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FIR #93: Transformers (of the digital kind)

June 26, 2017 by Shel Holtz Leave a Comment

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Chris Boyer and Meredith Gould, both Platinum Fellows of the Mayo Clinic Social Media Network, joined host Shel Holtz to talk about these topics:

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to have a massive effect on health care. Some impressive results are already being recorded. That means AI will also affect the way health care communicators do their jobs and what they communicate.
  • Last week, the Supreme Court found that access to social media is a First Amendment right, identifying it as a “place” where people access and share information. Will those corporate leaders who think it’s all teenagers and cat videos finally take it seriously?
  • “Digital transformation” is usually an IT initiative involving the development of a bunch of tools. For the organization to actually transform, though, the culture has to change, which makes digital transformation a change initiative.
  • The communications team at the White House is making the public’s perception of public relations even worse than it already was (and we have the data to prove it).
  • Snapchat’s shares have fallen to their IPO price, its user growth has slowed considerably, and daily visits to its Stories feature has fallen (while Instagram has grown), but companies keep using it and pumping money into it. Should they?
  • Tech correspondent Dan York reports on the messaging wars.

Connect with our guest co-hosts at @chrisboyer and @meredithgould.

Chris’s podcast on health care digital marketing is Touchpoint.

Meredith’s SlideShare document is “Digital Activism 101: A Guide to Showing Up, Speaking Out, and Connecting on Twitter and Facebook Without Undermining Yourself or Your Cause.”

Links to the source material for this episode are on Contentle.

Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.

FIR is recorded using Zencastr.

About our guest co-hosts:

Chris Boyer is a digital strategist and digital patient experience consultant that was worked with hospitals and health on how to develop engaging digital in their overall strategies and communication efforts. A Platinum and founding member of the Mayo Clinic Social Media Network, Chris has more than a decade of experience supporting hospitals in their digital marcom efforts, including leading digital strategies for two major health systems: Inova Health (Washington, DC) and Northwell Health (New York). Chris’s website is at www.christopherboyer.com.

Meredith Gould, Ph.D. is a sociologist, author, and digital communications consultant with extensive experience in website user experience, design, and content development. Personal adventures include careers as a graphic artist, college professor, government bureaucrat, and senior PR management in an advertising agency. An early adopter of social media, Gould is nationally known as a fierce advocate for using digital networking tools to inform, educate, and build community. She’s also an award-winning author of eleven books primarily but not exclusively about practical spirituality. A Platinum Fellow of and former consultant to the Mayo Clinic Social Media Health Network, Gould has been involved with health, wellness, and healthcare education since the 1990s. Since 2003, she has used her experience and skills to provide counsel to local churches and judicatories across denominations. In 2011, she created the hashtag universally used across denominations to tag content and conversation about social media and church (#chsocm). Her book, The Social Media Gospel: Sharing the Good News in New Ways, now in its second edition, is considered the go-to guide for communicators in faith-based organizations. For even more information visit: www.meredithgould.com

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About Shel Holtz

Shel Holtz, ABC (Accredited Business Communicator), is director of Internal Communications at Webcor, a commercial general contractor headquartered in San Francisco. Before joining Webcor, Shel spent 21 years as principal of Holtz Communication + Technology. In addition to integrating technology into communications strategies, his expertise includes strategic communications planning, change management, organizational culture, business initiatives and communications research. Full bio

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