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Lab Gone Viral

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

The Gibson Assembly Song! I wish more graduate students would do something like this. Singing and performing has got to help with stress in the lab. More information The video was just made for fun, and took less than a week to put together (not counting the time to write the words!). Filming was done [...]

“Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread”

Sunday, April 1st, 2012

An interesting presentation… Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread: How Information Today is Woven Into Our Lives                               From  Beth’s Blog, a really great resource (not just useful for nonprofits). Best Practices A mobile-friendly web site or mobile landing [...]

A Social Media Strategy

Friday, March 16th, 2012

I had a great time facilitating sessions on web and emerging technology for fellow grantees at the NIEHS Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) meeting in Bethesda last week. The big hurdle when it comes to social media is getting center investigators and staff on board and committed. We need to be thinking differently about [...]

ScienceOnline 2012

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Really enjoyed the agenda and tweets from Science Online 2012. I’ve made it my mission to attend next year!

Enhancing Education for Grad Students

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Happy Leap Day!! I had an enjoyable evening last week, presenting to MPH students in the Social Marketing course.  I shared about the importance of writing and utilizing social media in health promotion, discussed some cool project examples, and strategy advice from CDC that I thought was helpful.  View the slides below. Web and Emerging [...]

Feel Good Friday

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Let’s just say I listen to this video often! Community engagement work is heightened by our own ability to connect authentically with our audiences.

Public Health 2.0

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Incorporating social media effectively in public health communication is critical. This presentation is well designed in stages, just like a course could be for students. Public Health 2.0 – PowerPoint Presentation View more presentations from Medresearch  

Go Global

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Within our NIEHS outreach and engagement community we are committed to healthy homes in the U.S. Wouldn’t it be great to go global! Efficient safe stoves are good for the environment, economy, and the health and safety of families in third-world countries. I will be going to a noon-time talk this Wednesday to hear about [...]

Learning from Adversity

Monday, December 6th, 2010

ASCD has some new video clips in preparation for the 2011 Annual Conference. One hit home. When trying to get faculty and personnel to adopt new ways of doing things, it is easy to get defensive and take things personally, because it can get so frustrating. It is important to not take lack of interest [...]

Time to Embrace Health 2.0

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Authenticity is key to connecting with people around their health. Utilizing technology to create behavior change takes an entrepreneurial spirit, passion to make a difference, and a holistic view of health. A possible explanation for the reason that Health has generated its own “2.0″ term are its applications across health care in general, and in [...]

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