Every doctor should make content. Writing, recording, and making videos forces you to think about what you believe. It's how content creation is so powerful for doctors. Before I wrote about social media and medicine I wrote for parents. And when bisphenol-A (chemical found in hard plastics) first appeared as an issue I wrote about it a lot. I studied it, formed ... Continue Reading about Why Content Creation is Important for Doctors
33 Charts Takes to the Road
Here’s where I’ll be speaking/paneling over the next few months sharing my 50,000 foot thoughts on the future of medicine and social media. Speaking is important to me. It’s a step beyond writing that forces me to understand what I really think. It’s easier to hide behind a keyboard than a microphone. If I’m in a city near you let’s see if we can catch ... Continue Reading about 33 Charts Takes to the Road
Physician Conversation Agents
I frequently talk about the visibility of doctors in the online space. How can doctors make content, contribute to the broader dialog, and be more visible? Maybe I need to spend less time pushing the idea that every doctor needs to create. Most doctors, after all, just want to listen and watch. Maybe we need to be cultivating dedicated communicators. There's a ... Continue Reading about Physician Conversation Agents
Defining Online Professional Behavior
This week a reporter cornered me on the issue of professional behavior in the social space. How is it defined? I didn’t have an answer. But it’s something that I think about. Perhaps there isn’t much to think about. As a ‘representative’ of my hospital and a physician to the children in my community, how I behave in public isn’t any different than a decade ago. ... Continue Reading about Defining Online Professional Behavior
So You Want to be a Guru at SXSW?
We’re just a few weeks away from SXSWi, the world’s biggest meeting for those with big social thoughts. You may be thinking to yourself, ‘how can I position myself as a guru-ninja at SXSW?’ A few pointers (or so I've heard): Refer to SXSW as 'South by'. Life moves fast. You’re a busy, multitasking, out-of-the box fire starting guru maverick with thoughts of ... Continue Reading about So You Want to be a Guru at SXSW?
33 charts Greatest Hits of 2010
This was a good year at 33 charts. In July I made the monumental transition from Typepad to Wordpress which has allowed the flexibility to make this site an easier place to grow my ideas. With the transition I decided to push 33 charts a little more aggressively to see where it would go. It’s been a good thing. Regular content has forced regular thinking and a ... Continue Reading about 33 charts Greatest Hits of 2010