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2012
Upcoming Call-Ins
Have a suggestion?
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Note:
Call-ins are scheduled for
Eastern time - please
adjust for your time zone. |
Tuesday,
June 19
(please note change of date
to June 19)
7
to 7:45 PM
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More on Public Speaking:
Topic - Staying Safe in the
Hospital
So
you’re geared up to do your
Podium thing, and now you’re
wondering where to start…
and what to say! Among the
many topics of interest to
your audiences would be
hospital safely;
specifically, making sure
they (or their loved ones)
do what’s possible to
prevent a hospital
infection. But what are you
supposed to do… start from
scratch? What should you do
if you aren’t sure what to
say?
Enter Karen
Curtiss, founder and creator
of CampaignZERO (infection
control and safety) and its
associated materials that
can help you sound like the
expert, and the necessary
advocate for your audiences.
Karen has put together a
program, ready for you to
present, and currently being
used by one of our members,
Robin Shapiro of Allied
Health Advocates in Seattle.
Together, Karen and Robin
will share their experience
with the CampaignZERO
presentation so you can
consider whether you, too,
would be interested in using
it for your own outreach in
your community.
Learn
more about CampaignZERO at
its websites:
www.CampaignZERO.org and
www.SafeAndSoundBooks.com |
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Completed
Calls & Follow Up
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• Education and Coursework |
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CSA® - The Certified Senior
Advisor Credential - How It
Can Boost Your Advocacy
Practice
March
2012
One
of our very active members,
Elisabeth Russell, earned
her CSA designation in 2007
and has often stated how
useful the program was to
helping her help her
clients, and in building her
practice. Khang Chim
is a CSA Representative - he
and Elisabeth will talk
about the program, what you
can learn, what it costs,
and most importantly, why
you should give serious
consideration to taking the
program yourself. |
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Insurance (for
Advocates) |
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Insurance
for Your Business - Part II
February 2011
Former Insurance
Advisor, Bob DeBlasio covered
personal liability and independent
contractors |
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Insurance for Your Business
January 2011
Former Insurance
Advisor, Bob DeBlasio helps us
assess the types and cost of
insurance for you and your business |
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Insurance (for
Clients/Patients) |
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How
Health Plans Make Coverage
Decisions
November 2011
AdvoConnection member Ida
Schnipper of Health Champion
began her private advocacy
business after 16+ years
working in senior management
(both clinical and
operational) of a nationally
recognized health plan.
During this call-in, Ida
will help improve our
understanding, and clarify
the misconceptions we have,
about how health pans
actually make coverage
decisions. She will help us,
as advocates, have a better
understanding of how to work
with a client’s insurer to
get the answers we need. |
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Insurance
and Medical Claims
(patients)
April 2011
Ask your questions of
AdvoConnection's Insurance claims
Advisor, Julie Block. |
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Legal Matters |
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Legal Questions
October 2010
Our
Legal Advisor, Amy Cuykendall,
answered questions about contracts and
other legal aspects of your work. |
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Marketing |
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NEW!
Doing Your Podium Thing
(Public Speaking for
Advocates)
May 2012
We
know that word of mouth is a
powerful marketing vehicle.
One on one, few of us have
trouble telling others about
our work. But when it
comes to standing in front
of an audience, no matter
what the size, some panic,
some freeze, and others -
well -piece of cake. While
this session may not help
you get past a phobia, it
will give you some great
ideas for your own public
speaking outreach:
finding opportunities,
choosing topics, and once
you get really good at it,
charging for those speaking
opportunities. |
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Marketing to Unions and
their Members
March 2012
Lee Saviola of
Saviola Consulting walked us
through some excellent ideas
making
inroads with unions and
their members, a marketing
approach that can reap huge
dividends, because it's the
union representatives who
may lobby for your presence
through their employers. |
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Blogging 101
February 2012
Smart
business people know that
the #1 way to make a
reputation for oneself
through the internet is to
establish and maintain a
blog. Especially in your
first year or two of
business, blogging is one of
the very best ways to reach
out to potential clients -
and be found by those who
are looking. But many
of us panic at the thought of
creating a blog. From
technophobia to feeling as
if we just aren't good
writers, it can be daunting!
Trisha Torrey, who has
established four blogs will
guide the discussion. You'll
be left with some great
tools to get you started and
increase your confidence. |
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Employers as a Target
Audience
December 2011
As employers look for new
ways to both support their
employees and reduce their
healthcare costs, they may
not have considered turning
to a health advocate to
accomplish both. Lee Saviola
of Saviola Consulting
provided us with an overview of the
benefits to employees and
employers that savvy
advocates can focus on as
they approach employers in
their marketing efforts. |
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Marketing
Tips You Can Use
July 2011
We talked about strategy, but
more about tactics you can use to light
a fire under your marketing efforts. |
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The Health Advocate's Marketing
Handbook - Book Talk
Chapter 5:
Best Practices
February 2011
Author Trisha
Torrey, will field your questions on
some of these best practices and how
you can use them to improve your
marketing outreach. |
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Marketing: Advertising and Public
Relations
September 2010
Discussing the differences, best
practices and tactics |
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Social Media - Worth Your
Time or Waste of Time?
October 2011
With
so much conflicting
information about social
media and networking, it's
difficult to know whether
it's worth your investment
of time. We don't tell you
the answer - we guide you
to the decision that's right
for you. |
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Social Media - Tips and Tricks
June 2010
How
to Use Facebook, Twitter, Linked In
and other social media sites |
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Social Media
May 2010
Benefits and
Possibilities for Advocate Marketing
(sorry - no podcast for this call) |
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Misc. Business Topics |
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Working with Geriatric Care Managers
January 2012
Cathy
Jo Cress was our guest speaker on how
patient advocates can collaborate
with geriatric care managers, or
even take on parts of that role
ourselves when appropriate, plus a
bigger picture discussion of the
needs of older adults and their
adult children when it comes to
healthcare coordination. |
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Subcontractors and Freelancers
May 2011
An
overview: hiring subcontractors,
contracts, paperwork, insurance, and
more. Participants will
include AdvoConnection's Legal
Advisor, Amy Cuykendall and other
experts. |
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Money and Pricing |
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Money and
Pricing
November 2010
Talking to
clients about pricing, how to price
your services and be sure you'll
get paid |
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Money and Pricing
April 2010
Discussing the
cost of service with potential
clients |
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Safety |
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Patient Safety Concerns with
AdvoConnection Advisor, Doug Hall
March 2011
Discussing some of the lesser known
safety problems and how advocates
can help their patients. |
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