Posted in Health Activism, Video, WEGO Health on July 6th, 2011 by Marie Connelly – Be the first to comment
Big day!
We just launched the beta version of our brand new video site: WEGOHealth.tv
WEGOHealth.tv is all about presenting the authentic voice of online community by sharing advice, information and wisdom from Health Activists. I cannot even begin to describe how incredible it has been to work with our Health Activist Video Stars and to see their videos in the making.
While I’ve found all of the videos on WEGOHealth.tv inspiring, I thought I’d share on that has me tearing up, no matter how many times I watch it.
Click play to watch Breast Cancer Health Activists Alicia Staley, Casey Quinlan and Jamie Inman discuss WIRED and representations of breast cancer survivorship and mastectomies in popular culture:
I hope you’ll take a minute to check out our new site at www.wegohealth.tv – I’d love to hear what you think!
Are there specific health topics you’d like to see Health Activists address on WEGOHealth.tv?
Posted in Health Activism, Healthcare on June 29th, 2011 by Marie Connelly – Be the first to comment
This month’s WIRED starts off with a great little article, “Transparency for All”, about the open data movement that’s helped get government data out of the archives and into searchable internet databases. (Link coming when the article is available online). The Sunlight Foundation is probably the most well known example (at least, here in the States), of what can be done with that data …
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Posted in Community Management on June 15th, 2011 by Marie Connelly – Be the first to comment
Yesterday, while reading Richard Millington’s great post on how most online communities are designed for lurkers, I felt a familiar impulse: the knee-jerk reaction to come to the defense of lurkers.
I’m sure you all read Richard’s post too, and I think he makes a fantastic points – it’s easy, especially for new communities, to prioritize new members over active contributors. Most communities are …
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Posted in Community Management on March 1st, 2011 by Marie Connelly – Be the first to comment
I’ve been fortunate in my community management work at WEGO Health – I very rarely encounter trolls in our community.
A few recent Twitter chats have reminded me, however, that online communities are just one of many places that trolls set up shop.
During the ramp up to the #dearjohn campaign, Sady Doyle wrote up some fascinating ground rules for a social media campaign – …
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