care budget was consumed by five behavioral issues." Changing the behavior of people isnt just the biggest challenge in health care. Feedback. MORE >>