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December Blog Carnival Recap: Your Top 10 of 2010
Jan 4th
Last year (well, last month!) we asked you what 10 things you liked best about 2010 and you reported back with awesome recaps. You reminded us of your best posts, big milestones, and favorites from your past year in Health Activism.
Check out a few highlights:
Kelly remembered this milestone fondly: "1) American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting. Attending the weeklong meeting in Atlanta was a milestone for me, for my blog, and for the RA community. This was the first time a patient attended the meetings as press. However, the week itself was also full of milestones that I cannot easily summarize. There was one special blog post to describe how it affected my perspective: American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting 2010 and a little video telling the highlights: Video: Thoughts from American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2010."
Janeen's #2 of 2010 was: "2. All of the wonderful and moving videos from the Food Allergy Initiative : There is no better way to get your point across than with a moving video that shows everything you are feeling. These videos are truly valuable. So is all the work that FAI does to try to find a cure."
Amy was proud of "1. The creation of the Mental Health and Social Media Chat on Twitter. (#mhsm) In the beginning of February of 2010, (February 9, 2010 to be exact) I launched, in a solo effort, the #mhsm chat on Twitter. It has continued on every Tuesday evening, now at 9pm Eastern (with only one exception) since. The community has grown and been a great source of conversation, brainstorming, and awareness efforts."
One of Ellen's favorite blog posts of 2010 was "A physician's 10 commandments Written from the patient's perspective, this generated quite a few conversations."
The Sanford Burham science blog recapped their most popular posts here.
And if you missed it - #10 on our WEGO Health Top 10 of 2010 was actually the Health Activist Blog Carnival! If that's not a meta way to wrap up this post, I don't know what is!
Thanks to everyone who submitted and to everyone who looked back over 2010 and saw awesome feats of Health Activism!
Check out a few highlights:
Kelly remembered this milestone fondly: "1) American College of Rheumatology Scientific Meeting. Attending the weeklong meeting in Atlanta was a milestone for me, for my blog, and for the RA community. This was the first time a patient attended the meetings as press. However, the week itself was also full of milestones that I cannot easily summarize. There was one special blog post to describe how it affected my perspective: American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting 2010 and a little video telling the highlights: Video: Thoughts from American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2010."
Janeen's #2 of 2010 was: "2. All of the wonderful and moving videos from the Food Allergy Initiative : There is no better way to get your point across than with a moving video that shows everything you are feeling. These videos are truly valuable. So is all the work that FAI does to try to find a cure."
Amy was proud of "1. The creation of the Mental Health and Social Media Chat on Twitter. (#mhsm) In the beginning of February of 2010, (February 9, 2010 to be exact) I launched, in a solo effort, the #mhsm chat on Twitter. It has continued on every Tuesday evening, now at 9pm Eastern (with only one exception) since. The community has grown and been a great source of conversation, brainstorming, and awareness efforts."
One of Ellen's favorite blog posts of 2010 was "A physician's 10 commandments Written from the patient's perspective, this generated quite a few conversations."
The Sanford Burham science blog recapped their most popular posts here.
And if you missed it - #10 on our WEGO Health Top 10 of 2010 was actually the Health Activist Blog Carnival! If that's not a meta way to wrap up this post, I don't know what is!
Thanks to everyone who submitted and to everyone who looked back over 2010 and saw awesome feats of Health Activism!
New Year, New You: Setting Health Activism Goals
Jan 3rd
Welcome to 2011, it’s going to be the best year of Health Activism yet! (And that’s a pretty bold statement considering how amazing 2010 was.) I hope you will consider this very blog post your introduction to the new and improved WEGOblog. Please make yourself at home, take off your coat, stay awhile – we have an exciting array of posts to offer you this year. There will be a variety of: in-house entertainment, take-aways, activities, information, media, and more. We catch up on new trends and create some of our own. There will be both familiar faces and new ones. New friendships will be formed and new ideas will be generated.
The first offering made by our WEGOblog (we will share it, you and I) is that each month will have its own theme! You can think of it like a month-long theme party but without the time-intensive legwork involved in preparing the perfect costume (and sadly, without the delicious refreshments). Come as you are - the theme is guaranteed to be both fun and relevant to your Health Activism journey - no matter if you're brand new to the game or a seasoned veteran. There will be lots to think about and the theme itself is something you can feel free to take back to your own communities as a way to engage your readers, members, and friends each and every month!
In honor of January and its implicit opportunity for new beginnings (whether theoretical or actual), our very first theme-month is aptly named “New Year, New You: Setting Health Activism Goals.” We will celebrate what is best about you and your community (don't take the phrase "new you" too literally - we like you just as you are) and make it even better. We will plan together, brainstorm, analyze, dream (it's January - sky's the limit on our 2011s!), and spend some time mapping our impending years in Health Activism. Hopefully the holidays have you refreshed and open-minded for the brand new year - it's going to be awesome.
So be sure to look to this WEGOblog for all things Health Activism and check back often - we'll be updating good and often!
Right now - why not share your resolutions in the comments? If you've written about 2011 or what you've got planned in your blog or community - let us know we'd love to read it and help share it!
Did you see our Happy New Year video?
Don’t miss our upcoming webinar: Continuing Health Activism with Chronic Pain!
Nov 9th
Many of our health communities focus on the topic of chronic pain. And no matter what your condition specifically is, if your community members experience chronic pain and all of the challenges that come along with being in pain – it’s a uniquely taxing and integral topic that Health Activists must tackle. When your community begins to get into the depths of pain discussions – how do you pull them out and lift them up while still addressing the importance and relevancy of that pain? It’s not easy. Furthermore, as a Health Activist in pain, how do you find the energy to keep blogging, answering others’ questions, tweeting, or learning when that pain is physically occupying your body and your mind?
These are some tough questions that many Health Activists face on a daily basis. In fact, subject of chronic pain's impact on health communities is so important, we at WEGO Health have decided to host a webinar about it. Our webinar is called “Continuing Health Activism with Chronic Pain” and it will delve into this very challenging subject by bringing together the experiences and smart minds of three amazing Health Activist leaders that work daily to manage the pain and keep their community’s spirits high. Our Health Activists that will be featured on this panel-style webinar are Julia from Reasonably Well Julia, Kelly from RA Warrior, and Amy K from Unavitabella and the Mental Health Social Media Chat (#MHSM). These ladies are seasoned Health Activists who not only write about chronic pain but also live with chronic pain themselves.
These are some tough questions that many Health Activists face on a daily basis. In fact, subject of chronic pain's impact on health communities is so important, we at WEGO Health have decided to host a webinar about it. Our webinar is called “Continuing Health Activism with Chronic Pain” and it will delve into this very challenging subject by bringing together the experiences and smart minds of three amazing Health Activist leaders that work daily to manage the pain and keep their community’s spirits high. Our Health Activists that will be featured on this panel-style webinar are Julia from Reasonably Well Julia, Kelly from RA Warrior, and Amy K from Unavitabella and the Mental Health Social Media Chat (#MHSM). These ladies are seasoned Health Activists who not only write about chronic pain but also live with chronic pain themselves.
Our webinar will be held on November 22nd online at 8pm EST. All you need to do is RSVP on our Event Page and look out for a confirmation email with details and a link to the live webinar event. After hearing what these three awesome ladies have to share about their personal experiences with Chronic Pain and Health Activism, there will be an exclusive Q&A portion where they will answer your questions. If you have a particular question in mind, feel free to leave it in the discussion here or send it to us during the webinar in the chat function. Also be sure to follow along with on Twitter with #WEGOwebinar. Hope you’ll join us!