What is working well in your community, health care, blogs, social media, or your work in particular? What do you like about it?
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend the Educational Summit for Patient Advocacy and the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act, as a mentor for the NPF. Phew, just saying the long title gets me winded. While a lot of the topics were a little over my head, I was excited to hear how, myself as an individual, can truly make a difference. Sara Kofman, from the NPF, was there to speak as part of some of the many patient advocacy organizations.
What is working, which is something she touched on that I think the NPF does so well, is that they inform and educate their volunteers and advocates so well. They equip us with the information we need in order to do our job better. I think that is something a lot of organizations and companies can learn from. In order for your employees, staff, volunteers, etc to be at their best, they have to be equip with the best and correct information. If they don't know what their own companies message is, then how are they supposed to reproduce that to others? Another thing that is working is people actually wanting to be informed and wanting to make a difference. To be apart of a generation making these changes is inspiring.
That's the thing that is so great online. If you don't know something, research and the answer—albeit, probably not the right one at first—is right there. It may take some digging, but you'll get there eventually. Social forums, blogs and discussion sites are the best for this. It allows the public to have an open conversation and get input from people ALL AROUND THE WORLD. The power of the Internet, right? I think that is by far the greatest tool. The power of being connected at our finger tips is changing the world and how we interact with one another. It's time to be apart of that and start making changes.
People my age love it. We were born and raised on computers. I can only imagine what it's going to be like when my future kids come into this world. But for people like my parents and grandparents who grew up on news print and handwritten letters, the Internet can be a funny thing. But there really isn't anything better than getting a handwritten letter in the mail. I still get them from time to time and I LOVE. And I still write them. It's different, but still cool with a vintage feel. To know that someone took the time out of their day to sit down—and not on their drive to work, their 5 min coffee break, during a board meeting or at dinner— and write something, leaves you with a good feeling.
So I leave you with the good of what is working in our health field and all around us, and how it will only continue to improve with education, research, discussions, blogs and social media. But I also leave you with this questions: when was the last time you wrote a letter to someone?
This post was written as part of NHBPM – 30 health posts in 30 days: http://bit.ly/vU0g9J
What is working, which is something she touched on that I think the NPF does so well, is that they inform and educate their volunteers and advocates so well. They equip us with the information we need in order to do our job better. I think that is something a lot of organizations and companies can learn from. In order for your employees, staff, volunteers, etc to be at their best, they have to be equip with the best and correct information. If they don't know what their own companies message is, then how are they supposed to reproduce that to others? Another thing that is working is people actually wanting to be informed and wanting to make a difference. To be apart of a generation making these changes is inspiring.
That's the thing that is so great online. If you don't know something, research and the answer—albeit, probably not the right one at first—is right there. It may take some digging, but you'll get there eventually. Social forums, blogs and discussion sites are the best for this. It allows the public to have an open conversation and get input from people ALL AROUND THE WORLD. The power of the Internet, right? I think that is by far the greatest tool. The power of being connected at our finger tips is changing the world and how we interact with one another. It's time to be apart of that and start making changes.
People my age love it. We were born and raised on computers. I can only imagine what it's going to be like when my future kids come into this world. But for people like my parents and grandparents who grew up on news print and handwritten letters, the Internet can be a funny thing. But there really isn't anything better than getting a handwritten letter in the mail. I still get them from time to time and I LOVE. And I still write them. It's different, but still cool with a vintage feel. To know that someone took the time out of their day to sit down—and not on their drive to work, their 5 min coffee break, during a board meeting or at dinner— and write something, leaves you with a good feeling.
So I leave you with the good of what is working in our health field and all around us, and how it will only continue to improve with education, research, discussions, blogs and social media. But I also leave you with this questions: when was the last time you wrote a letter to someone?
This post was written as part of NHBPM – 30 health posts in 30 days: http://bit.ly/vU0g9J
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