Author Archives: John

About John

Interested in how information intersects daily life, technology, and art. Digital Marketing - marketing ROI in healthcare Collaboration - working in social and collaborative media. Biomedical Informaticist - focusing on patient/patient, patient/provider communication.

Intranet Marketing – Banners and Badges

Posted on February 26, 2012 by John

Promoting departments’ services on the intranet helps break silos, prevents wheel re-invention, and increases efficiency.  However, a little goes along way. By sponsoring popular business content, you can both highlight important information, mitigate the annoyance of repetition, and show the … Continue reading →

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Gamification and Satisfaction

Posted on October 3, 2011 by John

I happened upon Sebastian Deterding’s Slideshare “Meaningful Play Getting Gamification Right” (Thx Giuliano) and was struck how it resonated with Dan Pink’s talk “Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us“. Dan puts forth modern behavioral studies which show that … Continue reading →

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Internal Communities & SharePoint 2010 Discussion Groups

Posted on September 20, 2011 by John

Microsoft has baked a lot of social media goodies into the latest iteration of SharePoint (2010).  While the spot light has been on My Sites, I took a quick look at the venerable Discussion Board. While at first glance it … Continue reading →

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Hipster- General Stack

Posted on September 14, 2011 by John

I like to organize things. I also need a place to record and refer to things throughout the day. Back in the corporate world I used carry cut up pieces of blank paper clipped together in my back pocket. I … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Community Management Related Research

Posted on September 14, 2011 by John

I’m passionate about the use of online communities, with people helping each other in the area of healthcare.  Below is a  list of some of the research I have done, and put up on the web, concerning healthcare community management: … Continue reading →

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