Tag: Twitter chat

March #WEGOHealthChat recap: Challenges in Building Online Communities

In case you missed our March #WEGOHealthChat, we've got this awesome recap for you! In this Twitter chat hosted by Barby Ingle (@powerofpain), founder of the International Pain Foundation, we discuss the challenges in building online health communities and some strategies for making them more successful! Don't miss our monthly twitter chats on the second…

How to Build Community & Engagement​ ​From Top Patient Leaders

Who better to help us lead a discussion on building community and engagement than the finalists for Best in Show: Blog and Best in Show: Community? During our WEGO Health Awards week, these finalists talked about their “go to” strategies for engaging with networks, what apps or tools can be utilized and the challenges faced when…

January #HAChat Recap – Advocacy Goals for 2017

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ICYMI: November #HAChat hosted by Katie Parker

This month we were joined by Katie Parker,@katie5280, and engaged in a conversation about creating and maintaining a safe home for diabetic patients. Katie Parker is a breast cancer survivor, type 2 diabetes patient, speaker and writer. Katie served as a 2011 Pink Together Ambassador, a breast cancer writer for the Fight Like A Girl Club…

ICYMI: July #HAChat hosted by Aaron Horton

This month we were joined by Aaron Horton, The Mesh Warrior, and engaged in a conversation about the biggest surprises and lessons learned in our health journeys. Aaron is a mesh injury awareness health activist who is starting the important conversation about transvaginal mesh. She founded the Mesh Warrior Foundation to raise awareness for those who have…

ICYMI: June #HAChat Sharing Our Journeys & Information Online

This month we were joined by Birthday boy Shakir Cannon and engaged in a conversation about sharing your health journeys and information online. Shakir is a sickle cell health activist who is making huge waves across the patient community. He represents patients at conferences (like ePharma Summit 2016), shares his journey through his social media…