Turns out I’m not a writer. Not by trade nor by nature. So video really didn’t kill the writing star because I wasn’t a star to begin with. I’m explaining my new approach in the video below. Social media and digital communications are a way of life for me. I do it for fun and [...]
I’m experimenting with the wordpress iPhone app. I’m curios to see if it’s better to post using the app or if the relationship with posterous is the way to go when posting content from the iPhone. I’m amazed to see the evolution and growing importance of mobile devices and access to information. I was thinking [...]
I’ve spent the last two months working on my transition from Typepad to WordPress. The process has been part of my hiatus from blogging as I regroup and redefine the purpose of my personal blog. I’ve also updated the feed to point from typepad to the new site so we’ll see if this works.
As the number of social networks grows, it's easy to be overwhelmed by the effort to maintain each one independently. Each network may serve a purpose to your personal or professional life but it is easy to lose track of the networks you've joined, are managing or are interested in. For individuals, there is a [...]
The last six months have been very exciting for me and amazingly busy. I serve as the Director of Social Media and Digital Communications for Aurora Health Care, a not for profit health care provider that serves the eastern half of Wisconsin. We have over 29,000 employees and provide care for millions of people. [...]
I just wrapped up a meeting with Erik, Jason and Greg from Avicom regarding social media and opportunities in the health care sector. It was refreshing to have a face to face conversation with individuals who "get it" and see the opportunity for using new media tools to communicate with internal and external audiences. You [...]
I've had the pleasure of participating in the second iteration of the Age of Conversation. I was one of the 100 contributing authors to the original Age of Conversation and now have the pleasure of being a member of the 237 member team that contributed to Age of Conversation 2.0. Each of the author's contributed [...]
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I had the pleasure of having a conversation with David Brazeal of Journamarketing.com regarding social media and healthcare organizations. Part of my responsibilities at Aurora Healthcare include strategy and execution for implementing social media inside and outside of the organization. It's an exciting challenge to move a large organization forward. We'll be experimenting actively as [...]
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I generally read a couple of books at a time. I'm not sure if it's a form of ADD or if I consumer information better in bits at different times but usually the mix includes a marketing book (my career focus), a book for leisure such as a novel and a topical book to learn [...]
I was watching a TED Presentation with Jonathan Harris, an artist and computer scientist, about his passion for collecting stories. One of the projects that Jonathan shares during the presentation is We Feel Fine which he developed with Sep Kamvar. We Feel Fine scans the worlds blogs to collect snippets of peoples feelings. The information [...]