Are You Relevant?
Recently, in advising a client, I realized that the client had perfectly good arguments and perfectly logical communications about why what they were doing was valuable, ethical, useful, etc.; however, after talking it through we realized that the problem was that while all their arguments may be true, nobody really cared. It’s a stunning realization for […]
A New Venture For Collaborative Solutions
What do you get when you put representatives from more than 30 of the nation’s leading patient-focused health organizations, companies and government agencies in a room, amidst a sea of sometimes-competing priorities that are specific to each of those organizations? Cacophony? Stalemate? Not at all, at least not during the National Consumers League’s (NCL) inaugural Health Advisory […]
Health Advocates Shift From Endless Scenario Planning To Sighs Of Relief With King V. Burwell Decision
The King v. Burwell Supreme Court decision – announced Thursday 6 to 3 in favor of Burwell and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies – ends the long waiting, wondering and scenario-planning period for health advocates representing patients nationwide. The outcome of the case, which had the potential to destroy the centerpiece of the ACA […]
Collaborative Work Spaces – A Pr Convert
Trading in my nice-sized office, complete with furniture, two desks, and…well…privacy, for a shared workspace didn’t exactly make in it onto my “must have” list in my new job negotiations. But after just days at my new office digs, I have to admit that I’m a convert. When hearing of companies that moved to a […]
